Apple Says You Shouldn’t Believe Them

Check out the iPhone 3G ad above. Notice how pages load in fractions of a second. Anyone who’s ever used 3G knows it couldn’t possibly be that fast in the real world.

Even seventy-year-old William Gillis can spot the chicanery. That’s why he filed a complaint against Apple alleging false advertising.

That Apple lies is nothing new. They just got caught lying about Macs and viruses. That someone would call them on their lies is not surprising, either. What is surprising, however, is the absurdity of Apple’s defense: Click here to continue reading “Apple Says You Shouldn’t Believe Them”…

Facebook is Right to Ban Lindsay Lohan

Kudos to Facebook on banning Lindsay Lohan for using a fake name. Lohan had been posting as “Lindsay Ronson”, using the surname of her girlfriend Samantha Ronson. Facebook requires users to post with their real names. Lohan is now whining about the ban on the world’s second biggest social network, MySpace.

This is brilliant move on two levels. Not only did Facebook get a mainstream celebrity talking about them, they also demonstrated that not even celebrities are above their terms of use. The latter makes Facebook feel even more like a level playing field, and less like a desperate media company sucking up to Hollywood (a la Semel-era Yahoo).

Not only did Facebook get publicity from Lohan’s whining, they’ve also earned the respect of their most passionate users. Well played, Mr. Zuckerberg, well played. This isn’t quite as ballsy as Kevin Rose defying the MPAA, but it’s still the right thing to do.

As for Ms. Lohan: cry moar. The Internet hates whiners, regardless of their “celebrity” status. Lohan would be better off apologizing to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If she’s lucky, he just might ask her out. After all, Paris Hilton dated MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe.

(Photo by Rafael Amado Deras.)