In a recent column I covered the ongoing fear-mongering about alleged OS X and iOS security problems. Over the years, you’ve no doubt read lurid headlines about potential security leaks that might be exploited, only they generally aren’t. Most are based on social engineering, where you are enticed to visit a site, or just stumble on the place. […]

In past years, the release of a new OS from Apple has meant a few weeks of aggravation, first with point-zero bugs and, just as important, the fact that loads of third-party apps just don’t work, or are partly functional. So it’s often a good idea just to wait till things settle down. But for […]

After quite a run, and ahead of a 7-to-1 stock split, Apple’s stock price had declined slightly before the WWDC keynote on Monday. I suppose this was to be expected. The event was presaged with optimism, skepticism and silly claims about what the company must do to survive. Some weeks back, for example, one online pundit who […]

There’s something to be said about inserting one word in a headline, “Apple.” Sure the article may be about fruit, but most of you expect it’s about Apple Inc. The upshot is that the story gets more traction regardless of the value of the content, and that’s true even if it contains little more than […]