Apple released the final version of the iOS 10.3 update on Monday. But for many who had already installed the beta seeds, it was a slightly more full-featured maintenance update to what appears to have been a relatively trouble-free OS release. But the most significant new feature may be something Apple hasn’t really made a fuss […]

Of late, Apple has been dinged for not being devoted to delivering frequent updates to Mac hardware. That’s now. But once upon a time, the critics claimed that Apple rushed to make older gear obsolete so you’d buy something new more often. It sure seemed that way because almost every OS release seemed slower than the previous release, […]

So Microsoft has amply demonstrated that the company is not ignoring the Mac any longer. On Thursday, the first Office for Mac 2016 Preview appeared, with new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note and Outlook. Since a complete preview of Office 2016 for Windows has yet to show up, it does seem as if we’re at platform […]

Over the years, I’ve read about loads of reasons not to buy anything from Apple, or at least to be deeply concerned about what the company is doing. While there’s plenty of room for different opinions, one hopes the facts don’t change. But sometimes things become so murky that simple marketing or branding exercises can turn into […]