Trying to predict what Apple is going to do is an exercise in total futility. Just as soon as you think you have a handle on their product and marketing strategy, they turn around to upend your assumptions. It has happened often enough that you have to realize it’s all part of a plan you […]

One of the biggest complaints about OS X Lion these days is that Apple tried a little too hard to embed iOS elements, forgetting that long-time Mac users might be confused. Or they might object to being confronted with such choices, such as scrolling that proceeds in a direction opposite to what you’re accustomed to. […]

So the other day, one of those famous one-liner emails from Steve Jobs appears, stating that Ogg Theora, an open source multimedia codec, faces potential patent issues. The conclusion is that Apple must be responsible, although they forget that there is actually an H.264 organization that manages a patent portfolio for such content. Maybe it’s […]

After writing this week’s newsletter, I got to wondering whether some people have led themselves to expect too much from Snow Leopard. After all, Apple has managed to push from 200 to 300 new features for every single release, but this time they claimed to be taking a step back to fix the plumbing. Yes, […]