Mike Daisey
Apple 2.0's ten most-read stories of 2012
December 30, 2012: 7:13 AM ETA heist, a lawsuit, a liar, a passel of new products and a $75 million payout forgone
Apple had to halt the Jan. 13 launch of the iPhone 4S in Beijing. Photo: M.I.C. Gadget
FORTUNE -- There was no shortage of big Apple (AAPL) news in 2012, from a billion-dollar jury verdict to a three-month bear market that lopped $260 billion off the company's market cap. But of the 814 items filed in this space over the past 12 months, these were the 10 that -- for good or ill -- interested the most readers:
- FBI arrests JFK worker in heist of 3,600 Apple iPad minis: Suspect reportedly helping detectives search Long Island for a truck full of stolen iPads (Nov. 18; 122 comments)
- Apple's iPhone 5: The reviews: They're in, and except for Maps and the new dock, they're quite positive (Sept. 19; 319 comments)
- Pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 5 sell out in less than an hour: Customers ordering now from the Apple Store may have to wait two weeks for delivery (Sept. 14; 593 comments)
- Apple and the Daisey affair: Why did the company keep its silence, when it knew a year ago what we know now? (March 18; 379 comments)
- Apple's iPad mini: The reviews: Love the fit and finish, not so crazy about the screen or price (Oct. 31; 232 comments)
- Apple's newest iPad: What to expect on Oct. 23: A round-up of what the analysts are saying (Oct. 21; 170 comments)
- Why Apple pulled the plug on Google Maps: The company's real mistake may have been not doing it years ago (Sept. 23; 295 comments)
- Apple to DOJ: Bite me: The Justice Department may regret trying to make its e-book antitrust suit stick to Apple (May 26; 261 comments)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook to forgo a $75 million dividend payout: Asks the board not to issue dividends on his 1.125 million restricted stock units (May 24; 153 comments)
- iPhone 5 sets a sales record; 2 million pre-orders in 24 hours: Double the 1-million first-day orders recorded last year by the iPhone 4S (Sept. 17; 392 comments)
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FORTUNE -- In February of this year, a group of investors visited Apple as part of a "bus tour" led by a research analyst for Citibank. The session started with a 45-minute presentation by Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, and the 15 or so investors who attended the session were treated to Apple's unique brand MORE
Adam Lashinsky, Sr. Editor at Large - May 24, 2012 5:00 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Apple dividend, Apple TV, Foxconn, iPad, iPhone 4S, Mike Daisey, Samsung, Steve Jobs, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Tim Cook -
The best video yet from inside a Chinese iPad factory
Radio reporter Rob Schmitz took a microphone AND a camera to the assembly line
It's not as slick as ABC's, and you don't get to see the reporter riding in a van, donning a bunny suit, or chatting up the workers. But Rob Schmitz' simple, hand-held video tour of Foxconn's Shenzhen iPad factory -- posted Wednesday on American Public Media's Marketplace website -- gives you a better feel for what goes MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 12, 2012 6:13 AM ET -
Apple & Foxconn take a radio reporter on an iPad factory tour
The re-burnishing of Apple's corporate image continues
Rob Schmitz gets his reward this week.
The China correspondent for American Public Media's Marketplace -- whose reporting exposed the lies in Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs and who joined Ira Glass last month in Daisey's public humiliation on This American Life -- was given an exclusive tour inside an iPad factory, courtesy of Foxconn and Apple (AAPL) public relations.
He's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 8, 2012 8:13 AM ETPosted in: Apple, China, Foxconn, iPad, Ira Glass, Marketplace, Mike Daisey, New York Times, Rob Schmitz, Steve Jobs, Tablets, This American Life -
If the new iPad is 'hot,' what do you call a MacBook Pro?
The heat generated by Consumer Reports' thermal test is likely to dissipate quickly
Mike Daisey owes Consumer Reports' Donna Tapellini a thank-you note for diverting attention -- at least briefly -- from his malfeasances with her preliminary report on the new iPad.
CR engineers discovered -- and on Tuesday Tapellini reported -- that playing Infinity Blade II for 45 uninterrupted minutes made the new device up to to 13 degrees F "hotter" (her MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 21, 2012 11:09 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Consumer Reports, Donna Tapellini, MacBook Pro, Mike Daisey, Paul Reynolds, Tablets -
Today in Tech: Mike Daisey responds to Apple backlash
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* Off-broadway performer Mike Daisey took to his blog in response to mounting criticism that he "partially fabricated" his observations of Foxconn iPad factories. "In the last forty-eight hours I have been equated with Stephen Glass, James Frey, and Greg Mortenson," he wrote. "Given the tenor of the condemnation, you would MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 20, 2012 3:30 AM ET -
Today in Tech: The 'partially fabricated' iPad factory interview
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* Apple (AAPL) is holding a conference call later this morning to discuss what the company intends to do with its roughly $100 billion in cash. (Fortune)
* Late last week, the highly-respected radio show This American Life announced it was retracting an episode it aired about a Foxconn iPad factory because one source, off-Broadway performer MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 19, 2012 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Esther Dyson, Federal Aviation Administration, Foxconn, iPad, Mike Daisey, This American Life -
Apple and the Daisey affair
Why did the company keep its silence, when it knew a year ago what we know now?
Mike Daisey began performing his off-Broadway monologue "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" in January 2011. The show, which cast a harsh light on the working conditions in the Chinese factories that produce nearly half of the world's electronic devices, was presented as fact -- a description of what Daisey saw first MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 18, 2012 8:34 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Charles Duhigg, China, iPad, Ira Glass, Mike Daisey, Mobile, New York Times, Steve Jobs, Tablets, This American Life, Tim Cook -
What were the 'falsehoods' in Mike Daisey's Apple show?
A monologist who shined a harsh light on Apple has himself come under scrutiny
"Daisey lied to me," wrote This American Life executive producer Ira Glass Friday as he announced that his radio show was withdrawing its most popular episode -- an excerpt of Mike Daisey's off-Broadway show about Apple's (AAPL) labor practices in China -- and canceling a live presentation of Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstacy of Steve Jobs" MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 16, 2012 4:28 PM ETPosted in: Apple, China, Foxconn, Ira Glass, Mike Daisey, New York Times, This American Life, Tim Cook -
Free download: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
Mike Daisey has released the script of his controversial monologue on the Internet
UPDATE: Anybody who is interested in Mike Daisey's work should first listen to the retraction prepared by This American Life here.
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Even as he performs an extended stay of his monologue The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at the New York Public Theater, Mike Daisey has done a rare thing for a professional writer and MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 22, 2012 4:16 PM ET
