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    Some Thoughts About the Mysterious HomePod Firmware and iOS 11 GM Leaks

    September 12th, 2017

    All things being equal, is it possible to skip Apple’s September 12th media event and still know everything that’s going to happen — or enough not to care about a few isolated details? You almost get that impression what with the torrent of leaks in recent days. Supposedly the one group of leaks emerged from […]


    Is the Mac Falling Behind Windows?

    January 26th, 2017

    If you can believe recent sales estimates from Gartner, Mac sales over the past year fell about twice as much as the average for PC sales. This may be particularly disconcerting, since Apple has long claimed that the rate of growth of the Mac has exceeded the overall PC market. That was mostly true until the […]


    The Music in Your Pocket Report

    October 25th, 2016

    It almost seems as if a growing number of my columns are very much about comparing the present with the past, or just remembering something I did or observed years ago and how it relates to a current event. So I read an article about the iPod’s 15th birthday. But this is something Apple won’t make […]


    Microsoft May Face Legal Consequences for Windows 10 Upgrade Trickery

    July 12th, 2016

    Let me get this out of the way: Windows 10 has proven to be a pretty decent upgrade as Microsoft’s OS goes. It fixes some of the worst ills of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, particularly when it comes to using a traditional Windows desktop interface and a working Start menu. For the previous versions, […]