Tokyo Geek Girl gets her 6 Plus
After nearly a week of waiting outside the Ginza Apple Store, Tokyo “geek” girl and Ustream personality Ayano...
Lot of Chinese nationals standing in lines at various Apple Stores
I was just channel flipping and CNBC (which I normally do not watch), was showing a clip of...
The one handed argument
One thing I noticed in many iPhone 6/6 Plus reviews was the ability to use them one handed....
iPhone 6/6 Plus pre-orders top 4 million in first 24 hours
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2014/09/15Apple-Announces-Record-Pre-orders-for-iPhone-6-iPhone-6-Plus-Top-Four-Million-in-First-24-Hours.html They didn’t hint anywhere that they got the product mix wrong as what had happened when they...
Apple Pay details leaking out
Financial Times has some interesting details about Apple Pay in a report entitled, Apple Wages War on the...
Why it “pays” to be geinojin in Japan
Tokyo court gives Aska suspended prison term. Chage and Aska are a popular singing duo in Japan (as well...
Speaking of rage and iPhone 6 pre-orders….
There’s some funny raging going on with iPhone 6 pre-order failures (check the comments section)…. http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/12/6139369/apple-iphone-6-pre-order-fail Perspective… first...
Tim Cook was right…
… in saying that he expected this would be the mother of all upgrades. Record number of iPhone...
Lousy iTunes execution on the free U2 album
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-11/-who-is-u2-ask-itunes-users-miffed-at-apple-s-album-giveaway.html As part of a PR campaign, music group U2 and Apple decided to give away the bands...
Hodinkee’s overview of the Watch
http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/hodinkee-apple-watch-review It’s an interesting read from one of the largest read wristwatch publications. One of his opening remarks...
There are times when I despise being associated with Apple
No, this isn’t a rant about the company. It’s a rant about some of companies customers (aka, the...
Apple Watch battery life + Apple Pay monetization
http://recode.net/2014/09/10/codered-apple-watch-battery-life-charge-nightly/ “Charge Nightly” is the current PR language being used. As the article notes though, engineers are not...