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    Of Apple and Acquisitions

    December 7th, 2009

    Over the weekend, Apple confirmed the purchase of Lala, a Silicon Valley startup that specializes in music streaming. That was sufficient cause to start the tech pundits speculating on how Apple would use its new acquisition, and whether we’re in store for an iTunes music streaming service in the near future, perhaps focused on the […]


    Newsletter Issue #523: A Couple of Bugs They Don’t Talk About!

    December 6th, 2009

    So I just set up that brand new 27-inch quad-core iMac, and decided to run a MobileMe Sync. Nothing unusual, right? Well, this is a problem I’ve had for a long, long time, but I haven’t seen many complaints about the situation. You see, whenever I choose the option to include my Mail accounts, Sync […]


    Has the App Store Jumped the Shark?

    November 23rd, 2009

    When I first read Apple’s press release that the unexpectedly famous App Store had 100,000 offerings, and that two billion files had been downloaded so far, I wondered how we got there in the first place. {In case you’re wondering, the phrase “jump the shark” was first coined to describe TV shows whose best days […]


    Newsletter Issue #520: Journalists Spend Too Much Time
    Looking in the Mirror When Writing About Apple

    November 15th, 2009

    As I consider some of the absurd comments from so-called tech writers that I routinely disprove, I have to wonder what they are thinking about. I wouldn’t go so far as to suggest that maybe they are drinking too much of the “sauce” or inhaling mind-altering substances. But it doesn’t seem to make sense that, […]