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'Haunted Empire' Profiles Apple After Steve Jobs as a Company on the Decline
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Apart from the fact that Ive hates public speaking which is why he's never once in the history of Apple done even a segment at a keynote... Did you consider that?
Apple's been "on the decline" ever since the 90s and everybody and their mom was saying "Apple is dead back" in those days... Well, we saw how that turned out.
And people are still saying that now and sing the hymn of how Android will abolish Apple. I am sure this time it will really, really, REALLY happen... yea.
Also, given Steve Jobs' past experience with executives I can see why he was throwing fits on the first day he was back.
And people are still saying that now and sing the hymn of how Android will abolish Apple. I am sure this time it will really, really, REALLY happen... yea.
Also, given Steve Jobs' past experience with executives I can see why he was throwing fits on the first day he was back.
To the critics who say Apple hasn't released any new, innovative product since the iPad debut, what do you call the Mac Pro? That was just released. It's a total reimagining of that class of computer. I guess if it's not a mass consumer product then it doesn't count. For those people just sit tight. 2014 should get your attention.
It's hard to believe that a single individual actually compiled Wall Street's Doom and Gloom Apple Zeitgeist into an entire book. That's some serious zealotry.
Here was a good link from DF if you didn't catch it already:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/10/haunted-empire-book-review
Here was a good link from DF if you didn't catch it already:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/10/haunted-empire-book-review
I very much agree with this. Cook has no showmanship. The most exciting part of the apple events are the mini videos with Ive.
Without Steve we don't have the same enthusiastic keynotes, which were a big part of Apple to begin with. Just the loss of that alone for me is a big one. And it'll never be the same. So even if he left a master plan, that still doesn't make up for the loss the company suffered.
"Scott Forstall shouldn't have been fired. Instead, they should have given him an independent project where he didn't have to run into Ive and others he didn't get along with. "
Scott Forstall cost Apple $21 Million under his iOS6 direction using what he was adamant was a public domain clock but was a registered design belonging to the Swiss Railway since 1944.
Scott Forstall cost Apple $21 Million under his iOS6 direction using what he was adamant was a public domain clock but was a registered design belonging to the Swiss Railway since 1944.
In the last 4-5 years Apple HAS declined when compared to their competitors. While I can never imagine using an Android, PC, or Windows 8 as my primary technology, most of the world does. Apple's move towards proprietary pinned Flash and soldered RAM on their extremely expensive Mac lineup is an example of how you lose more customers than you pickup. The retina screen was awesome the first year it was released. Now, Apple's competitors have caught and surpassed them, with much less expensive systems.
iWatch? At this point, it looks like they are copying samsungs Idea
(even though I realize they are not, it still looks that way) You can't watch others do something and then take additional years to release your products. Technology doesn't work that way.I think Apple may do a few things Steve wouldn't have done and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Jobs presided over nonsense like the toilet seat iBook, Flower Power iMac and the Cube vanity project as well as the amazing successes.
Apple would have to employ and absolutely insane board to end up as just another stodgy tech company churning out drab products.
One thing that doe make me nervous is how Apple rapidly focused on the iPod and then iPhone - markets that are incredibly fickle. The mp3 player market is virtually gone and the phone market faddy and fickle.
Apple hit a high water mark when they had industry-beating products like Final Cut, Logic, Aperture running on the world's best OS - the perception, and to an extent the reality, is that they've let that slide.
Jobs presided over nonsense like the toilet seat iBook, Flower Power iMac and the Cube vanity project as well as the amazing successes.
Apple would have to employ and absolutely insane board to end up as just another stodgy tech company churning out drab products.
One thing that doe make me nervous is how Apple rapidly focused on the iPod and then iPhone - markets that are incredibly fickle. The mp3 player market is virtually gone and the phone market faddy and fickle.
Apple hit a high water mark when they had industry-beating products like Final Cut, Logic, Aperture running on the world's best OS - the perception, and to an extent the reality, is that they've let that slide.
The day someone makes products that are superior to
and more innovative than Apple's we can have this conversation.
Until then, I simply do not see the decline.
and more innovative than Apple's we can have this conversation.
Until then, I simply do not see the decline.
So in a nutshell; "A troll wrote a book" is what I'm getting from this summery/article for the book...
That lock doesn't even exist, its was a concept, how does vapourware even compare to any shipping product?
Do fingerprint locks exist? YES, how many were using capacitive sensors? none. How easy is it to defeat an optical system? incredibly easy. A simple photocopied fingerprint can defeat a laptop sensor.
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So what I've gathered from this thread is that the Author of the book is not entitled to her opinion or hypothesis and to have it published. Everyone here could pitch a book about Apple, do their own research and hypothesizing (some already have in great detail over the years) and get a book deal. Then we can call debate whether or not your opinion matters.
The author of this article on MR was right - the book is not going to make Apple fans very happy. And I am sure it will be received poorly on Amazon and other online places that accept user reviews who will condemn her to other worlds for even daring to write a bad word.
I do wonder how many books she'll sell simply because people want to intentionally enrage themselves now that they know that it's not a book they would enjoy reading.
The author of this article on MR was right - the book is not going to make Apple fans very happy. And I am sure it will be received poorly on Amazon and other online places that accept user reviews who will condemn her to other worlds for even daring to write a bad word.
I do wonder how many books she'll sell simply because people want to intentionally enrage themselves now that they know that it's not a book they would enjoy reading.
