The Fortune 500 List is a who’s who of American companies. Most on the list are companies we’ve seldom heard of. Velero Energy is #12? Who? Apple comes in at #17, moving up from #35 just last year. Who’s in the Top 10? Again, it’s a who’s who list, but this time a list of … Read More »
Friday, May 4, 2012
Retribution
This is what happens when an industry leader refuses to hire a consulting services research company. Forrester Research CEO George Colony in Barron’s: Tim Cook is a competent and proven leader but he’s just a mismatch with a charismatically-driven organization like Apple. Apple will be a very good company five years from now but it … Read More »
Monday, March 26, 2012
It’s Microsoft’s Xbox 360 vs. Apple’s iPhone And iPad (but only in his mind)
Food for thought from John Dvorak must not be taken lightly. It’s not that Dvorak’s predictions are correct very often (they’re not). It’s not that his predictions are mostly wrong (they are). John Dvorak can take ridiculous subject material and write it in an interesting way. The latest in MarketWatch says Microsoft may be poised … Read More »
Friday, March 23, 2012
On iPad Heat, New Macs, Apple As Bank, Privacy Policy, Profits, RIM, And Linux
Friday is the day that collects everything that didn’t get accomplished during the previous four days of the work week. Take my RSS subscriptions. Please. Before Friday rolled around I was a hundred articles behind. What’s needed is a compressed brain dump. Is that a new iPad on your lap, or did you spill some … Read More »
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
How Mac Users, iPad Users, iPhone Users Suffer From Gadget Fatigue
What’s next in store for Apple? That’s the title of Mark Jones’ piece on Apple. Apparently, the guy is an iDevice hound, an owner of iMacs, MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads. As any Apple lover who writes for a living is want to do, Mark raises questions implying that Apple, in the post-Steve Jobs era, has … Read More »
Friday, March 16, 2012
What Would You Do With All Of Apple’s $100-billion In Cash?
This is a tough issue for the world’s richest company. Apple has about $100-billion in cash lying around in various countries. What should Apple do with all that money? TechCentral asked that and it’s the wrong question. This is the right question. What would you do with all of Apple’s $100-billion in cash? Imagine yourself … Read More »
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Remember When Dell Was Worth More Than Apple?
What a difference a few years makes. Remember when the Mac maker was beleaguered? You don’t hear that kind of talk anymore. If anyone is beleaguered these days, it’s Dell, the Windows PC maker. Dell founder and CEO will remain infamous for saying that Apple should give money back to shareholders and close down. Maybe … Read More »