Apple Outsider
appleoutsider.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Apple Outsider is a blog that analyzes Apple's strategy and its competitors, with posts on Netflix, Nokia, RIM, and Google.
What HN saysCommenters quote its analysis of Apple, Nokia, and Netflix, and cite its Matt Drance tribute to Steve Jobs and its post on Lua on iOS.
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Most-shared posts
- 1What Netflix Could Have Said This Week2 people · 367 points · first shared 2011 · 110 comments on HN
- 2Hello, Lua. (Apple opens door to interpreters on iOS devices)2 people · 170 points · first shared 2010 · 49 comments on HN
- 3Matt Drance on Steve Jobs2 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 4I Told You RIM Was in Trouble1 people · 68 points · first shared 2011 · 41 comments on HN
- 5Regime Change1 people · 11 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 6Why Apple Doesn’t Talk, Vol. 2: Google CLO David Drummond1 people · 11 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 7About This Whole Subscription Hubbub1 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 8Java on Mac OS X1 people · 6 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 9Microsoft Buys Nokia for $01 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 10Home Turf1 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 11Embrace, Extend, Extinguish (Google, WebM, Android, Flash, Adobe)1 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 12Technology vs. Utility1 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 13The Trial1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14Thermonuclear War1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Flash on Android 3.0 Isn’t Ready1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
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kubrickslair · 2013-03-17
Can't help not quoting Matt Drance.
http://www.appleoutsider.com/2011/10/06/sj/
"And so more than ever, I find myself inspired. Steve’s untimely death reminds us we can never give up. He could have given up at any point in the seven years since his first cancer diagnosis, but he did not. The vast majority of Apple’s unprecedented resurgence took place while Steve Jobs stared death in the face. How many of us could have lasted this long at all, let alone accomplish all that he did along the way?
Ten years ago today, we still had not yet met the iPod. The last of Steve’s five decades on this Earth ended up being his most accomplished by far. Remember that whenever you think your best days are behind you. We can’t control when our lives begin, and we can’t really control when they end. All we have is what’s in between. Make it count."
tsycho · 2013-09-03
AppleOutsider has a better-articulated article with a similar viewpoint.
http://www.appleoutsider.com/2013/09/02/nokia2/
Shrhrw · 2011-09-20
Interesting take on the matter. Have you read this article?
http://www.appleoutsider.com/2011/09/20/netflixpr/
link to discussion:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3018573
ryannielsen · 2011-05-01
> There are no alternatives if you want to distribute on the most popular mobile platform.
This statement isn't entirely true: http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/ Cocoa is extremely strongly encouraged, but it's possible, under the current developer agreement, to distribute non-Cocoa applications on iOS.
bruceboughton · 2010-05-21
See also: http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/05/20/google-rewrites-history/
"Good old competitive potshots are fair game, but this one is particularly offensive when one recalls Google acquired Android in August of 2005. That’s nearly 18 months before the world even knew about iPhone, let alone its carrier model or prospects for success. And it’s nearly a full three years before the App Store went live on July 11, 2008.
"Google is a publicly traded corporation that controls the flow of more and more information every day. It’s very troubling to watch them rewrite history in such a self-serving manner."