People like to tell Apple what to do. Release a larger iPhone, don’t release a larger iPhone, add this feature, that feature or the other feature. They say the customer is always right, but if the customers have 1,001 different opinions, which opinion do you accept? Whatever you do, there will be complaints, and maybe […]

It has been a long time since you could take Microsoft’s promises — or threats — seriously. After they conquered the PC world early on, almost every pronouncement from them was accepted as gospel by the media. Whenever they announced a product or service, they were believed. When those products or services failed to appear […]

I’m surprised the story isn’t getting a lot more coverage. The other day, it was reported that Microsoft is taking a $6.2 billion write down because their $6.3 billion purchase of an online ad service, aQuantive, in 2007, was a waste of money. Why aren’t Microsoft’s stockholders screaming? Now the reason Microsoft bought aQuantive is […]

On Monday, Microsoft essentially killed all or most third-party opportunities for Windows tablets by introducing a portable tablet version of Surface for the ARM and Intel platforms. After a procession of peculiar Windows 8 tablets were announced by various and sundry PC makers, Microsoft staged a media event Monday, where they attempted to make all […]