Change is in the wind. There are more and more stories in the mainstream media that you won’t be forced to sign up with AT&T to use an iPhone in the U.S within a few weeks. But I’ll avoid the issue of jailbreaking the phone and using T-Mobile instead, which one of my friends has […]

Steven P. Jobs certainly didn’t gain any friends at Adobe when he pronounced Flash dead and buried earlier this year, essentially the next floppy disk. In response, Adobe’s PR people, and some of their executives too, have engaged in pointless spin control, while at the same time continuing to avoid the real issues. The most […]

If you think the media can sometimes be too harsh on Apple, spend a little time with a long-time Mac user, and you will hear a surprising amount of complaints. No matter that they are intensely loyal to most anything with an Apple logo on it. When it comes to the shortcomings of any particular […]

With the unexpected (but not surprising) announcement that the Xserve rack-mounted server was being discontinued last week, it is understandable that some are wondering whether Apple is giving up not just a tiny money tree, but corporate credibility. After all, isn’t it true that Apple cares about consumers, not businesses? The reason for the Xserve’s […]