Some refer to the summer as the silly season, particularly if there’s not a lot of important national or world news to cover, and offbeat human interest stories are given undue emphasis. However, the tech industry is no less immune to such ills, and it can happen any time of the year, particularly when there’s […]

Apple’s legal adventures don’t show any sign of lessening. No, I’m not referring to those little lawsuits that you regularly read about in their SEC filings. Instead, I’m talking about the larger issues that Apple faces in the course of normal operations, such as that recent matter with Apple Corps, the company run by the […]

Consider the situation: A company earns record profits, exceeding analyst estimates in most respects. Despite the skepticism, and dire predictions from over the years, just about everything the company touches turns to gold. At the same time, journalists don’t want to make it seem that they are fawning over the company, and they no doubt […]

The Steve Jobs keynote is over, and you’ll be able to read what’s going on at lots of Mac Web sites, so I want to do something different, and that is to provide instant analysis on some of the information you’ll be hearing about. You may think that’s a little irresponsible, but consider that the […]