![]() UPDATE: A sharp-eyed reader points out that the Wall Street Journal Monday quoted a deputy district attorney saying that Apple contacted authorities and “advised there had been a theft,” which, according to the Journal, led to the search warrant and the investigation. We put that question to Apple public relations four days ago. Which leaves open the question of whether Apple ever asked the authorities to look into the matter. We don’t know yet whether Apple has been in contact with the DA, but, why wouldn’t they? They can tell the DA what happened. ![]() The San Mateo district attorney gets to decide whether to launch a criminal investigation. “Apple gets to decide whether to file civil litigation. “This is a criminal investigation, not a civil lawsuit,” he writes. Limbaugh revolutionized the media and political landscape with his unprecedented combination o f serious discussion of political, cultural and social issues along with satirical and biting humor. He maintains that Cook - and the readers who think like him - have it all wrong. “My inbox is chockablock with messages from those who think Apple initiated this,” writes Daring Fireball’s John Gruber, who has been one of Apple’s biggest defenders throughout the affair. But he can only speculate about Apple’s role in the investigation. Darbyshire argues that the raid was a violation. “Which raises the question,” he writes, “as to whether Apple, which was outraged enough about Gizmodo’s $5,000 purchase of the lost iPhone for CEO Steve Jobs to reportedly call Gawker Media owner Nick Denton to demand its return, sicked its high-tech cops on Chen.”Ĭook, who wrote for Gawker before he joined Yahoo, may be in a position to know whether Jobs called his former boss. Gizmodo also published a response by Gaby Darbyshire, COO and counsel for Gizmodo publishers Gawker Media. ![]() ![]() In a piece posted Monday, Yahoo News’ John Cook comes close to accusing Apple - and indeed, Steve Jobs himself - of orchestrating the probe based on the fact that Apple is one of 25 companies that sit on the steering committee of the police task force. Judging from reader comments, it’s clear that a lot of people following the story of the lost iPhone prototype assume that the California police task force launched their investigation - and raided the home of Jason Chen, the Gizmodo editor who ended up with the device - because Apple (AAPL) asked them to. ![]()
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