Typical of the way some members of the media handle upcoming products from Apple, there has been a spate of stories saying Apple Watch is doomed to fail. To a large extent, none of the people writing these stories have even seen one in person. At best, they watched the online feed of Apple’s “Spring Forward” media […]

I am old enough to remember a very tired joke. I bend my arm and say, “doctor, it hurts when I do this.” The doctor says, “Don’t do that!” As I said tired. It actually dates back to the early 20th century, part of a famous sketch from the Smith and Dale comedy duo that was later “borrowed” by other […]

The critics suggested that Amazon had it all wrong pricing the Fire Phone at $199 with atwo-year contract, not to mention having it available at just one carrier — AT&T. In the past, Amazon, famous for generating cash flow but little or no profit, has sold hardware at roughly cost. The hope was to generate […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook and HP CEO Meg Whitman have one thing in common. Both took their positions in the late summer of 2011. The similarities pretty much end there. Cook had previous experience as interim CEO of Apple when Steve Jobs took several sick leaves. During that time, Apple achieved record sales and profits, […]