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    iTunes Match: Will the Second Year Be as Imperfect as the First?

    November 15th, 2012

    So I noticed this week that my iTunes Match account entered the second year, and I am sort of on the fence about whether this year will be the last or not. You see, the concept is great, but the execution remains a tad flawed. First and foremost, at $24.99 per year, iTunes Match is […]


    Newsletter Issue #675: Should We Demand More Consistent Mac and iOS Interfaces?

    November 5th, 2012

    When Apple decided that the icons on the OS X Finder and iTunes sidebars must be gray, did you accept the decision as something that really made sense? I suppose if you’re color blind, but otherwise, it just makes it that much more difficult to identify them. Well, at least the icons are larger in […]


    Visiting the iPad Mini World Again

    October 10th, 2012

    So there are more and more reports that the long-rumored tinier iPad is now in production. There are other reports with claims about the usual yield problems that are often symptomatic of the early production ramp up stage. Or maybe not. It is also estimated that Apple is prepared — or hoping — to sell as many as […]


    Of Maps, and Other iOS 6 Stuff

    September 21st, 2012

    I expect a lot of you are missing Google Maps after upgrading to iOS 6. Sure, it’s nice that Apple has decided to establish their own mapping service, but such things aren’t built out overnight. Even though Apple may have been working on this project for a while, particularly after it became obvious that Google […]