As we all await news of what Apple has in store for an anxious public at the WWDC in June, speculation has predictably mounted. What we do know is that Apple’s lead designer, Jonathan Ive, one with minimalist preferences, was tasked with handling human interface for iOS and OS X last fall. This presages a […]

If you can give the CEO of BlackBerry any credibility — and that might indeed be a huge stretch — then do not expect that tablets will be significant factors in the mobile computing world in five years. That comment comes from Thorsten Heins, who is struggling to keep the company viable in the face […]

You don’t have to look far to find yet another report suggesting that Tim Cook doesn’t have much time left to prove that he’s up to the task of helping Apple grow and prosper during the next few years. Although the wolves from Wall Street aren’t circling the company as eagerly as they used to, […]

In the run-up to the release of Apple’s finances for the March quarter — its second fiscal quarter — the general patter from the critics was that Apple was in big trouble. iPhone sales must be flagging. Reports from the supply chain said so, and, further, Apple must heed the wake-up call and right the […]