When Apple demonstrated a new home-grown mapping feature for iOS 6 last June, I wonder how many expected how it would all turn out. Certainly it was clear why Apple made this move. It’s all about Apple’s soured relationship with Google, and the drive to dominate mobile platforms. According to published reports, Apple wanted Google […]

This weekend, Amazon quickly responded to a huge customer protest about putting ads on the lock and home screens of the new Kindle Fires. Even though the upgraded lineup comes across as a good value as far as price is concerned, it’s understandable buyers would chafe at having to confront ads on a device that’s […]

Predictably, Apple has announced a media event for 10:00 AM Pacific on September 12 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Along with the telltale words “It’s almost here,” there’s a faded number five. I suppose there’s little left to say, but Apple will manage to stretch it out over an […]

Would you believe that Windows 7 has finally overtaken an OS, Windows XP, which is 11 years old? The mind boggles that XP has held on so long, and the Windows 7 advantage is hardly significant. The survey comes from Net Applications, which bases the Desktop Top Operating System Share Trend strictly on Web traffic. […]