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    The Fate of Google Glass: Is Google Finally Killing Useless Products?

    January 16th, 2015

    I can’t imagine what the developers at Google were thinking when they came up with Glass. Were they depending on the images of Internet connected devices in sci-fi films as inspiration, in the belief that the public would embrace such a misbegotten gadget? Did they think that all it took was an endless public beta program […]


    Newsletter Issue #788: Apple’s 2014 Sales: Has Apple TV Returned to Hobby Status?

    January 5th, 2015

    If early indications hold true, the iPhone did extremely well during the recently-ended holiday season. While actual sales won’t be known till Apple releases the quarterly numbers, it’s very likely there was a fairly substantial increase. Apple clearly did the right thing in deciding to build larger iPhones. The real question is whether the legacy […]


    2014 — The Year the Sky Didn’t Fall for Apple

    December 31st, 2014

    At the start of 2014, even the most diehard Apple fanatic might have wondered about the future prospects of their favorite fruit company. Sales didn’t always meet Wall Street projections, and profits were flattening. The stock price was way down from historic highs. To no surprise, some members of the mainstream media were calling for […]


    Once You Try 5K, You Never Go Back

    December 26th, 2014

    So I’ve been using the entry-level 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display for several weeks now, and I’ve made it my regular computing workstation. Well, at least until next month when Apple expects to see it returned. Till then, however, I can bask in the superior glow of nearly 15 million pixels dancing on the screen […]