One sure way to criticize Apple, even if it’s of questionable validity, is to complain when they aren’t first to market with a new product category. The theory goes that the originator of a market must be destined to succeed and dominate, but those who come later have no chance. They might as well give […]

Take a look at Apple these days. One billion device activations, hundreds of millions of users for individual products. This is mass market to the nth degree, yet it wasn’t so many years ago that the company was regarded as a maker of niche computers. The relatively lower volume products, such as Macs and even today’s Apple […]

Despite claims a while back that some 200 million have downloaded Windows 10, it’s not as successful as Microsoft has hoped. Even though it’s a free download, at least till summer, the migration rate has slowed. One possible reason is that Windows 10 arrived somewhat feature incomplete with loads of bugs. Microsoft has pushed loads […]

These days Apple has a lot on its plate. First and foremost is how the courts will react to their refusal to provide a backdoor to break into an iPhone 5c used by a terrorist. The conclusion to that story has yet to be written, but it may very well wend its tortured way through […]