macworld.com - 12/17/2008
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Snell’s is the best piece I’ve seen on today’s news:
I’m stunned that Apple has taken a 25-year-old event that has been the single best meeting place for the entire community of users and vendors of Apple-related products and treated it like a piece of garbage stuck to ...
arstechnica.com - 12/17/2008
blog.wired.com - 12/17/2008
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blog.wired.com —
Yesterday, our own Brian X Chen wrote about
Apple's abandoning of the the Macworld Expo, the yearly...
(and sometimes twice-yearly) Mac exhibition which has run since 1985. The show has traditionally been a launchpad for new gadgets and geegaws, ...
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Why Apple Quit Macworld Expo, Forever
mediabistro.com - 12/17/2008
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mediabistro.com —
It's been floating around all day as a
rumor but it seems that not only is Steve...
Jobs not keynoting Macworld, but this will be Apple's last year at the show. Given that, it's hard to see how the conference continues. It's clearly the passing of an ...
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Macworld's demise is of little consequence to Apple
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No Steve Jobs and soon no Apple at Macworld: the reaction
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... them. Kara Swisher's Boomtown: the announcement will Renew rampant and unsubstantiated speculation about the health of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, which will immediately impact the stock of the tech icon. FT.com Tech blog: With Apple once again refusing to address the issue of its CEO's health, the speculation that follows this cancellation will be intense. Jason Snell at Macworld: What went wrong? I don't know anything about Steve Jobs' health. And I ...
Linkpost | 12.17.2008
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... . • Apple at Expo: What went wrong? - Macworld magazine editor speculates on the falling-out between a sister company and Apple. • ...
Apple pulls out of Macworld Expo … so what?
Hardware 2.0 —
... compared to the reach of say the web is tiny. Sure, there are exceptions, but on the whole the era of tradeshow is over. The Macworld Expo wasn’t an Apple thing. Macworld Expo is run by IDG World Expo. Apple likes to have a lot of control over events it puts on and chances are that Macworld Expo didn’t offer Apple enough control. Apple’s grown beyond the cult of users that flock to tradeshows and hang on every bit of info coming out of Apple. To frame my statement read what Jason Snell of Macworld had to say:“I’m stunned that Apple has taken a 25-year-old event that has been ...
Today’s iWitness news: Macworld fallout, iPhone games, French twist
GMSV —
... , and it doesn’t need a trade show schedule influencing the timing of its product introductions. But, as expected, there are plenty of folks willing to draw some broader conclusions, including investors who ...
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