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Apple iPhone 4 – letter regarding reception issues : Blog.

CO2

We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same— the iPhone 4’s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. They had the epiphany that they could use cheap retail space – the carts that sit in the middle of shopping malls – to sell mobile phone accessories, mostly cases.

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The Industries Apple Could Disrupt Next

Harvard Business Review

Thus Apple’s integration of its iPod device, iTunes software, and iTunes music store disrupted the existing music industry value chain from the record labels to the CD retailers to the MP3 device makers. Apple quickly became the largest music retailer in the U.S. for three years. And Nielsen has no reason to cede control of it.

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. How a blue chip technology innovator invests well over $700 million acquiring, developing, distributing and marketing a consumer digicam without a clear path connecting it to the most popular wireless medium around escapes me. What happened?

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. It's a reflection of what's happening in the domestic retail space more broadly. Infibeam's founder projects growth of the retail economy from $400 billion today to $1 trillion by the end of the decade. billion e-commerce sector, says Avendus).

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010. based WiFi service provider Ruckus Wireless snatched it up in 2013. “Name a Singapore start-up.