“Apple famously never goes to CES because, well, why would it?,” Chris O’Brien reports for VentureBeat. “The tech giant can get all the attention it wants just by snapping its fingers.”
“But that doesn’t mean the Cupertino giant isn’t watching and waiting for the right moment to tweak the noses of all the gadget hounds in Vegas,” O’Brien reports. “And once again, whether the company played a direct role or not, a couple of well-timed leaks have managed to remind everyone at CES that Apple completely dominates mindshare when it comes to new tech products.”
“Yeterday, 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman had two incredibly well-timed scoops. One story cited sources saying the Apple Watch would go on sale in early March. The other story provided details of a new 12-inch MacBook Air. One day later, those stories were still dominating social media chatter and insider sites like Techmeme,” O’Brien reports. “Did Apple coordinate the leak? Hard to say, since Gurman is incredibly well-sourced when it comes to Apple. Still, the timing for Apple is certainly delicious.”
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CES isn’t limited to just computer tech, and Apple doesn’t do self guiding drones and robotic window washers, so this article makes not sense.
According to John Gruber, Daring Fireball “Mark Gurman is probably the last person in the Apple-centric media whom they would give an authorized leak to. Gurman is persona non grata with Apple PR”.
I have always said Apple leaks the info. When something gets leaked that they didn’t want out yet they sued.
When has it been shown that Apple intentionally leaked something, changed their mind, and then sued who published it?
Angela Arends said the Apple Watch would be released in the spring, which begins on March 20 in North America.
If I was in charge of CES I would just GIVE Apple a large booth. This is embarrassing for CES.