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This from yesterday's Sunday Times Business section.
When I saw this I felt a glimmer of excitement - could Blinkx's mythical iPhone app be part of this new iSlate device? Video viewing/search would sure work better on a 10" screen than on an iPhone/iTouch screen, that's for sure.
There's an announcement on 26th Jan, apparently. Could it involve Blinkx in some way? Could this be the blockbuster announcement Blinkx shareholders have been waiting for for so long, the announcement that blows the shorters and share manipulators out of the water and gets the share price back to IPO levels and beyond?
Then reality set in. This is Blink we're talking about here. They don't do blockbuster announcements, they don't do transformative deals, and frankly I doubt the ability of senior Blinkx management to negotiate at Steve Jobs' level anyway.
It will be fascinating to see what Apple announce on 26th - just don't bet on Blinkx having anything to do with it.
Oh - and notice Jobs' remuneration package? He gets $1 a year as salary and the rest as shares - so if the share price doesn't perform he effectively earns nothing. I can think of a CEO that I'd like to see follow that model. Can you?
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