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    Newsletter Issue #1005: Looking at Apple’s Totally Boring Media Event

    September 21st, 2020

    For months, it was a given that Apple would announce the rumored iPhone 12 at its annual September media splash. And, in the days before it happened, it was rumored that it wouldn’t happen, which essentially took much of the meat out of the event. Indeed, Apple’s 65-minute infomercial last week was decidedly predictable and […]


    Newsletter Issue #1003: Two Trillion Bucks and Counting

    August 25th, 2020

    I’m writing this on the cusp of Apple’s four-for-one stock price split.It’ll mean, in a practical way,  that you will be able to buy a share of stock for 25% of the former price and thus with 25% of the former value. Practically, it’s main value is to make it more affordable for regular people. […]


    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 […]


    Newsletter Issue #1000: Stuck at Home? Consider These for Binging

    July 12th, 2020

    Except for some reports of the form of future Apple products — the iPhone 12 and the first Macs with Apple Silicon — that hasn’t been a whole lot of important news to cover about our favorite fruit company. Whether you have time on your hands — or are working at home — no doubt […]