With a little over six months on the job as JC Penney's chief executive, former Apple senior vice president of retail Ron Johnson is already seeing criticism of the major overhaul he designed for the ailing department store chain as a recent earnings call revealed substantial losses
Via Jason Seifer, co-host of Geek Friday.
The new screens measure at least 4 inches diagonally, the people said, compared with 3.5 inches on Apple's latest model, the iPhone 4S. Production is set to begin next month, the people said. Analysts have predicted that the next iPhone will come out in the fall.
At 83, Apple’s iPhone is a game changer when it comes to customer satisfaction. No other cell phone company has ever broken into the 80s. Apple’s nearest competitors this year are three companies tied at 75: Nokia (+3%) and ACSI newcomers LG and HTC.
This sounds awesome:
[The] ESPN sports network is talking with Apple Inc. (AAPL) about giving subscribers online access to programming through the computer maker’s Apple TV device, according to two executives.
In April, our sum total of live viewing — the building block of the upfront — came during CBS’s broadcast of the Masters. Even then, I was more riveted by the iPad app in my lap, selecting players and holes to follow.
I couldn't disagree more. Live events, from sports to news and everything in between are the one thing I still enjoy about television.
As usual, Jeff Atwood sparks a controversy.
"Not safe at all."
A great piece from my friend Gina Trapani for CNN:
The tech industry's testosterone level can make the thickest-skinned women consider a different career. But the rise of the brogrammer joke and its ensuing backlash has some benefits: It helps talented women choose worthy employers, it gives a name and face to a problem that plagues the industry and it publicly shames some of the most sexist offenders.
See this article for details about articles that use questions in the headline.
“This is absolutely a reaction to the show’s not being available elsewhere online,” says Big Champagne’s Robinson. “It’s a very tricky game trying to create this kind of scarcity.”
Apple is said to be negotiating to acquire Loewe AG, a manufacturer and distributor of televisions, audio components and integrated entertainment systems, with a final decision expected to be announced by the end of this week.
Tech Crunch:
Time spent on Facebook’s mobile site and apps per month (441 minutes) has finally surpassed usage of its classic website (391 minutes) — for Americans who use both Facebook interfaces according to the latest report from comScore.
Continues to support my theory that Facebook's exclusive focus for the future is mobile.
I always loved this business card when I was a kid, and I love it today, but for different reasons.
When I was a kid, I loved that he put "Genius" as his occupation. Today, I love that he puts "have brain" and "will travel" at the bottom, decisively setting his potential employers' expectations.
Ars Tecnica:
More than $87,000 worth of the virtual currency known as Bitcoin was stolen after online bandits penetrated servers belonging to Bitcoinica, prompting its operators to temporarily shutter the trading platform to contain the damage.
Liz Gannes:
The price for the company would be about $100 million, according to one of the sources.
Social stuff.