What Apple needs to do

In terms of market capitalization, Apple Inc. will likely be the largest company in the world by the end of the year. They have $97 billion in cash and no debt. Their share price is up over $100 in the last 5 months. They’re selling record numbers of iPhones,...

Macworld Expo 2011

Last year I wrote: Having just concluded three days of Macworld SF 2010 after taking part in various user conferences and walking the show floor, I remain somewhat skeptical of Macworld SF 2011. The joy of being right is rather muted by the embarrassment of actually...
iPhone Life and Death

iPhone Life and Death

Pretty layouts, glossy paper, and alluring subject matter will get you in the door, but if the content’s not there (and boy is it not), you’re going to have a rough go of it. I’m looking at the March-April 2011 edition of iPhone Life that I picked up...

Information anywhere

It is abundantly clear that huge advantages accrue to having personal information—email, contacts, calendar, etc.—available anywhere. Apple’s MobileMe (buy the old version and save) syncing service handles most of this wirelessly. If I update a contact on my...

EFF’s “Freedom of Choice” and the iPhone

The good tends to outweigh the bad for me when it comes to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). To the extent that they advocate for the free speech and civil liberties on the Internet and in other electronic forms, I’m in their corner. It’s articles...