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    iPhone and iTunes: The Flakiness Continues

    March 23rd, 2012

    If you’re a regular reader of these columns, you know that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with iTunes and how it interacts not just with my various online purchases, but with my Macs and iPhone 4s. A key example is iTunes Match, which, in exchange for $24.99 per year, will match your music library with […]


    Forget the New iPad! What About the Next iPad?

    March 21st, 2012

    I think few would disagree that the iPad 3 is destined to become yet another breakout hit for Apple. With a reported three million units sold as of the first weekend, some analysts are predicting as many as 12 million will be reaching customers by the end of the quarter. That assumes, of course, that […]


    Newsletter Issue #642: A Brief Visit with an Apple TV

    March 19th, 2012

    It may be a “hobby,” but that hasn’t stopped the Apple TV from being a best seller among accessory TV set top boxes. Aside from the receiver you get from your cable or satellite TV service, you have a choice of loads of peripherals to add, such as a Blu-ray player and a gaming console. […]


    Is Apple Building a Larger Walled Garden for Mac Users?

    February 29th, 2012

    When the Mac App Store arrived last year, some suggested it was only Apple’s first foray to move all Mac app sales under a single umbrella. Independent retail sales would be history, and Mac developers would soon have to get with the program in order to sustain a viable business. Now from a practical standpoint, […]