Ron Fredrick on Saturday Apple video: The structure of a Steve Jobs keynote - 'Gregg Thurman said: “I didn’t even see a woman until 7:15.” **Please check again, Gregg. Go to minute 4:50 and watch as a bare MacBook(?) chassis is passed down a row in the audience. The woman I believe to be Laurene Powell Jobs is sitting to the left of a woman with reddish hair and to the right of a gentleman with a blue shirt.'
on Saturday Apple video: The structure of a Steve Jobs keynote - 'I didn’t even see a woman until 7:15.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Also, David, an $8.77 drop is 3.3% of $264.18 (Apple’s closing price). Looked at over the last 12 months: AAPL: +9.2% AMZN: -1.1% IBM:: -4.8% META: -3.0% MSFT: -1.1% NFLX: -1.9% QCOM: -9.4% Then there are the 1year “winners”, several of which owe there rise* at least in part to Apple: AVGO: +60%* GOOGL: +83%* INTC: +92%* UNTC: +92%* NVDA: +42% TSLA: – 37% TSM: +-107%*'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Oops! Didn’t make it! “Don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin For the times they are a-changing.” Again.'
on NATO trusts Apple, Pentagon trusts Grok - 'From DuckDuckGo Ai : In the context of the 2025 12-Day War between Iran and Israel, Apple devices, particularly iPhones, were notably implicated in cybersecurity concerns. No explanation, no justification? Just a bald assertion from some LLM? The non-technical term for that, I believe, is bovine effluent'
on NATO trusts Apple, Pentagon trusts Grok - 'Also from Duck.ai : Grok’s challenges in fact-checking and content moderation during conflicts, such as the previous 2025 Israel-Iran escalation, highlight its limitations in handling complex geopolitical events.'
on NATO trusts Apple, Pentagon trusts Grok - 'Read the article, so if you want to have safety limits on a new, evolving and dangerous technology you are a LEFT WING NUT JOB?!?? Trump, you sick pedophile, FUCK YOU!'
on Apple's securities fraud defense: We didn't know - 'Just saying Dan, you do tend to take the shit side of every Apple argument.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Volume today was quite high. Near as I can tell from reading the news it sounds like a generalized chaos is gripping the market more than any one story. I’m hopeful that the announcements next week will help calm the market. If we can get through the month without war in the Middle East that would be good also.'
on Apple's securities fraud defense: We didn't know - '“The lawsuit argues deliberate deception.” Apple promoted and advertised features that were not available. What else would you call that? I’m sure there was some number of consumers that looked at the ad and said, “That’s something worth upgrading over.” Those are the folks I’m referring to. As far as the investor class action suit goes, I can’t see how you can prove you were hurt when the share price eventually went higher. Seems like day traders with sour grapes.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'I’m glad that it provides Apple an opportunity to buy its stock, but this long-term investor feels better when the stock goes up. I don’t have forever, and I want to be up when I get there. A lot. I’m trying to find a reason why going down $8.77 in a single day would make me laugh much. We’ve been stuck down here for a long time, and I’m ready for it to go up. A lot.'
on Apple's securities fraud defense: We didn't know - 'The class action that’s being pursued isn’t by people who bought iPhones. It’s being pursued by shareholders. And it’s on the basis of alleged securities fraud.'
