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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
New iPhone a disappointment
Instead of the eagerly awaited iPhone 5, the US company Apple presented a revamped iPhone 4 on Tuesday evening. But the new phone is a disappointment to fans, something the company can't afford, writes the liberal daily Le Temps: "iPhones make up 60 to 70 percent of the smartphones now being sold in Switzerland, and a quarter of all computers are Macs. From our perspective it seems Apple is absolutely invincible, but this impression is deceptive. Not because Time Cook can't measure up to Steve Jobs: a talent for inventing devices and services seems to pervade the entire company. No, Apple is vulnerable because it is highly dependent on a telephone that alone accounted for 46.5 percent of profits in the last trimester, while computers accounted for only 17.8 percent. The company is dependent on a telephone whose new version 4S disappointed customers on Tuesday night. This dependency is dangerous. ... If the iPhone suddenly becomes uncool its fans would quickly turn away, because there are are fewer and fewer loyal consumers."
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High price must be justified
The US company Microsoft is taking over the Internet telephone service Skype for the enormous sum of 8.5 billion dollars, which the liberal daily Le Temps finds truly amazing: "The price seems exaggeratedly high. The deal will have no consequences for users, but it does make one suspect there is a new speculative bubble in the Internet sector. ... The price is all the more difficult to assess in that it anticipates future earnings. The fact is, however, that integrating Skype looks to be relatively complicated for Microsoft. The users of the telephone service don't have to worry, the company won't modify its services. By contrast, Microsoft's shareholders could question how much energy it will cost Steve Ballmer's company to get the most out of Skype. But in the end, perhaps this is a purely defensive manoeuvre to prevent Google or Facebook from getting their hands on Skype. In that case the price is almost irrelevant."
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Google the saviour of the music industry?
The Internet company Google presented its music service on Wednesday of last week, which operates in conjunction with the Internet music sites iLike and Lala. The daily Le Temps analyses the possible benefits to the music industry: "Will Google save the music industry? That is no doubt what certain directors of the big companies - those who bemoan the drop in CD sales and the unflagging piracy in the Internet - are hoping. ... The approach is commendable, since these well-known sites make it easy for users to broaden their musical universe. And it's conceivable that it will encourage them to buy more titles. So much for the carrot. And at the same time the stick is getting closer all the time. French lawmakers are trying to introduce a law restricting pirates' access to the Internet, and England is taking similar measures. The British government has confirmed that a bill will be voted on in November based on the same principle of progressive warnings followed by restricted access."
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Google banks on the collaborative web
For Anouch Seydtaghia, director of the daily's multi-media section, "Google is taking the risk of seeing its new prey perish. YouTube is not a business, it is a community. The website does not earn money, it spends it on allowing millions of internet users to share its contents ... which they very often create themselves. A bad decision made by Google - something suspiciously awaited by the advertising front - would be enough to trigger off reprisal and for and YouTube to be ditched. A new site would very swiftly be formed elsewhere. ... The appetites of media groups (Newscorp, who has treated itself to MySpace.com) and advertising managers (Google) are aroused, but had better handle their prey with extreme prudence. ... If Google mistreats the users of YouTube, they will not waste any time going elsewhere. Where? Heavy.com, Bolt.com, Revver.com, Metacafe.com and Vpod.tv are already set to pounce."
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