Publication dubs University of Michigan freshman 'Best Apple Reporter in the World'

By looking at domain names the company had purchased, University of Michigan freshman Mark Gurman was the first to realize that Apple would be developing a tablet.

According to a story from Crain’s Detroit Business, Gurman was still attending high school in Los Angeles when he took his hunch to leading blog 9to5Mac.

The industry-focused website founded in 2007 averages nearly 1 million page views a day, the blog’s editor Seth Weintraub said. Weintraub hired Gurman as a reporter and his work for the publication earned him the title of “Best Apple Reporter in the World” from Business Insider.

According to the Crain’s report, Gurman is currently studying a wide range of subjects at U-M including calculus and communications, but has his sights set on attending the Ross School of Business next year.

• Read the full story on Crain’s Detroit Business.

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