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    Apple in 2016: Is That All There Is?

    November 4th, 2016

    There’s a perception, and I’ll leave it to the reader to say whether it’s valid, that Apple may have underwhelmed customers for 2016. So let’s look at what happened and see what might have been. Throughout 2016, at least so far, Apple has been attacked for conveying the impression that they were more or less giving […]


    Newsletter Issue #883: The Night Owl Helps a Friend Set up an iPhone 7

    October 31st, 2016

    AT&T must be looking real hard for extra cash from customers to pay for its planned merger with Time Warner. So I receive regular emails inviting me to upgrade a two-year-old iPhone 6. I might even consider it, though having my phone bill drop by $30 or so a month if I keep the current […]


    Did Wall Street Accept Apple’s Sales Spin?

    October 27th, 2016

    As I write this article, Apple stock price has dropped over two percent. This comes in the wake of Tuesday’s announcement that sales were down again, as expected, in the September quarter. Now you expect Wall Street to treat such news negatively. Companies are supposed to grow sales, but one would think the falling sales […]


    Apple — From Down to Up!

    October 26th, 2016

    At a time where anything less than dreadful from Apple might have seemed a huge positive, Apple released its financials for its fourth fiscal quarter. So revenues came in at $46.9 billion, which was down from $51.5 billion in the year-ago quarter. Earnings per share were reported as $1.67. Both numbers were a tad ahead […]