The iOS refresh has been an annual event since the beginning. You can depend on learning about the next version a WWDC keynote and now, with an active public beta program, access to the new iOS within a month or so thereafter. While Apple had settled on longer cycles for the operating system formerly known as […]

Let me get this out of the way: Windows 10 has proven to be a pretty decent upgrade as Microsoft’s OS goes. It fixes some of the worst ills of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, particularly when it comes to using a traditional Windows desktop interface and a working Start menu. For the previous versions, […]

Although mostly in line with expectations, Wall Street freaked for a time when it was announced that iPhone sales dropped in the March quarter. It was the first time since Apple’s smartphone debuted in 2007. After a steady pace of growth, a pace that few competitors could match, the tide had turned. To some, it […]

When I wrote yesterday’s column, I really expected that Apple would wait until the next beta release of macOS Sierra and iOS 10 to make the public betas available. Well, they didn’t. They came out on July 7th, as hundreds of thousands of people were able to download prerelease versions of the two operating systems. While these releases, […]