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    The iOS 8 Adoption Rate Report

    February 4th, 2015

    There’s a perception, one I believe to be mistaken, that the adoption rate for the latest version of Apple’s mobile OS is seriously lagging. But aside from your definition of “lagging” or “poor,” there are other issues to consider. First is the claim that iOS 8 was hopelessly flawed, and thus people were less inclined […]


    Newsletter Issue #789: Revisiting the Alleged Decline in Apple Software Quality

    January 12th, 2015

    All it took was an Apple developer’s complaint about the supposed declining state of Apple’s software to fuel a number of articles saying that things are going from bad to worse. One story had it that, in light of bugs that are never actually mentioned in the article, iOS and OS X software quality may […]


    Things Have Changed for Apple — Possibly!

    January 9th, 2015

    The illusion was conveyed last year that Apple was in deep trouble. Quality control, particularly for software, was supposedly down in the dumps, new products were just minor revisions of old products, and wasn’t Samsung taking over the tech industry? I wouldn’t presume to suggest that some of the skepticism was manufactured by people with […]


    The 2015 Apple Hit Bait Report

    January 8th, 2015

    Those who have little better to do than diss Apple for real or imagined ills will no doubt enjoy coming up with new drivel to spread this year. Of course, last year had plenty of meat and potatoes to consume. Some of it was true, such as the failed iOS 8.0.1 update that bricked some […]