Do you think Apple’s iPad could change the face of newspaper and magazine publishing? If so, will that put Apple in charge of the news? Brian X. Chen postulates that question in Wired. Publishers should think twice before worshipping the iPad as the future platform for magazines and newspapers. That is, if they value their … Read More »

Palm warned Wall Street of lower than expected sales for Q3. Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein issued a company-wide email message to employees. Our softer than expected performance is due to slower than expected customer adoption of our products, which in turn has prompted our U.S. carrier partners to put additional orders on hold for the … Read More »

There are plenty of Apple followers who worry about what Apple life would be like without co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. Dan Fommer, in Business Insider, equates Palm’s most recent disaster with Apple sans Steve Jobs: Palm slashed its guidance today and shares are down 20%, as the company’s comeback attempt in the smartphone market … Read More »

Quicken Essentials for Mac is the latest attempt by Intuit to win back the hearts and minds and money of Mac users. Ron in Mac360: Quicken’s history with the Mac is long and spotted. It’s been ages since there was feature parity with the Windows version of Quicken. Quicken Essentials for Mac will continue that … Read More »

Michael Wolf in Newser seems to think we should be afraid of Apple. Why? Apple is a strange and dastardly company which, sooner rather than later, we’re going to regret pledging our allegiance to. I’m probably like most of Apple’s customers. I have no allegiance to the company. I like their products, though I’m more … Read More »

It was just a matter of time. From the OhNo!Doom Collective: What else can you say?

The premise, from Preston Gralla in Computerworld: Apple, Google and Microsoft are locked in a three-way struggle for industry dominance, competing to varying degrees on hardware, computer and cell phone operating systems, applications, entertainment, Internet search and more. Today, Google owns Internet search, Microsoft owns operating systems and applications, and Apple owns high-end hardware and … Read More »