You have to wonder just how bad Apple’s situation must be — at least in the minds of certain skeptics. After all, every real or perceived setback must be a symptom of a fatal disease. Perhaps Apple got where it is today as a fluke, a few happy accidents over the years. How could that […]

So we know that Apple’s numbers for the March quarter were, in large part, worse than so-called financial analysts predict. Apple’s stock price was down more than 6% as I wrote this column, and that’s to be expected. It’s an unfortunate fact that, even though Apple remains a highly profitable company, only a single quarter’s […]

Challenges, challenges. It appears that the tech industry isn’t getting the love this quarter when it comes to revenue. So we know that Alphabet, Google’s holding company, and Microsoft had somewhat disappointing earnings. Once again, Twitter had disappointing earnings because advertisers aren’t buying enough space, but the social network has long had problems figuring out the […]

There are a number of online pundits who evidently believe they know what Apple is up to, and they also know whether it’ll be a success or failure. They are widely quoted, often without question or comment. Well, except for a few realists who actually do a little fact-checking or research the predictions to see […]