Apple reportedly nixed a deal to bring “The Interview” to iTunes despite a request from the White House. This adds support to reports here on The Ave that Cupertino and North Korea have been discussing collaborations including joint branding, development of products in North Korea. ̵[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Apple Internet Jobs “free speech”’
China Attacks Apple for Piracy
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) — A group of Chinese writers have filed a claim against Apple, alleging that the company’s App Store sells unlicensed copies of their books and seeking 50 million yuan (7.9 million U.S. dollars) in compensation. The claim, filed on behalf of 22 famous writers, [...]
March 7th, 2012 - 12:37 pm § in Misc.
Apple After Jobs
Now that Apple has announced its iPAD 3new iPad, the time may be coming to consider the company’s future in China. Last month, The AVE posted a discussion about rumors that Cupertino is looking to diversify its manufacturing from China’s FOXCONN. I wonder whether they have considered V[...]
February 24th, 2012 - 12:52 am § in Misc.
Steve Jobs’ Birthday
Rumors abound: New iPAD 3 to be announced Apple’s mysterious project with North Korea Birthday announcement from Apple? Video to be put in public domain? Is Steve Jobs now a Mormon? [...]
February 12th, 2012 - 11:07 am § in Misc.
Apple/FOXCONN Workers Pledge Not To Suicide
You are NOT allowed to commit suicide: Workers in Chinese iPad factories forced to sign pledges Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed. At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China hav[...]
November 3rd, 2011 - 9:57 pm § in America
Steve Jobs, the cartoons
Cartoon: Steve Jobs Reincarnation Cartoons by Matt Bors, Steve Breen, The passionate debate about Steve Jobs is amazing. I wonder if we are seeing the beginning of a religion? Read some of the debate here. Of course when an entrepreneur is equated to Franklin and Edison, one begins to wonder [...]
January 14th, 2011 - 12:01 pm § in Politics
Seattle: What is happening?
A Valuable Resource Jean Buskin, of Biochemistry at UW, runs a blog and calendar of local events at this blog. Worth a look! Some highlights below:[...]
History: Excel
Without fanfare, 2010 marked the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Excel. Thomas E. Weber tracks down the program’s developer and discovers how it almost didn’t make it into stores—and the big idea Bill Gates lost forever. read more[...]
December 14th, 2010 - 12:08 am § in Politics
National Privatized Radio (c) NPR 2011
Michael Hood at Blatherwatch writes about the right wing effort to defund NPR. While NPR itself now only receives 2% of its funding from Congress, the real danger may well be to KUOW and the other locaL affiliates. The local stations get about 10% of their budgets from Congress. That is only $90 m[...]
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:38 am § in America
Are we going to dumb down the internet?
Steve Jobs says the day is approaching when not everyone will need a traditional computer. Fair enough .. but I fear that his vision is for more centrally controlled, spoon fed media … aka “television.” Much of the excitement of the last ten internet years has been the sheer creati[...]