The Macalope: So much wrong

The Macalope, Macworld

In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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Hungry? Never fear! Writing for the increasingly inappropriately named Boy Genius Report, Tero Kuittinen has baked you a casserole of wrongness!

It tastes terrible and provides no nutritional value, but he ... well, he baked it. No one knows why.

"Critics are getting under Apple’s skin" (tip o' the antlers to Adam Bushman).

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The Macalope: Nailed it

The Macalope, Macworld

In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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It was a humdinger of a keynote on Monday, and while not everyone agrees on the new look of iOS 7, there’s little doubt that Apple showed it’s still got it, and the Macalope isn’t talking about Phil Schiller’s posterior.

There are, of course, many places that we could turn to for predictions that were laughably dire in the lead-up to yesterday, but Forbes never disappoints in its consistent ability to disappoint.

Yes, it was the view of Forbes contributor Clem Chambers that “Apple Needs A Miracle” (no link, of course).

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The Macalope Weekly: Incomplete data

The Macalope, Macworld

In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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There are lots of ways to react when you don’t have complete data. Acknowledging the gaps and making best guesses about them is probably the best. Which is exactly what these three pundits seem incapable of doing. Our first two decide that the data in question simply doesn’t exist, while the third is VERY ANGRY ABOUT NOT HAVING IT.

Horror story

Prepare yourself, Appleista, because the New York Times’s Brian X. Chen brings us the tale of how “Samsung May Have Passed Apple in U.S.—for Now.”

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The Macalope: Everything is Apple's fault

The Macalope, Macworld

In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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That’s Search Engine Optimization Lesson #1, kids. And now, to demonstrate this technique, let’s go to The Boy Genius [sic] Report’s Tero Kuittinen for an example.

“Apple’s iPhone is killing off newspaper photographers” (no link, because if there’s a link-baity-er headline, the Macalope’s not sure he’s seen it, but tip o’ the antlers to @Hypothesard).

Um, no.

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The Macalope: Reality-challenged

The Macalope, Macworld

In addition to being a mythical beast, the Macalope is not an employee of Macworld. As a result, the Macalope is always free to criticize any media organization. Even ours.
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Writing for the Washington Times, Derek Crockett poses the interesting question, “What is happening to Apple in parallel universes?”

Wait, that’s not the question he’s posing?

Then is this performance art? Because …

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