Marketing geniuses that sell mediocre hardware for premium prices. Sounds like a good fit.
Actually, hardware is just a part of Apple craft
Apple Confirms Its $3 Billion Deal for Beats Electronics
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#262Can somebody humor me that there is a non-zero chance he will be the WWDC Bash performer?
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#263Check out my beats phone yo... Apps, iOS and a different demographic of people to sell cheaper iOS devices to. Watch the iPhone 5c quietly disappear from ever being an Apple product, it's not one.
What demographic is this? Beats headphones are not inexpensive
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#264Poor Logitech, a company I've always had a soft spot for. They used to be the king of the peripherals and even bought Ultimate Ears for $34 million back in 2008. Their audio business is probably their lowest margin segment and now Beats gets acquired for almost double Logitech's enterprise value. The power of brands...
Logitech never did themselves any favours. I lost my soft spot for them when they bought Slim Devices and then quickly ruined the Squeezebox with bloat and feature creep.
The original Squeezebox was elegant and had so much potential.
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#265Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
Get over it man, no one is perfect. It was over 20 years ago and he paid his dues.
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#266Earlier quoted context omitted.
That incident was 23 years ago and he did his time for it. He's also shown remorse for it and wishes it never happened.[0] He's a 49 year old man now and he's been married for 18 years. I think he's past that kind of stuff. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btc1MflBSeQ&feature=youtu.be...
That's precisely why I asked about a "statue of limitations" ... I am curious. Thank you for posting that video. I hadn't seen it. I'm generally skeptical of any celebrity's "remorse" when they get caught but it does help frame the current context.
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#267Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
I think you're reaching here especially since the person you're talking about is essentially the brand.
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#268Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
Let me be blunt, we are all adults. He is in a favored minority category and as such he gets a pass unless he offends and even more favored minority group, simple as that. Society is shaped by those whose voices are the loudest, unfortunately some have learned to shout down others to the point there is no discussion permitted. When one side won't stop shouting to the point society accepts their position as the norm t…
Do you know what dog whistle racism is? This is a little louder than that.
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#269Earlier quoted context omitted.
That incident was 23 years ago and he did his time for it. He's also shown remorse for it and wishes it never happened.[0] He's a 49 year old man now and he's been married for 18 years. I think he's past that kind of stuff. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btc1MflBSeQ&feature=youtu.be...
That's precisely why I asked about a "statue of limitations" ... I am curious. Thank you for posting that video. I hadn't seen it. I'm generally skeptical of any celebrity's "remorse" when they get caught but it does help frame the current context.
The public remorse (even if feigned) matters. The internet would have forgiven Eich if he had publicly displayed regret with his donation, rather than tacitly standing behind it.
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#270Honest question: is there a statute of limitations on what the tech world will tolerate with regards to misogynistic behavior (or bad behavior in general)? Or do people just pick and choose what they want to fight? I ask because everyone rallied behind RadiumOne's CEO being canned after he beat up his girlfriend [0]. Similar with the Mozilla CEO (granted, the offense was different ... but it's interesting to point ou…
That incident was 23 years ago and he did his time for it. He's also shown remorse for it and wishes it never happened.[0] He's a 49 year old man now and he's been married for 18 years. I think he's past that kind of stuff. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btc1MflBSeQ&feature=youtu.be...
Genuine-seeming change of heart and remorse, including demonstrating it in action, is a big factor for me.
I read maybe one piece on Gurbaksh Chahal, but I never saw any remorse. Brendan Eich not only showed no remorse, he doubled down and dug in with his bigotry.