They ordered police to search a journalist's house because he had "stolen" a new iPhone prototype.
The kickers?
a. an Apple developer left it at a bar while drinking.
b. they already had the phone back when police raided the house.
Police seized most of Jason Chen's computer equipment that he uses to run Gizmodo, a tech blog site that focuses mostly on Apple technology. Jon Stewart even tore Apple a new one for the whole situation.
If anything, the designer should be held accountable for the loss of the device and Apple shouldn't be going after a blogger for something they posted. Someone screwed up, information got out, get over it. Apple, don't farther tarnish your name by going after an innocent guy.
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Corporate America has never been known for its grace under pressure. The whole "crisis comm" aspect of this didn't even kick in until Apple itself decided to bring down the hammer. Nice one!
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