Last winter, the Apple haters were delighted to learn that Amazon appeared to have a winner on their hands with the Kindle Fire tablet. That 7-inch gadget sold for a “mere” $200, and evidently did pretty well over the holiday season, with reported sales of several million units. Well, at least that’s what the industry […]

Not so long ago I read a piece that quoted a supposedly respected industry analyst suggesting that the iPad’s share of the tablet market would begin to take a huge dump later this year or the next. With more and more Android tablets with which to compete — and don’t forget the Android-powered Amazon Kindle […]

You’ll notice that the ongoing speculation about the “inevitable” arrival of an Apple “smart” TV is beginning to die down somewhat. While so-called industry analysts were jumping all over themselves claiming you’ll see such a beast by fall, now there are stories that this new gadget won’t arrive until next year, and maybe not until […]

Do you remember back in 1985 when some lame brained executives at Coca Cola decided that the soft drink’s famous recipe had to change? As you know, the unfortunate case of the “New Coke” is regarded as one of the greatest marketing failures of the 20th century. It didn’t take long before we had a […]