It’s no secret that the Apple TV isn’t doing terribly well compared to similar gear from Amazon, Google and market leader Roku. While Apple was the pioneer in this space, it took far too long to modernize the product. Even when Apple introduced an all-new model in 2015, it made it much more expensive, yet […]

So there’s a published report this week, timed for the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which boasts that Roku’s video streaming interface will soon find its way onto regular TV sets. This isn’t so surprising considering that Roku received some $60 million in additional working capital last May. As many of you know, […]

Officially, Apple TV, a video streaming set top box that costs a mere $99, remains a “hobby” or “grand vision” for Apple, depending on which comments from Tim Cook you take seriously. Perhaps both are correct. However, that doesn’t mean the Apple TV isn’t successful. In fact, it’s the market leader. So here we go […]

So from the lame pundit school of commentary comes a report claiming that Apple is essentially toast if cloud-based services aren’t fixed real fast. Google is cited as the industry standard, and Apple supposedly has nothing more than a few data centers, and loads of problems. Do you remember Mapgate? When I read articles of […]