Showing posts with label fake Steve Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fake Steve Jobs. Show all posts

Monday, 6 August 2007

Fake Steve Jobs unmasked

You may have read about the Fake Steve Jobs when the iPhone was launched. Fake Steve's blog has attracted a large audience Well a NY Times reporter has outed Fake Steve: he's really Daniel Lyons, an editor at Forbes magazine. His blog post yesterday was titled "Damn I am so busted, yo." Forbes Magazine has the story, including a video.

Friday, 29 June 2007

iPhone launch, fake Steve Jobs, Microsoft

I feel like I should be saying something about iPhone on this day of days. But I'm sick of it already and I wish it didn't remind me so much of the Cabbage Patch Doll feeding frenzy. Anyway, the Fake Steve Jobs has been blogging about it all day, you can read his posts if you're interested.
Meanwhile, there's a digital hue and cry about ethics in the blogosphere. Computerword and PC World report that Microsoft asked some well-known bloggers to comment on their new slogan "People-Ready Business" and then used the bloggers' musings in ads. Microsoft paid the bloggers for every user who clicked through to the People Ready Business site.