Linked List: August 30, 2011

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

HP to Make More TouchPads 

Computerworld:

He did not say if the tablets would continue to be sold at a drastically reduced price or if they would also be sold through retailers.

What’s the point? I don’t get it.

European Patriots 

Helen Pidd, reporting for The Guardian:

Now, as both France and Spain consider introducing a wealth tax, a group of 50 rich Germans have joined the “tax me harder” movement by renewing their open call to Angela Merkel to “stop the gap between rich and poor getting even bigger”.

The Ad Contrarian on the Future of Apple 

I don’t share the pessimism, but I do agree with the list of warning signs to watch for going forward. I don’t think Apple will have any problem maintaining its image and brand with Jobs in a reduced role.

Hope He Didn’t Short It 

Matt Marshall at VentureBeat, last week:

With Jobs’ withdrawal, the rap that has always dogged Apple — that its fortunes are too intimately tied to the genius of Jobs  – will come to the fore in a major way.

Even before the company gets a chance to prove otherwise, the stock market is almost certainly going to vote by sending the company’s shares down significantly.

At the moment, the stock price is up over where it was a week ago. Validates the theory that the market doesn’t like uncertainty.