Once upon a time Apple’s Steve Jobs would surprise us at the end of a Macworld keynote and new product presentation by giving Apple followers one more thing. Those days are gone. These days, Apple simply sends an invitation to attend an upcoming event. If you’re a media type favored by Apple, you get an … Read More »
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Who Can Afford Apple’s AAPL At $1,000 A Share?
Apple’s high-flying stock price is now well in excess of $500 a share. Some look for Apple to top $1,000 a share. Possible? AAPL has doubled in share price five times in the past 10 years. Can Apple really, truly continue to grow so fast– revenue and profits– that a $1,000 a share price is … Read More »
Monday, February 27, 2012
Giving Money Back To Shareholders Is An Incredibly Stupid Idea For Apple
Apple Inc. is sitting on about $100-billion in profits. No other company in the world has that much money just lying around, soaking up a little interest here and there. Apple’s shareholders have seen a 150-percent rise in the company’s stock value in two years, and a nearly 50-percent increase in just the past year. … Read More »
Friday, February 24, 2012
Clean Up Your Mac The Windows Way
Does Apple’s approach to computing frustrate you? Admittedly, there was a time back in the day that Apple was not the apple of my eye. My hardware frustrations were taken out on my Mac, which, after much agonizing, was swapped out for a Windows notebook. How long did that last? Not long. Loving friends and … Read More »
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Pros And Cons Of Apple Buying Yahoo!
I read Eric Jackson’s Why Apple Should Buy Yahoo! in Forbes and laughed. Then I thought about it. Some of what Apple would gain makes sense. Some of Yahoo! could get messy for Apple, and our favorite Mac maker doesn’t like messy. Yahoo! is a search engine, news and information portal. A media portal, if … Read More »
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Microsoft In Denial About Office For iPad
The web swirled this week when it was learned that Microsoft was prepping a version of Office for the iPad. Say what? Sure, Office for iPad. Why not? Because Microsoft is light years behind Apple and the iPad’s growth curve is why not. The Windows maker is scrambling to introduce a new version of Windows, … Read More »
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
When Will Apple Do To iTunes What It Did To OS X?
Something struck me about Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion. Yes, it’s another cat in a 10 year lifespan of Mac cats that bear the OS X name. It’s no longer Mac OS X. It’s just plain OS X. Simplicity rules. Apple is app crazy these days and they’re keeping it simple and descriptive. iCal is … Read More »