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The Apple Halo (or Reality Distortion Field)

Take a minute to read this story.  Then come back here.  I'll wait. OK.  So I have a question.  If you are an Apple user and fan, are you willing to "look the other way?"  Have you dealt with uncharacteristic problems with Apple products but are

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Apple's Successor

So I've been asked about 50 times since Steve took the stage at the Developer's Conference - is Steve Jobs sick?  This has become a big deal - if he's not well, who will carry the flame at Apple?  I think Steve is fine, BTW, and

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Apple's Successor

So I've been asked about 50 times since Steve took the stage at the Developer's Conference - is Steve Jobs sick?  This has become a big deal - if he's not well, who will carry the flame at Apple?  I think Steve is fine, BTW, and

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Apple and loving customers

This is a great post today from Inside CRM discussing how Apple has built an ongoing relationship with its customers.  One thing easy to overlook, and a key but relatively hidden fact of Apple's ongoing and dramatic resurgence, is how well they relate to their customers and vice

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Apple and loving customers

This is a great post today from Inside CRM discussing how Apple has built an ongoing relationship with its customers.  One thing easy to overlook, and a key but relatively hidden fact of Apple's ongoing and dramatic resurgence, is how well they relate to their customers and vice

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Are iPod ads now part of pop culture?

As I mentioned before, I'm presently in LA and will be driving back up to San Francisco this weekend before going home on Monday.  (sorry family)  It made me think of the 5 hour drive and how many billboards I've seen so far in California of

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Are iPod ads now part of pop culture?

As I mentioned before, I'm presently in LA and will be driving back up to San Francisco this weekend before going home on Monday.  (sorry family)  It made me think of the 5 hour drive and how many billboards I've seen so far in California of

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Product placement, iTunes and American Idol

Did you see American Idol last night?  I was watching with my sons and I couldn't believe the 5 minute "commercial" for iTunes, iPods and iPhones that Apple pulled off about 10 minutes into the show. If you saw it, please post your comments here.  Is

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Product placement, iTunes and American Idol

Did you see American Idol last night?  I was watching with my sons and I couldn't believe the 5 minute "commercial" for iTunes, iPods and iPhones that Apple pulled off about 10 minutes into the show. If you saw it, please post your comments here.  Is

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Another Apple uPod

I spoke before about Apple's tendency to under promise and over deliver, or "uPod" regarding its business outlook.  Well I had just had an experience with an overlooked, but amazingly powerful feature that, to the best of my knowledge, Apple has never hyped or even marketed

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Another Apple uPod

I spoke before about Apple's tendency to under promise and over deliver, or "uPod" regarding its business outlook.  Well I had just had an experience with an overlooked, but amazingly powerful feature that, to the best of my knowledge, Apple has never hyped or even marketed

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Multi-touch Marketing

So this was the year of the iPhone.  The first consumer device with a new type of user interface, dubbed "Multi-touch" by Apple.  Soon the keyboard on the desk with the computer screen at a 90 degree angle and poor ergonomics will go away and we'