You’d think that Apple CEO Tim Cook is the enemy based on some of the comments spewed forth in recent weeks from so-called tech and financial journalists. I suppose part of it is that he’s a numbers and inventory person. He even has an M.B.A., which means he’s just a professional manager, right? Isn’t that […]

So in 2007, it was the year of the netbook. They were small and they were cheap, but they didn’t have a lot going for them otherwise. They keys were squished together, performance was tepid, and the screen was just too small to manage Windows effectively. I recently read a report that some of those […]

Over the years, tech pundits and so-called industry analysts have been saying over and over that Apple will inevitably build their own TV set — someday. On the heels of the claim from Steve Jobs, in that authorized biography, that he had solved the secret of the best TV interface ever, many felt that such […]

Being number one puts Apple right in the crosshairs. So the critics are always looking for a huge fall, while even Apple’s supporters will make a big deal out of problems that may not deserve so much attention. At the same time, claiming Apple can be nothing but perfect is foolish, as is overlooking past […]