Peter Kafka

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The Best Argument for iPad Magazines

August 27, 2010 at 9:23 am PT

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If an Apple (AAPL) server crashes, it’s an inconvenience. But if a truck carrying 48,000 pounds of next month’s Glamour magazine crashes, it’s a different story….

Tagged with Apple, Condé Nast, Glamour, Internet, iPad, magazines, MediaMemo, newsbyte, Peter Kafka

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December 20, 2013 at 8:00 am PT

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Another gadget you don’t really need. Will not work once you get it home. New model out in 4 weeks. Battery life is too short to be of any use.

— From the fact sheet for a fake product entitled Useless Plasticbox 1.2 (an actual empty plastic box) placed in L.A.-area Best Buy stores by an artist called Plastic Jesus