Steve Jobs is gone. Why am I so upset?!

Steve Jobs is gone.
He's a guy I never knew. I bought computers and gadgets from a company he founded. He wasn't family, a close friend or even an acquaintance.
So why the hell am I so upset?!











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Steve Jobs is gone.
He's a guy I never knew. I bought computers and gadgets from a company he founded. He wasn't family, a close friend or even an acquaintance.
So why the hell am I so upset?!
Nice, eh?For the past two years I've been using Verizon Mobile Broadband and while it works great most of the time, I don't use it often enough to justify the monthly fee (~ $60). So, when my contract was up, I decided to explore my options. Here's what I found.
Mixlr, the company that brought the simplicity of web video streaming to audio, has just announced integration with the biggest audio sharing services on the web.
You'll now be able to export your captured live streams to SoundCloud, AudioBoo, MixCloud and Dropbox. (OK, Dropbox isn't just an audio sharing service, but being able to export to Dropbox makes for a nice, simple production workflow.)
I guess Box had to do something with the $48 million dollars they raised in February and that something is customer aquisition.
Nothing says "Serious Customer Aquisition Campaign" like direct mail. And travel pillows. ;)
Apple has been asserting control of its App Store rules by asking app developer to remove the "purchase" buttons for third-party stores in certain apps. The most obvious ones impacted by this have been the Google Books and Kindle apps.
Last night, I discovered a bit of clever marketing on Amazon's part in response to this change.