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    Notes of Interest from Those Tim Cook Interviews

    December 7th, 2012

    So Apple’s stock price began to rise somewhat Thursday after lengthy interviews with Tim Cook were published. I suppose his comments offered a measure of sanity to the crazy world of Wall Street, where rumors and misunderstood stories are enough to cause a company’s stock price to dive. As you might expect, despite the length […]


    The Apple Stock Fear Factor

    December 6th, 2012

    So once again Apple’s stock price was down in the dumps Wednesday, to the tune of some 6.4%, while the overall stock market price increased. What could possibly have gone wrong? Is it possible Apple’s days in the sun are coming to a close, that people aren’t buying iPhones, iPads and Macs in such great […]


    Is What You See What You Really Get?

    November 30th, 2012

    In the old days of desktop publishing, the ideal personal computer display had a resolution of 72 dots per inch, which essentially meant that the page you saw on the screen was about the size of the physical version. Of course, color accuracy was another story entirely. Today, displays are far sharper, at the expense […]


    Will Executive Shakeups Help Apple and Microsoft?

    November 29th, 2012

    Just the other day, Bloomberg reported yet another staffing change at Apple. Seems that Richard Williamson, who supervised the mapping program at Apple, and had worked with the company since the days of NeXT, has recently been shown the door. If true, it would represent even more evidence that Senior Vice President Eddy Cue is […]