March 8th was a rumor. It’s silly to act like the event has been canceled or postponed because of world events. It wasn’t even official. A rumored event can’t be canceled.
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With No Sign of Invites, When Could the Spring Apple Event Be? [Updated]
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Good gawd. Only an idiot would plan an event on March 8th. That International Women's day. You don't want to potentially piss off half your customer base by stealing thunder from the one day they get to shine. Gurman is an idiot for thinking any sane man would plan an event that day that ain't centered around women.
I reckon wires got crossed somewhere, and March 8th is actually the date invites go out, not the date of the event. Thus meaning the event will take place on the 15th.
Well, perhaps Timmy took my advice? 
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Considering the situation in the world at the moment, I'm finding it difficult to focus on new consumer electronics. If I had a say in anything Apple, I would certainly hold off any glossy event for the time being. The invites has not been sent out, no harm in waiting a few weeks more.
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The world still in shock and it's getting more shocking daily... not a good time for any sort of event... it won't wrap up in a week or month, but the shock will wear off in a few weeks... even then they'll need to keep it low key and humble, acknowledging the situation at the start (whatever it will be then).
UPDATE: Right after posting, event is the top story here... well maybe the shock will be lower, but Kyiv may still be under siege with horrible casualties (let's hope not!)... I think Apple needs to really do this one right and light to avoid damage to the brand (I know they have the talent... but I've also known them to make some tone deaf bozo moves).
Things change fast in this industry ?
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Although I do look forward to what Apple has in place for Spring, I'm actually much more curious to see how Apple would handle this potential PR crisis given the global tensions that's currently taking place.
It'll be very interesting to see how a market leader like Apple handles this "adversity" on their end.
It'll be very interesting to see how a market leader like Apple handles this "adversity" on their end.
I could see Apple delaying this event...not just because there is a war on the news but also because it would stealing Apple's 'thunder'. Besides, everyday there are wars being fought somewhere on this planet. Steve Jobs held an event a month after 9/11. Dust from this country's worst day in modern history still lingered in the air and the U.S. was starting a prolonged war in the Middle East. All of that didn't stop Steve from introducing his latest creation - the iPod.
Basically, you have a lot of people disconnected from economic reality. That’s why some people are business leaders and others aren’t.
As I mentioned before, “international tensions” have no effect on a launch. Investors couldn’t care less.
All that work to type up an article for it to be wrong less than 2 hours later lol
lol then they send the announcement out less than 2 hours later... love seeing the comments after both articles have been posted.