{"id":21512,"date":"2015-06-15T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=21512"},"modified":"2015-06-15T07:24:49","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:24:49","slug":"newsletter-issue-811-apple-and-hitting-home-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2015\/06\/newsletter-issue-811-apple-and-hitting-home-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #811: Apple and Hitting Home Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An article I read the other day suggested the stakes are so high for Apple that they are doomed to fail by not hitting the ball out of the park each and every time. They concluded that there there were no jaw droppers at the WWDC \u2014 and that includes Apple Music since there are already popular music subscription services \u2014 and thus Apple did not deliver the goods.<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>This reminds me of the complaints about the 2014 WWDC, that Apple\u2019s announcements didn\u2019t include sexy new hardware but were all about software. Such comments conveniently ignored the fact that these are developer\u2019s conferences, and thus they tend to focus on software and tools for creating software. So even though Apple does occasionally highlight new hardware, such as the introduction of a redesigned Mac Pro in 2013, that\u2019s not a given.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2015\/06\/newsletter-issue-811\/#runs\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article I read the other day suggested the stakes are so high for Apple that they are doomed to fail by not hitting the ball out of the park each and every time. 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