AAPL death watch

[Hugo Drax]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/28/t...to-discuss-an-investment-in-twitter.html?_r=1

Ohoh, they are looking into snatching up Twitter??!!??!?!?!?!?!111

Anytime a big tech company starts thinking about buying social media, it signify they are gonna Jump the Shark. CEO should pay a higher dividend instead of doing this.

I wonder if this is the beginning of the end, the equivalent of Ooperation Barbarossa.

 

[zerocool84]

I said this a long time before Jobs died, Jobs IS Apple. It will never be the same without him and they will not keep the trend going as Jobs did. Hell, even look at the new Apple commercials that they are airing during the Olympics, Jobs would never have allowed those to go on the air.

 

[Bryf50]

Hell, even look at the new Apple commercials that they are airing during the Olympics, Jobs would never have allowed those to go on the air.

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

 

[l0cke]

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

Wow, those are just awful.

 

[busydude]

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

Oh my, WHAT THE FUCK??!!!!

caps

 

[MisterJackson]

"I'm a Genius.". Well, at least they covered the pretentious part of the commercial. Jobs woulda been more subtle about it though.

 

[Lonyo]

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

So like. Macs are super easy to use. Yet they need an Apple "Genius" to put together a movie and a presentation?
Sounds like they aren't that easy if you can't do these things yourself with the super easy Apple software.

 

[Imp]

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

Holy shit, I just realized the change. Saw one on TV earlier... it sucked. Who would have thought that a twirling your product would actually be so much more effective and interesting.

 

[Glitchny]

http://www.theverge.com/apple/2012/7/28/3198148/dont-believe-the-apple-invests-in-twitter-hype

Not news. Story is based on rumors from over a year ago

and damn those commercials are terrible.

 

[Dominato3r]

People expected them to fall like crazy after Jobs died, but a year later they're stronger than ever.

The Mac ads are terrible but that's somewhat do to the fact the the current Windows iteration isn't a turd and they can't smack talk it. Even then it's doing a terrible job explaining what the product is, which the iCloud ads in particular have done a good job

 

[PingviN]

So like. Macs are super easy to use. Yet they need an Apple "Genius" to put together a movie and a presentation?
Sounds like they aren't that easy if you can't do these things yourself with the super easy Apple software.

I though exactly the same thing. What a retarded ad.

 

[thescreensavers]

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

are those real? lol

Second one isnt as bad as the first but that's comparing two bads lol

 

[Murloc]

man I had never seen those ads, they're horrible!
and absolutely not jobs style, they're not being subtle smartass assholes enough in those ads.

 

[lxskllr]

Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died.

As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, "I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone." Nobody deserves to have to die - not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing.

Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective.

...

 

[ElFenix]

My god they're terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcrw8WTWSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXTzzxiCfPw

i just saw the first one on the olympics and thought it was terrible

 

[dwell]

Year old news. NYT has a hardon for Apple and have looked foolish in every smear piece they have written recently, including this one.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443343704577553953443264394.html

Apple Inc. held discussions with Twitter Inc. more than a year ago about taking a strategic investment in the short-messaging service, according to a person familiar with the talks.

People familiar with the matter said there are no current formal investment or acquisition discussions between the companies.

NYT == dying media is dying.

 

[dwell]

"I'm a Genius.". Well, at least they covered the pretentious part of the commercial. Jobs woulda been more subtle about it though.

I love all the people with, "Jobs would never have done it this way" who don't realize all the stupid shit Jobs signed off on in his day.

 

[Printer Bandit]

I love all the people with, "Jobs would never have done it this way" who don't realize all the stupid shit Jobs signed off on in his day.

like the faux leather in OS X.

 

[Oyeve]

"Apple Genius" should cease. Its so douchy and stupid and really a f*cking joke.

 

[zerocool84]

People expected them to fall like crazy after Jobs died, but a year later they're stronger than ever.

No they are not stronger than ever, plus they're still riding on the coattails of Jobs. It'll be a couple years and it'll show. Jobs was a very hands on and controlling CEO. He obviously had a ton of influence on EVERYTHING Apple did. It's good when he was there but being so controlling meant there wouldn't be the proper grooming of his would be successor.

 

[dwell]

like the faux leather in OS X.

Ping, iPod U2 edition, hockey puck mouse, cube, eMac, etc.

 

[Oyeve]

Ping, iPod U2 edition, hockey puck mouse, cube, eMac, etc.

Mirror drive door mac, iBook, ipod for PC w/MusicMatch Jukebox, OS7,8,9. That stupid ass lamp-mac.

 

[coloumb]

Apple won't die - they just won't be as wildly successful with the current CEO at the helm. There's just something "off" about him that rubs me the wrong way and I suspect he's taking the company in directions that Steve would never have wanted.

Wow - those commercials are extremely terrible..

 

[Doppel]

I said this a long time before Jobs died, Jobs IS Apple. It will never be the same without him and they will not keep the trend going as Jobs did. Hell, even look at the new Apple commercials that they are airing during the Olympics, Jobs would never have allowed those to go on the air.

Unfortunately this is at least substantially the case. Without Jobs at the helm I don't know how things will fare for apple. A deathwatch is surely premature. It's still a massive, profitable company full of talent, but it was like he sold his soul; eat product he came out with was killer and I don't think Apple can keep doing that.

 

[Oyeve]

Unfortunately this is at least substantially the case. Without Jobs at the helm I don't know how things will fare for apple. A deathwatch is surely premature. It's still a massive, profitable company full of talent, but it was like he sold his soul; eat product he came out with was killer and I don't think Apple can keep doing that.

Im sure he left his "plan" for the next few years with whomever so apple will be around as is for at least 3 years, they just need to find another "steve" by then.