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From the monthly archives:
Remember when NullRiver’s NetShare iPhone app disappeared from the iTunes App Store? It was the iPhone app that provided a means to tether a computer to the iPhone for Internet access via the iPhone’s data transmissions. After it was released on July 31, 2008, it was available on the App Store for several minutes before [...]
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Remember our previous discussions about the Apple [AAPL] iPhone 3G signal/reception problems, and how it seemed unlikely that the Infineon 3G chipset was the problem, despite a financial analyst’s belief that the hardware was responsible for all of the problems. But at first glance, it does not make any sense that the chipset would be [...]
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The Setup
“Steve, I can’t believe you’re writing about high fashion!”
Okay, folks, please– I’m not trying to alarm you; the early E-mails from those of you who’ve already seen the preliminary drafts of the topical outline have expressed quite a bit of alarm about this turn of events, so hopefully, this will allay your fears. [...]
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As I sit here typing (and relaxing, believe it or not!) at the local Starbucks [SBUX], I’ve been reviewing the interview data I’ve been accumulating over the past few weeks related to the recent Starbucks innovation/marketing drives.
I noticed some things unusual but pertinent as I traveled between several Starbucks in the region over the past [...]
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“Is Apple too greedy for money with the iPhone [3G]?”
“Did Apple rush the iPhone 3G out to the market to make too much money?”
“What does the iPhone [3G] really cost?”
These questions, and many other similar ones, have continued to pop up in conversations about the recent phenomenon that is the iPhone 3G. As I relax [...]
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Whoa, folks! The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) for 2008 is almost upon us!
Just like before, it’s being held in downtown Seattle, Washington, from August 29th to August 31st, 2008.
Developers, gamers, gamer-fans, and industry folks should be well-represented up there. Given the cold shoulder (brrrr!) that E3 has shown in the past couple of years (including [...]
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Yes, it’s that time of year again: that feeding frenzy just before the beginning of school for the gradies… the Back-to-School sales!
Argh! All the hair-pulling nightmarish traffic and parking hassles. Fighting over the last pack of notebook paper in the supplies section. Yuck!
Have a Nice Mac Software Promotional Deal Today
So, how about a nice bundle [...]
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In tandem with the Clover test rollout in Seattle yesterday, Starbucks [SBUX] also announced that there would be specially selected coffee beans released to be used in conjunction with the Clover brewers. Matching the “small” boutique-iness of the Clover brewing process, small batch coffee releases will accompany the Clover devices in their rollouts.
For this September, [...]
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“What’s a Clover machine?”
A few decades ago, I was a dead-serious coffee aficionado, and I used to spend a lot of time debating the benefits and disadvantages of various roasting and brewing techniques, and the machinery that was involved. At the time, the brewing equipment was somewhat rudimentary compared to the modern machines available today, [...]
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The Setup
Yesterday, as I was sitting at the Ashbrook Starbucks store enjoying my last coffee refill of the day, I overheard a couple of young persons talking about a blog called Javamancy that had been reporting and discussing the goings-on at Starbucks back in July but seemed to have mysteriously stopped. While they saw that [...]
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