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Et tu? Shamed Microsoft workers hide their (i)Phones

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Maybe it was when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pretended to stomp on an employee’s iPhone in front of thousands at the all-company meeting in a sports stadium. Or perhaps it was when the company announced it would only reimburse cellphone services fees for those using phones with Window Phones software. Or could it have been when Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft’s business division, destroyed his personal iPhone in a blender? Whatever tipped the employees off, the WSJ reports that among the nearly 10,000 Microsoft workers using iPhone last year (that’s 10% of the company’s global workforce), some may have taken the hint and gone to some pains to conceal their—shhh—iPhones. According to the WSJ article, some go as far as to masquerade their phones using cases that make them look like other devices. Others simply steal them from the executives’ sight. Now if only there were an app for this.

Read the full story at WSJ.com.

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Mar 13, 2010
Jon liked this post.
Mar 14, 2010
David Edwards said...
had to lol but sad really, file this with the stories about the marketing people who use macs to do their stuff

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