I suppose if you believe what currently passes for conventional wisdom in the tech media, Apple was moving along perfectly in recent years until the Mapgate debacle. The iPhone, the iPad, the iPod and the Mac were all running just peachy, OS X and the iOS were free of errors, all until Apple failed to […]

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 […]

A large tech company has to offer a free email service to be relevant these days, I suppose, particularly if they delve in search. Build a pretty site, add lots of features, and offer the accounts free. Sure, there will be targeted ads polluting the site to generate some revenue for the company, but I […]

In recent stories about the early days of Tim Cook’s management of Apple, the ways in which he’s changed Apple have been mentioned over and over again. Many of the stories are largely positive, such as a more open approach in dealing with the investment community and Washington. That Cook seems more even-handed than his […]