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    The Living Room and Apple’s Lost Opportunities

    January 21st, 2016

    So not so long ago, it seemed that Apple was poised to launch a TV subscription service. No less than Les Moonves, the outspoken president and CEO of CBS, stated, according to a Bloomberg report, that they had conversations with Apple about such a service. Indeed, he remarked that Apple was “having conversations with everyone” about […]


    More Cord Cutting Nonsense

    May 8th, 2015

    At a time where your cable or satellite bill may be north of $100, way north, the possibility of saving lots of money by cutting the cord may seem incredibly attractive. It does make sense in theory, but as a practical matter, it has its complications. Unfortunately, stories about the process seldom bother to cover the […]


    So Whither Apple TV

    December 5th, 2014

    The Apple TV has been considered Apple’s next potential great thing for quite a while. First a hobby, it’s now a supposedly full-fledged product that seems strangely unfinished. To many, it’s just another streamer, a way to deliver TV shows and movies to your TV set, and content from your Mac or iOS device courtesy […]


    A Sprint/T-Mobile Merger: Keeping it Simple — Minded!

    June 10th, 2014

    This story has been getting a lot of traction in recent days. Supposedly Softbank, a Japanese company that owns Sprint, is in talks with Germany’s Deutsche Telecom, owners of T-Mobile. If the proposed $32 billion merger deal comes to pass, the third and fourth largest wireless carriers in the U.S. will be one. The combined number […]