Last October, Apple introduced a major refresh for the iMac. The 2012 version was thinner, at least at the edges, promised a better quality picture, and, oh yes, didn’t have an optical drive. Apple made a huge deal touting the fact that the iMac was a mere 5mm thick at the edges, although it fattened […]

As many of you recall, Apple sustained some executive blood-letting in October, with the forced departure of Scott Forstall, the iOS chief, who had been with Apple since Steve Jobs rejoined the company, and John Browett, who ran the Apple Store, but evidently not too well. With Forstall, his abrasive personality evidently didn’t sit too […]

It’s fascinating how certain media predictions come to be. So there’s a story that Apple will introduce an iPhone 5s, and a cheaper alternative, come August. This would be in keeping with the introduction timetable for the iPhone 5, which arrived 11 months after the iPhone 4s. But there’s yet another story suggesting it’ll happen […]

So a story appeared this week claiming that Apple’s U.S. Mac sales rose 31% for the month of January as compared to last year. Since the report came from the NDP Group, which takes direct surveys of dealers, you can believe it. A key reason is most likely that Mac users have begun to receive […]