Sometimes the Night Owl makes a prediction and even gets it right. So when I suggested that Apple would make Mavericks free in order to reach as many potential Mac users as possible, and stick it to Microsoft for charging up to $199 for Windows 8 upgrades, I bet some of you didn’t believe me. […]

So there was a published report this week, from no less than the Wall Street Journal, claiming that Apple had severely cut back on orders for the mid-priced iPhone 5c. As you might expect, a raft of stories were posted claiming that demand for the “cheap” iPhone had plummeted, for why else would Apple order […]

As names go, “phablet” is butt ugly. It represents the clumsy marriage of a tablet and a smartphone, or perhaps just a halfway point between the two. Regardless, the biggest thing the phablet has going for it, so far as the companies who make them are concerned, is the fact that Apple isn’t making one. […]

According to a published report, Mac sales are not just down, but dropping somewhat faster than the PC market as a whole. Now this is something that hasn’t happened in a while, so could it be an area of concern? Well, maybe, but it does call for a reality check. First and foremost, the published […]