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    iOS 9 and Conspiracy Theories

    September 23rd, 2015

    So is Apple deliberately promoting false stats on the iOS 9 adoption rate? That’s a claim being suggested by some as the result of the fact that the figures at the App Store, showing 52% as of September 19th, aren’t being matched by third party web metrics surveys. One article quoted, for example, Mixpanel Trends as […]


    So Much for iOS 8’s Unpopularity

    August 6th, 2015

    When iOS 8 rolled out last September, it was shaky. Updates came fairly quickly. One, 8.0.1, lasted barely an hour before Apple pulled it. You see, it nearly bricked an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus by making it impossible to make calls and use Touch ID. Apple got a torrent of negative publicity as […]


    Apple and Bone-Headed Decisions

    June 23rd, 2015

    So the meme playing out in the news media is that Apple, the $700 billion gorilla, was rapidly beaten down by a 25-year-old woman. Well, a woman who just happens to be a multimillionaire rock star and one of the most popular recording artists of the day. But still. All it took was one blog […]


    Apple Whacks Away at Objections

    June 12th, 2015

    There are a number of takeaways from Monday’s WWDC keynote once you actually look over the announcements with a clear head. But it appears some members of the media are concentrating more on whether Apple borrowed some ideas from other platforms than on how they devised ways to enhance the user experience for iPhones, iPads […]