All right, the dust has settled. Many of you agree with me that Amazon Unboxed is poised to be an abject failure, although you never know about such things. But now that Apple has refreshed the iPod line, added higher-resolution movie downloads, and Steve Jobs has proved to us that he is still healthy enough […]

As tech writers were predicting in recent days, Amazon has jumped into the video download arena with something with the name “Unbox,” where you can download both films and TV shows. It seems, on the surface, to be a neat idea, although other companies are already doing it. What’s more, the fact that Amazon is […]

Depending on whose expectations you’ve followed, Apple exceeded them or didn’t quite meet them. In recording the second best financial quarter in its history, Apple reported revenues of $4.36 billion for the quarter ending in March, which is somewhat less than the analysis from Thomson First Call of $4.5 billion. However, net income was $410 […]

Sometimes danger signs come from unexpected sources. Yes, you know that not everyone is happy with the fact that the iPod is the only portable player on which you can play the songs and TV shows you buy from the iTunes Music Store. And some of you resent even any restrictions on your ability to […]