So the U.S. International Trade Commission has this week issued a major ruling against Apple for allegedly infringing against a key Samsung patent related to 3G technology. If upheld, and that’s not a certainty in such cases, it would mean that imports of several older Apple mobile products that run on AT&T’s network would be […]

Along with the announcement of a new version of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console, the One, comes renewed demands that Apple must release a fleshed out Apple TV to compete. After all, it’s Microsoft and Apple is falling behind the curve. When others lead, Apple must follow, or something like that. Now I have little doubt […]

It appears some members of the media imagine that Apple routinely releases news about upcoming products during the quarterly conference call with financial analysts. I don’t know where that idea comes from, but that’s not the typical Apple venue. Unfortunately, facts don’t matter when it comes to Apple. True, one might have hoped that Apple […]

In the run-up to the release of Apple’s finances for the March quarter — its second fiscal quarter — the general patter from the critics was that Apple was in big trouble. iPhone sales must be flagging. Reports from the supply chain said so, and, further, Apple must heed the wake-up call and right the […]