One of the more interesting questions I get asked about as an industry analyst who’s followed Apple since 1981 is why Apple is so successful. It’s an honest question because to those unfamiliar with Apple, the company’s rise and …
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Fact-Checking Digitimes, the Taiwanese Apple Rumor Source That Keeps Crying ‘Wolf!’
“It’s key to note that the DigiTimes has a hit-or-miss track record for nailing predictions….”
“Digitimes has a spotty track record with regard to Apple rumors…”
“Given the lack of hard evidence and DigiTimes’s …
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Fourteen Ways to Celebrate the Apple II’s 35th Birthday
You probably weren’t paying attention when a tiny company called Apple Computer introduced its second product, the Apple II microcomputer, at the West Coast Computer Faire on April 16 and 17, 1977. (I wasn’t.) You may never have …
TechnologizerComputers
Apple II Forever: a 35th-Anniversary Tribute to Apple’s First Iconic Product
Thirty-five years ago, on April 16 and 17, 1977, more than twelve thousand proto-geeks flooded into San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium. They were there to attend a new event called the West Coast Computer Faire, and the room …
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A Brief, Inaccurate History of the Mythical ‘iPhone Nano,’ 2007-Present
Let us examine a legendary Apple product that has never arrived — and yet just won’t go away.
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“Apple Must…”: A Brief History of People Instructing the Company to Do Things
…and why it rarely does.
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It’s Time to Stop Talking About the Apple Cult
Why a decades-old stereotype is less relevant than ever.
A Brief History of Apple’s TV Troubles
Steve Jobs might’ve had Apple’s TV revolution all figured out, but the TV industry sure doesn’t want to let it happen–at least not on Apple’s terms.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal brought word that Apple is negotiating …
Has Apple Finished Disrupting Markets?
To think that Apple won’t use its experience to disrupt other markets is shortsighted. It might take time, but Apple is more than capable of continuing to innovate and drive markets in new directions
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Saying Apple Will Never Do Something: Always Dangerous
This is a cross post from our partner site Technologizer.
For years, there’s been a persistent, as-yet-unrealized rumor that Apple will start making HDTVs. Received wisdom, however, has generally argued that it’s not going to happen. TVs are too commoditized; TVs would have to come in too many sizes; TVs are too off message for …
Back to School: Buy a Mac from Apple and Get a $100 Gift Card, or Buy an iPad and Get a $50 Gift Card
In the market for a new Mac or iPad? You could get money to put toward apps, music and iBooks.
Four Guiding Principles for Understanding Apple’s TV Strategy
Here are four guiding principles that I believe Apple will use when creating whatever next-gen TV experience the company plans to deliver to customers in the future.
