Amid reports that the iPhone garnered some 51.2% of smartphone sales in the U.S. during the last quarter, at least according to one survey, you wonder how Microsoft’s costly Windows Phone initiative is going. The answer, it seems, is not very far. The survey, from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech USA’s consumer panel, is based on 250,000 interviews, […]

You have to wonder how and why the media gets on a kick about something or other, and continues to refuse to allow facts to get in the way. Take the assumption that Apple is toast under Tim Cook because he’s the operations person and not the creative person. Under Jobs, Apple was on a […]

If you ever wanted to figure out what’s going on at Apple Inc., let me tell you that it may be almost impossible if you try to make sense of the contrary stories in the media these days. And that’s just the beginning. First there’s the claim of alleged reduced demand for the iPhone 5, […]

So after fretting over the ongoing dilution of Apple’s market cap, a new spate of positive comments sent the stock price soaring all over again on Wednesday. This roller coaster effect will likely continue until next week, when Apple spills the beans on the last quarter’s earnings picture. In the meantime, though, it’s probably far […]