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John Gruber destroys Dan Lyons
A brilliant piece by John Gruber of Daring Fireball utterly demoloshing the fool that is Dan Lyons. Now as opposed to other pundits like Rob Enderle and Scott Mortiz, Lyons actually has some intellect at his disposal. The thing is, Lyons has a personal axe to grind with Apple, a fact which often results in [...]
Continue reading...Is Dan Lyons the best Newsweek can do?
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Newsweek tech writer Dan Lyons and Apple aren’t exactly the best of friends. Apple has given Lyons, who you might also know as the Fake Steve Jobs, absolutely no access to Apple since he assumed tech editing duties at the publication in 2008. In other words, Newsweek has never gotten a pre-release Apple product to [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons, Stephen Levy, Newsweek and Apple – Oh My!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
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There’s nothing like a scrappy Silicon Valley scandal to liven up the day. Well, this isn’t as much of a scandal as it is a “he said, she said” type of situation. Here’s the scoop. Dan Lyons recently appeared on CNN where he said that prior to his hiring at Newsweek, outgoing tech writer Stephen [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons’ plan to bring down AT&T is pretty lame
Monday, December 14, 2009
Ever the attention whore, Dan Lyons, who you might know better as the Fake Steve Jobs, is trying to organize a mass protest of sorts against AT&T. Subject: Operation Chokehold On Friday, December 18, at noon Pacific time, we will attempt to overwhelm the AT&T data network and bring it to its knees. The goal [...]
Continue reading...Is Dan Lyons slowly turning into Rob Enderle?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Dan Lyons might slowly be morphing into Rob Enderle before our very eyes. In a recent article about Snow Leopard, Lyons writes that things are amok over at Apple, an opinion he bases on “unimpressive reports on the performance of Snow Leopard.” Hmm, last time we checked, Snow Leopard has been getting glowing reviews at [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons still obsessed with David Pogue
Monday, September 7, 2009
Two days ago, Clark Hoyt of the New York Times published an article discussing the potential conflict of interest for David Pogue to the extent that he makes a living off of writing manuals for tech software like OS X, while at the same time he’s required to objectively review them. It is no intended [...]
Continue reading...Why does Dan Lyons hate David Pogue?
Friday, August 28, 2009
Yesterday, Dan Lyons took some curiously serious shots at New York Times tech writer David Pogue. Though written under the Fake Steve Jobs moniker, the post is basically an editorial piece from Lyons slamming Pogue. Commenting on Pogue’s Snow Leopard review, Lyons writes: Pogue, on the other hand, had to change his underwear after writing [...]
Continue reading...Who should replace Eric Schmidt on Apple’s board? Tim Cook? Woz? Jim Goldman?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
In light of the recent resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple’s board of directors, an important question becomes who exactly should take the open seat on the board? Silicon Alley Insider suggests that Tim Cook would be a good choice, given his success in handling Apple’s day to day operations in the absence [...]
Continue reading...Fake Steve Jobs is back, turns attention to recent liver transplant, pokes fun at David Pogue
Monday, June 22, 2009
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Dan Lyons has returned to pen a few new posts for his popular Fake Steve Jobs blog, this time writing an admittedly funny entry about how NYT Tech columnist David Pogue was the one who donated his liver to Jobs. Lyons is clearly bitter over Pogue’s relationship with Apple, but it’s a funny post nonetheless. Lyons’ [...]
Continue reading...Does Forbes have an anti-Apple conflict of interest?
Friday, April 24, 2009
Forbes recently unearthed a 3 hour deposition of Steve Jobs relating to the Apple backdating scandal he was involved in a few years ago. Now some are asking if Forbes had any inside help in obtaining those transcripts. 9to5Mac lays out an interesting case in the affirmative: - Forbes is partially owned by Elevation Partners [...]
Continue reading...Fake Steve Jobs, a.k.a Dan Lyons, banned from CNBC for Life
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Dan Lyons and Jim Goldman had a heated exchange today on CNBC over whether or not Apple was concealing anything in the weeks preceding Steve Jobs’ announcement that he would be taking a leave of absence from Apple. Lyons seemed particularly peeved at Jim Goldman for erroneously reporting last week that Steve Jobs was doing [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons and Jim Goldman spar over Steve Jobs leave of absence [Video]
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Video from CNBC of Dan Lyons and Jim Goldman sparring over whether or not Apple was concealing anything in the weeks preceding Steve Jobs announcing that he would be taking a leave of absence from Apple. Check it out below and see what you think, but I first want to say this: Steve Jobs has [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons gets paid to write for Newsweek?! Pt. III
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Newsweek columnist Dan Lyons is up to his old tricks again with a new article about Apple that is more about tabloid-esque personal attacks against Steve Jobs than actual substantive reporting. I’m not a tech-industry insider, so I can’t shed any light on why Dan Lyons seems to have a personal vendetta against Steve Jobs, [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons gets paid to write for Newsweek?! Pt. II
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Within hours of Apple’s media event today, Dan Lyons published an article for Newsweek asserting that the new Apple laptops aren’t worth the hype. That’s all well and good, and he’s entitled to his opinion, but it’s problematic if that opinion is seemingly pre-conceived. What I find troubling is that Lyons essentially glosses over the [...]
Continue reading...Dan Lyons – He gets paid to write for Newsweek?!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
It amazes me how someone like Dan Lyons, who seemingly doesn’t know much about Technology, gets paid to write for Newsweek. In his latest article, Lyons argues that Apple today is what Microsoft was 10 years ago – a monopolistic company that employs unscrupulous methods to crush competitors. The problem is that Lyons doesn’t have [...]
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Friday, July 23, 2010
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