It started out simply enough. Apple established a Project Titan with the purported intention to build an electric car with self-driving capabilities. Well, the actual goal might not be at all simple to accomplish, but the facts appeared to be correct, along with hiring of up to 1,000 people, plus setting up a test facility near the […]

Back in 1998, Apple did the impossible, so to speak. With the introduction of the first iMac, the famous Bondi Blue model — Apple ditched the ADB, LocalTalk and SCSI ports, and replaced them all with USB. This was USB 1.0, thus fairly slow, but usable for anything but a hard drive. The floppy drive […]

People outside of Apple frequently criticize the company and what it’s doing. That’s perfectly acceptable. Whatever Apple does is ripe for the picking, even if the brickbats are totally unfair. That’s to be expected. Some of those criticisms come from people that gain credibility because of a past association with Apple. A key example is the […]

At one time, Apple CEO Tim Cook was regarded as the man behind the scenes. But in the last year or two, he’s become quite the public personality, appearing on late night TV shows, financial news networks, and the U.S. Congress. That’s quite an achievement for someone who used to be the supply chain guy […]