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    The World of Wireless Carrier Tyranny

    January 28th, 2011

    When you buy a consumer electronics product from, say, a Best Buy chain store, you are not just the customer of the retailer, but of the manufacturer whose product you purchased. If your Mac fails, you will generally call Apple, or visit the Genius Bar at an Apple Store, if one is nearby (yes, I […]


    Newsletter Issue #551: Can They Really Be So Dumb?

    June 20th, 2010

    It seems that some members of the media and the industry research business never miss finding ways to top themselves when it comes to abject stupidity. You have to wonder whether their readers actually believe such nonsense, or become attack dogs, hoping to knock a little sense into their thick skulls. One particularly lame pronouncement […]


    Yes, Adobe Can Survive Without Flash

    June 1st, 2010

    After crying the blues to the government that big bad Apple won’t let them pollute the iPad and iPhone with Flash, Adobe has finally demonstrated to one and all that they can actually survive anyway. So is anyone surprised? According to published reports, Adobe has created a new digital publishing platform for magazines for the […]


    Declaring the Success of Apple’s Competitors

    May 25th, 2010

    It seems to be a nasty habit on the part of the tech media. A company announces a product or service that appears to compete with something Apple is building, and the immediate conclusion is that Apple is in big trouble and needs to so something pronto! This was particularly true in the early days […]