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    Newsletter Issue #716: Changing Perceptions About Apple

    August 19th, 2013

    So when it was announced that outspoken billionaire Carl Icahn had invested millions of dollars in Apple stock, and the stock was “extremely undervalued,” in a Tweet no less, the price predictably rose. This was after being in the doldrums for months, on the theory that Apple has had its day in the sun, and […]


    Newsletter Issue #714: Apple Inc. and the Journalism Freakout

    August 5th, 2013

    It would seem that it’s not really hard to accurately report about Apple. The sales numbers and financials are clearly posted on Apple’s site, and you can conveniently compare the numbers to previous quarters and previous years. You can even compare the financials to other companies, within the limits of their reporting. And there’s a […]


    The Strange Case of the Phantom Tablets

    August 2nd, 2013

    So the story goes that the iPad became number one out of the starting gate, but that Android tablets have been fast encroaching on Apple’s space. Of course, we have peculiar ways of demonstrating such a fact, if that’s what it is. So we have the curious case of Google citing a study that indicated […]


    Google, Samsung and Cheating

    August 1st, 2013

    In recent days, there have been published reports that clearly indicate some survey numbers are being fudged to make it seem as it Samsung is doing better in some areas than Apple. So we have that widely-quoted claim that Samsung earned more profits from the company’s mobile handset division than Apple earned with the iPhone. […]