There’s one sure thing private industry and governments have in common: Both want to control the medium and the message when it comes to press coverage. This is understandable, and certainly the practice invites both friendly and sometimes contentious interactions between the fourth estate and the object of their coverage. Apple’s way of manipulating media […]

As you have probably heard, NDP Group, a well-respected market research firm, is reporting stellar sales for Snow Leopard. The long and short of their survey is that sales over the first weekend were twice that of Leopard its launch weekend, and nearly four times that of Tiger. NPD Group’s vice president of industry analysis, […]

Unlike just about any recent Apple OS release, the amount of published misinformation about Snow Leopard is nothing short of staggering. Why should this be so? Well, I could look at the meta issue and bemoan the poor quality of our educational system, or the fact that the media is largely controlled by huge conglomerates […]

You just knew that, as soon as Apple announced the actual shipping date for Snow Leopard, some media scribes would come out of the woodwork and deliver their reviews. Only the actual copies of the finished product have yet to reach anyone’s hands, except, perhaps, for a favored few journalists who have already been sent copies […]