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Remember when people waited for hours to get into the MacWorld Expo in San Francisco just to get a glimpse of the future and to hear from a visionary leader? Well they still do...only now it's called Dreamforce and the future is in the clouds. I'
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I have heard from many friends since Steve Jobs' resignation. As we discuss frequently on this blog it is clear that Steve changed the way people relate to technology. Before Steve computers were relegated to the white-coated high priests of the raised-floor, air conditioned labs where mere mortals never
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In case you didn't hear, Steve announced his resignation of the CEO title today. This marks the end of a dozen years of Apple's most exciting times - featuring exhilarating highs and culminating with Apple's explosive growth. Steve's impact will be felt
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Can't help but be overwhelmed by Apple's continual record setting days. First Apple set a record for revenue and then hit an all time high for its stock price. Yesterday we learned that Apple now has more money than the US Government. Today came news that
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UPDATE 7/5: Nice job Avid (Hi Paul!) I love it when worlds collide. As many of you know, I worked at Apple for about a decade and left to run product marketing for a startup (Bowstreet) at the beginning of the original dot.com bubble. What many of you
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Walk into an Apple Store and you'll feel less like you are in a retail outlet and more like you are in a museum. Why is this?
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After many years of trailing Google, today Apple finally became the world's most valuable brand. This according to the BrandZ index which determines how brand value contributes to earnings, the value of intangible assets, and measures how customers percieve brands. They also estimate the brand's potential
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Apple iPad 2 commercial is elegant and simple. Just like the iPad.
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Apple had another blowout quarter. No surprise there. But what's hidden in the numbers is a surprise. Tremendous optimism for the new Apple Cloud strategy - iCloud - that is only partly revealed. As I mentioned in a previous post about AirPlay, Apple is looking to change the
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Conan O'brien gives us an idea how the next Apple product could be marketed...even without knowing what the product is. Pretty funny (and not that far off!)
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Skype Video Chat gets a great Video that shows how Apple's Marketing Strategy has influencing Skype's marketing department
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Just tried going through security with my iPad 2 tucked safely away in my backpack like I always do. Today however the TSA agent asked to remove it, inspect it, then rerun it through their Xray scanners again. When I asked them about the policy for iPads (you didn'
