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    Annoyances: Petty and Otherwise

    August 15th, 2013

    When the Control Center feature was first announced for iOS 7, you were reminded of the Android solution, which puts a number of system setting toggles in the Notification panel. The purpose was to ease the drudgery of dealing with such basic functions as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. You may want to turn them off, for […]


    The Apple Rush to Judgment Continues

    April 30th, 2013

    You don’t have to look far to find yet another report suggesting that Tim Cook doesn’t have much time left to prove that he’s up to the task of helping Apple grow and prosper during the next few years. Although the wolves from Wall Street aren’t circling the company as eagerly as they used to, […]


    AT&T’s Big Blunder

    December 23rd, 2011

    I suppose the move must have made perfect sense to a lot of AT&T’s executives. After all, the company was a survivor in the aftermath of a long-ago antitrust decision to break up “Ma Bell,” and create a bunch of “Baby Bells.” AT&T’s second coming was the result of mergers and acquisitions, and thus, when […]


    Now About That Walled Garden

    August 17th, 2011

    You have heard over and over again how Apple’s tight control over software and hardware is a bad thing. Software needs to be open, Apple needs to license their OS to other companies to be a credible player in the tech industry. And how dare they rule upon which apps can appear in their various […]