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Archive for February 18th, 2008

After China Ships Out iPhones, Smugglers Make It a Return Trip (David Barboza/New York Times)

Monday, February 18th, 2008

David Barboza / New York Times:
After China Ships Out iPhones, Smugglers Make It a Return Trip  —  SHANGHAI — Factories here churn out iPhones that are exported to the United States and Europe.  Then thousands of them are smuggled right back into China.  —  The strange journey of Apple’s popular iPhone …

Smugglers Return iPhones to China (David Barboza/New York Times)

Monday, February 18th, 2008

David Barboza / New York Times:
Smugglers Return iPhones to China  —  SHANGHAI — Factories here churn out iPhones that are exported to the United States and Europe.  Then thousands of them are smuggled right back into China.  —  The strange journey of Apple’s popular iPhone, to nearly every corner of the world …

Of All the Hurdles to a Merger, View on Technology Is the Highest (New York Times)

Monday, February 18th, 2008

New York Times:
Of All the Hurdles to a Merger, View on Technology Is the Highest  —  SAN FRANCISCO — If Microsoft succeeds in its conquest of Yahoo, what then?  —  Microsoft would face the task of integrating the culture of Yahoo into its own.  Merging corporate cultures is generally a major undertaking in any […]

Fred Wilson - Hypocritical, Wrong and Conflicted (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Fred Wilson - Hypocritical, Wrong and Conflicted  —  Fred Wilson lit a fire today suggesting that certain bloggers need to step it up a notch to improve quality and be more like mainstream journalists.  —  A fair point if spoken generally, although I’d argue that the quality of reporting done … […]