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    Good Spin, Bad Spin — Making It Up as They Go Along

    December 12th, 2013

    So there’s a story this week that raises yet another theoretical question, which is whether Apple plans to somehow enter the tablet price wars and sell iPads real cheap. It doesn’t matter where the story originated, since it doesn’t deserve a link. But there’s a long study of tumbling prices of tablets,  wondering how Apple […]


    Wacky Theory Department: An Apple/Microsoft Merger?

    December 11th, 2013

    The other day, I read yet another revisionist story about Microsoft’s 1997 investment in Apple, claiming that the $150 million influx was necessary to prevent bankruptcy. That, however, is an urban legend. The truth is that the investment was actually part of a settlement between the two companies over various intellectual property lawsuits. Don’t forget that […]


    Newsletter Issue #731: Another Look at the Cheap Smartphone Market

    December 2nd, 2013

    When my long-time friend Kirk McElhearn, a prolific author and commentator, told me ahead of doing an episode for The Tech Night Owl LIVE this week, that he had purchased an Android smartphone, I paused for as second. After a very few high-profile Mac journalists made well-publicized switches from the iPhone to Android earlier this […]


    Is Apple Losing the TV Wars? Really?

    November 29th, 2013

    There’s a story this week suggesting that the non-appearance of an Apple branded TV set means the company is losing the battle to control your living room. This theory presupposes that other companies have solved the problem in innovative ways, and that nothing Apple can do would offer a better solution. Have they? I suppose […]