As Microsoft continues to confront the problem of hundreds of millions of PCs still using the ancient Windows XP, Apple’s strategy to make OS 10.9 free appears to have paid off. According to Net Applications, which tracks Web traffic, Mavericks is now installed on some 32% of the Macs currently in use. Remember that Mavericks […]

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 […]

This week there’s a report about a new ad campaign from Nokia, comparing their new Lumia 2520 tablet against the iPad. So what did they complain about? Well, it seems that the Lumia has an attachable physical keyboard, but the iPad doesn’t. I’m serious. Now this approach is nothing new. It’s reminiscent of Microsoft’s ads […]

Not long ago, Eric Schmidt, late of Apple’s board of directors and the present executive chairman at Google, made the silly claim, at a public event no less, than Android was more secure than iOS. Well, perhaps that was his profound belief, though it bought nothing but laughter from the audience. You could almost feel […]