As you might expect, Apple is getting a lot of grief from some critics over the alleged failure to deliver a fix to the notorious SSL/TLS bug in a timely fashion, particularly for OS X. The iOS updates came out last Friday; the OS X update, folded in with 10.9.2, was released on Tuesday. But […]

The headlines filled the airwaves and the daily newspapers. A serious SSL bug present in OS X Mavericks, iOS 6, and iOS 7 could result in Internet criminals eavesdropping or hijacking your account. To make matters worse, some suggested this bug provided an open door for the NSA to keep taps on you, although I […]

Speculation about Apple’s next product initiative may, according to some recent reports, not be a product at all, but a service. Let me explain. Yes, it is quite possible an iWatch or some wearable gadget will be introduced later this year. The tea leaves — if not any provable facts — seem to point in […]

As you read more and more about the possible specs of the next iPhone — and the specs of competing products — you have to wonder whether the coverage is misplaced. Right now, it’s very much about how can Apple’s iPhone 5s, with a 4-inch display, possibly compete with the 5-inch screen on the Samsung Galaxy S4? Besides, the […]