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    Newsletter Issue #1002: Some People Forget that Apple is a For-Profit Company

    August 10th, 2020

    While Apple makes a huge deal of customer privacy and adherence to environmental standards, it may be, in part, a marketing ploy. After all, Apple is in business to make profits and add value to its stockholders. It is, after all, a mutational corporate powerhouse. So after CEO Tim Cook delivered testimony to a sometimes-contentious […]


    Notes of Interest From Tim Cook’s Fast Company Interview

    February 22nd, 2018

    When Apple was honored as the most innovative company on the planet by Fast Company, many of you no doubt assumed it was a national development. How could it be otherwise for the company with the highest market cap? But it’s not as if that would be a universal decision, although I wouldn’t disagree. So […]


    Does Apple Plan to Do Less for iOS 12?

    January 31st, 2018

    In recent years, Apple has been criticized for trying to do too much, releasing OS updates with missing and/or delayed features. Or, worse, lots of bugs to drive users crazy. Despite assurances by Apple that its monitoring fewer problems nowadays, facts are nasty things that often get in the way. Consider two embarrassing problems for […]


    About an Apple Report Card

    January 25th, 2018

    I don’t know how important this is to anyone, unless you’re a devoted Apple watcher. But it’s worth a read. So Jason Snell of Six Colors, a former editor for Macworld, ran a survey involving a few dozen tech journalists, developers and podcasters, judging the worth of Apple products and services for 2017. It’s roughly, […]