Apple is usually in the news for releasing something awesome and getting praise from fanboys worldwide. Lately, they’ve been in the news regarding the loss of their prototype iPhone 4G that was recovered and exposed to the world by Gizmodo. At first, everything seemed fairly positive (external to Apple) where Apple enthusiasts were getting excited over the new features. But then Apple’s legal team sprung into full action; so intensely that satire commentator Jon Stewart devoted a segment of his show asking Steve Jobs to “chill out” while alluding to Apple becoming the very object they were originally the counter-culture to.
This article was edited after publication by the author on 29 Apr 2010.
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