Making its way among the crowded coverage of the alleged iPhone 8, there are reports that may confirm some of my expectations about the Apple Watch. Now I’m not about to take most rumors seriously. While some are certainly based on genuine sources, such as product leaks in Apple’s supply chain, and others on background […]

Welcome to the world of near-insanity, where a highly successful company is constantly thought of as being poised to fail. It’s the sort of journalist and tech analyst freak-out that has played itself out for years when it comes to Apple Inc. You almost wonder if there’s a deep, dark conspiracy at work here? Or […]

Apple’s critics are out in force this holiday season with end-of-the-year pronouncements. Some say it was a mixed back, but few speak of it as notable. Some suggest Apple had a really bad year, that it couldn’t possibly get much worse. Clearly the latter rating doesn’t recognize the years when Apple was really in shaky condition. […]

There’s a general perception that the Apple Watch hasn’t exactly taken off in a big way, at least not yet. I’ve never seen anyone wearing one. Or at least it wasn’t noticeable, not that I’ve gone out of my way to look. In any case, IDC, part of the International Data Group that used to […]