So there’s a report this week that Apple’s main Asian manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is now on a hiring spree, supposedly to get ready to start building the alleged iPhone 5s. This comes not long after another published report appeared saying that Foxconn had cut staffing because of poor iPhone sales. I know that if I […]

The other day, one commentator suggested that the early dream of Steve Jobs for Apple to control the PC industry was finally coming to pass in the years after his passing. It all began in 2010, with the release of the iPad to a highly skeptical audience. Now up until the iPad arrived, the prevailing […]

I suppose we need people who can consult the tea leaves, or Tarot cards, and somehow decide whether a company is doomed to fail, or will become a smashing success. When it comes to a specific product or service, such people will offer their predictions about how things are going. Some companies, such as the […]

Over the years, the critics have urged Apple to build less expensive gear, such as a cheaper Mac, and, nowadays, a cheaper iPhone and a cheaper iPad. I suppose you can see the logic, since it’s assumed Apple’s sales and market share would be higher if more people could afford their products. Isn’t a high […]