Author Archives: Miyoko Yamada

It’s baa-aack: The Apple II leads a new revolution

Cupertino, CA — Where most people see a museum piece, Apple sees a new revenue stream. The Apple II is back, in all ... Get the Scoop
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Tim Cook visits Foxconn worker “Hatchery”

Zhengzhou, China — Hundreds of smiling faces greeted Tim Cook on his visit last week to a Foxconn iPhone factory — ... Get the Scoop
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Ballmer quits as CEO, takes comedy act on the road

Redmond, WA — He stands alone as a CEO who can make audiences howl with laughter. Now he’s going to turn that ... Get the Scoop
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Deja Scoop: Apple Stores to be rebranded as Church of Apple

Scoopertino is closed for the holidays. In the meantime, we’ll recycle a couple of stories from our dusty ... Get the Scoop
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Apple takes heat for children’s book initiative

Cupertino, CA — Reading, writing … and tapping into daddy’s credit card? Just in time for the holidays, Apple ... Get the Scoop
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Authorized Ballmer bio sets record, selling 4 in first week

Redmond, WA — Two years in the making, the authorized Steve Ballmer biography has hit the shelves. Judging by initial ... Get the Scoop
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HP kills more biz units, relocates to Sunnyvale strip mall

Palo Alto, CA — Move over, Freddy Krueger, there’s a new slasher in town. Just two weeks after killing HP’s ... Get the Scoop
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Apple Stores shut down after lawsuit by China’s fake Apple Stores

Cupertino, CA — There’s a frightening similarity between Apple’s retail stores and the fake stores ... Get the Scoop
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Twitter swallowed by Apple, relaunched as Twapple

Cupertino, CA — Out with the Tweets, in with the Twapps. In one of its more surprising moves, today Apple announced ... Get the Scoop
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EXPOSED: The iMac disaster that almost was

San Francisco, CA — It’s easy to appreciate iMac’s place in Apple history today. Not so much back in ... Get the Scoop
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