As regular readers recall, while Apple was demonstrating OS X Yosemite at the World Wide Developers Conference, one of my long-time clients was freaked at the changes. Her response? “Yuk!” Maybe a little over-the-top, but it made sense if you believe Apple is busy destroying the look and feel of the Mac in favor of […]

So Apple on Monday July 21 released the fourth developer preview of OS 10.10, also known as OS X Yosemite. As usual, some new features were added or modified, and there are loads of problems in the release notes that impact many significant parts of the new OS, including the Finder and Safari. Some may […]

It’s hard to take projections from industry analysts seriously. If you believed some of their projections, Windows Phone would soon overtaking the iOS as the second most popular mobile platform on the planet. And, of course, Apple would be relegated to near-irrelevance once again except for a few million diehards who loved to pay more for […]

Predictably, when Samsung first announced the flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone earlier this year, there were the inevitable comparisons between the Samsung and the iPhone 5s. This was the ultimate, inevitable battle to the death or whatever. So how did Apple stack up with the latest contender? Well, on the surface, probably not so well based […]