‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Sept. 4
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Sep 4, 2008 at 5:10pm
“Is Fake Steve returning, real Steve ill?: First the good news. Dan Lyons, the man behind Fake Steve Jobs, has suggested that his fictional alter-ego may be ready for a return. Earlier in the summer, Dan left his job at Forbes for Newsweek, and stopped writing as Fake Steve in the process.”—TUAW
“The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net: “According to these five terms of service and EULA, Google owns any content you create using its Chrome browser and can filter your Gmail messages if it likes. Facebook says it can sell its users’ uploaded images as stock photography. YouTube can keep footage of your kids forever, even after you’ve deleted it from the site. And AOL can ban you for using vulgar language on AIM. Funny, right? That’s why Valleywag calls them ‘The 5 most laughable terms of service on the Net.’”—Slashdot
“What’s Apple Up To Now? This much we know: Apple has scheduled an event for Sept. 9, and it sent invitations to journalists that are decorated with one of the dancing silhouette pictures iconic of the iPod brand. The top of the invitations reads, ‘Let’s Rock.’ From there, it’s all pure speculation: ”—MacNewsWorld
“Apple CFO promises innovation and a pitch on price: Apple chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, fielded the usual future product questions when he spoke at Citigroup’s 15th Annual Global Technology Conference yesterday. His media trainers should be proud – he successfully managed to keep analysts interested while saying as little as possible. Here’s some highlights from the chat.”—9 to 5 Mac
“Why China Mobile Isn’t Right for Apple and the iPhone: Apple’s discussions with China Mobile about bringing the popular handset to the world’s largest mobile market is the stuff of tech journalists’ dreams. The potential deal would join together the world’s largest mobile service provider with the planet’s most talked-about phone. Both companies are tight-lipped, offering us nothing more than confirmations of the talks and statements that indicate that the two sides want to make a deal.”—IDG News Service
“Google founder on lack of Mac Chrome: ‘It’s embarrassing’: ”—MacUser
“Report dims hope on iTunes Unlimted: Apple’s plans for an iTunes Unlimited music subscription service may not emerge next week, a report warns.”—Macworld UK
“How Great Design Makes People Love Your Company” [“On its face, the argument is not particularly new. What’s more, the book’s strongest example is also the most commonly cited, Apple. That company’s leadership, they argue, has successfully imbued every department in its organization with a coherent design sensibility that carries through all of its efforts. This matters not only because Apple has become the king of cool but also because its emotional hold over customers means it can charge a healthy price premium over competitors.”]—BusinessWeek
“The Digital Home Video: Frivolous lawsuits against Apple need to stop”—CNET
“Apple set to launch three Swiss retail stores”—MacNN
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
