Politicians looking to capitalize on tech hype should heed the lesson of Philadelphia mayor John F. Street. Street got on line at 3:30 a.m. to wait for an iPhone, but according to Breitbart, when a constituent confronted the mayor and asked him, “How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?” the politician beat a hasty exit.
Meanwhile, Gadget Lab is reporting that the Fifth Ave. Apple store in New York City (famous for its glass cube design and Star Trek elevator) has closed its doors in preparation for the iChaos. Don't you get the feeling that all this is building up to some tragic display humanity gone awry? Let's keep our fingers crossed that the iPhone-mania doesn't get out of hand.
