It allows MG to reference himself, so that has to be worth something. /s
It is purely a "I knew about this story, just so you know" pissing contest between tech 'journalists'.
That's what MG is all about. Expand stuff from other articles. His Apple posts are expanded versions of Gruber stuff.
We in 3rd world mostly have MG-quality columnnists; they sit lazy at their desk; have a fixed angle to look at life and apply their biased rhetoric to all the emerging news. waste of time i read this.