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Interesting perspective on Apple-related suicide in China

Jul 27, 2009
from People's Daily Online, which is essentially the government perspective. The article walks a fine line by both calling the deceased a thief and...

Amazon apologizes

Jul 24, 2009
Simple, direct. Class move by Bezos and company. See? Doesn't have to be a massive PR operation. You screw up? Say you're sorry. Done.

Apple confirms death of iPhone worker in China

Jul 22, 2009
I'm pretty skeptical about the concept of something driving someone to suicide. I happen to know a little bit about the topic, enough to know there...

Ilja Laurs

Jul 20, 2009
Check back on that name in 10 years. He will be seen as either a brilliant visionary or something akin to the guy who predicted cities would be...

Amazon reaches into your Kindle, deletes books

Jul 20, 2009
I'm not sure which part of this story is more poignant: the fact that Amazon is going into your personal device to remove 1984 and Animal Farm OR...

You knew this already...

Jul 9, 2009
but it's a good reminder. Scientists understand science better than we do. And much, much better than the public does....