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    Yosemite and Continuity: The Half a Loaf Report

    October 22nd, 2014

    One of the most significant features of Yosemite is Continuity, a proper and efficient way for a Mac to talk to another Mac, or to an iOS device. This is the sort of integration that you can’t find at Google, Microsoft or Samsung. The critics might regard this is a scheme on Apple’s part to perpetrate the […]


    Apple’s Record Quarter: But Don’t Count the iPad!

    October 21st, 2014

    Predictably many of the stories about Apple’s record fourth fiscal quarter concentrated on diminishing iPad sales. It wasn’t so bad this time, some 12.3 million sales. Consider what the competition is doing, and it’s not pretty. But compared to last year’s results of 14.08 million, it didn’t look so well. During the quarterly call with […]


    Is Apple Making the Case for the iPad?

    October 15th, 2014

    Let’s put all this in perspective. Before the iPad arrived, the typical tablet computer was basically a note-book with a touchscreen. The display might swivel, it might be removable, but it was all a variation on a theme. One thing is certain, though, and that is the fact that, after being touted for years by […]


    Dumb and Dumber Surveys

    October 9th, 2014

    So there a big story this week about a certain survey that appears, on the surface, to indicate that teens aren’t especially interested in buying an Apple Watch. The results are based on a twice-yearly survey conducted by Piper Jaffray, a respected industry analyst company. The report comes from Gene Munster, known to like his Macs, […]