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    Newsletter Issue #893: Ten Years of iPhones: The Night Owl Looks Back

    January 9th, 2017

    At an age where some might become a little forgetful, I remember it well: Steve Jobs taking the stage and announcing what ended up being the successor to the iPod, which offered your music library in your pocket. The iPhone also offered the Internet in your pocket; essentially a tiny personal computer masquerading as a […]


    Just When You Thought Apple Ran Out of Cats

    February 17th, 2012

    Apple continues to defy conventional wisdom. On Thursday morning, just when Mac users were still getting accustomed to OS 10.7 Lion, Apple unleashed yet another cat, OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. But unlike previous versions of Mac OS X — which is now officially OS X (Mac is not in the versioning or branding of the […]


    They Want to Rush the iPhone 5

    February 3rd, 2012

    There have been some stories in recent weeks suggesting that Apple is readying an all-new iPhone 5 for introduction at the WWDC this June. This is the “real” iPhone upgrade that so many industry pundits suggested Apple would deliver last October, only Apple doesn’t operate by the same timetable they do. To them, the iPhone […]


    The Lion Report: So Why Isn’t it Mac OS X Lion?

    July 22nd, 2011

    There’s a quiet branding change in Apple’s promotion of Lion. While the press releases and even the new About This Mac window still refer to 10.7 as Mac OS X, Apple begun to move towards the OS X label instead; yes, without the word Mac. Compare that to the way the iPhone OS became iOS […]