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    The End of Apple’s Thermonuclear War?

    August 7th, 2014

    When Steve Jobs famously said he’d go “thermonuclear” against Android because it was stolen property, and vowed to invest all of Apple’s huge cash hoard to pursue that fight, the statement was taken seriously. That Apple began to sue Samsung and other companies for patent infringement was merely the expected follow-up to the promise that […]


    The OS X and iOS Integration Freakout

    July 29th, 2014

    In recent years, Apple has turned topsy-turvy for long-time Mac users. Whereas the Mac used to be the cash cow, now it’s relegated to third-rate status, just behind the iPad when it comes to quarterly revenues. So there’s been the wrongheaded perception that Apple doesn’t care about Macs anymore, and would just as well have […]


    Newsletter Issue #764: Writing About Apple in Ignorance

    July 20th, 2014

    At the same time that I read a report speculating about the feature set of the rumored iPhone 6, there was yet another headline suggesting that Samsung was poised to introduce a smartphone designed to compete head-on, which may be called Alpha. Of course, this is the way of the tech world. Apple puts out […]


    The iWatch: Making Up Form Factors

    July 16th, 2014

    While ongoing speculation about the iPhone has more or less centered on two sizes and the usual range of hardware enhancements, the talk about the rumored iWatch is still all over the map. When it comes to alleged iPhone 6, supply chain chatter has continued to leak into the wild, and some of it seems credible. As […]