Apple’s next-generation smartphone will be called the iPhone 5, according to an inactive link accidentally posted on the company’s own Web site hours before the highly anticipated device is expected to be announced in San Francisco. By searching Apple’s Web site for the term “iPhone 5,” the search results yield a listing to a press release primed for later today. In the address listing, it says: “Apple-Introduces-iPhone-5,” giving a fairly clear indication of what the forthcoming device will be called. The link appears dead at this stage and the page doesn’t load. But that’s not all. Read the full story at CNET.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.