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Misleading Headline of the Week

Macworld UK leads with the headline “Apple broke labour laws with underage workers report finds“. Of course anyone who has been following this story knows that this is completely bogus. The body of the article is a little more like the actual facts:

“Apple has revealed in a new report suppliers broke local laws, employing children at three different facilities…”

That’s a far cry from Apple breaking Labour Laws themselves. I’m surprised that Macworld would publish such a sensational and blatently false headline. Plenty of other UK publications (i.e. Tabloids) have jumped on this bandwagon, eagerly jumping at the chance to smear a popular company. The truth of the matter is that Apple conducted it’s own audit of it’s suppliers, which it was under no obligation to do, and reported it’s findings publicly, which again, it was under no obligations to do. They also reported the companies where laws were broken. Once again, a far cry from “Apple Broke Labour Laws”. I hope Apple sues them because this is deformation and complete lies.

[Update] They’ve changed the headline. It now reads: “Apple audit reveals underage workers in some of its suppliers”

Here’s a screenshot of the original.

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Britain Under Snow

A Nasa Satellite shows just how extensive the snow covering the UK is right now. Awesome Image.

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Airline Passenger Captures Shuttle Launch

Check out this amazing video from You Tube:

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The Guardian Launches iPhone App

The Popular UK newspaper launches an iPhone App. It looks pretty slick and certainly easier than trying to read it in the normal browser.

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Nice one Arnie

I won’t spoil the surprise, but check out the letter the Governator sent to the California State Legislature. Brilliant.

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CNN Gets a Make Over

CNN.com is sporting a new design this morning. The makeover is pretty substantial and it takes on a  bold minimalist look. I have to say I like it. It’s quite strong visually. Oh, and there’s a cool animation when you first visit the site where a curtain of the old site opens to reveal the new one. It’s very nicely laid out in my opinion, and much better than the old design.

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A Mac Users Trip to New York

Last week I had the good fortune to spend some time away from soggy Ireland, and travelled to the Big Apple for a weeks vacation. As an avid Mac user and all round Apple fan, I couldn’t help but notice a few distinctly Apple flavored things while I was there. Of course being from a small country town in Ireland originally, I always find it overwhelming when I go to New York and this time was no different. Fortunately my first day there also happened to be my birthday, and my Girlfriend took me to the very lovely Boathouse restaurant in the middle of central park for a birthday lunch. On the way back we stopped in the Apple Store in fifth avenue to pick up a copy of snow leopard. I have been in the 5th avenue store before, but every time I can’t help but be blown away by the crowds that visit the place. You can barely move in the store with the throngs. When you consider that only a few years ago Apple was considered to be on dearths door as a company, and to have gone from that to being one of the busiest attractions on one of the busiest streets in one of the busiest cities in the world really is truly remarkable.

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Irish Summer

I guess this means Summer is officially here…

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