It doesn’t matter what your opinion of Apple is. It’s the only tech company in the world that can make a specific promise to its customers.
The promise is that every year, without needing to buy new hardware, your experience …
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Why Google Should Be Worried About Facebook
I have written a few columns questioning Facebook’s long term value. And amidst all the recent news about the company’s IPO woes, it seems like investors may be skeptical as well.
Even though I may have a conviction that a …
Technology’s Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall
Thankfully, I’ve never been in a perfect storm. I have seen a movie about it, but the worst storms I’ve encountered were of the lightning, thunder and torrential downpour variety when I attended college in the Midwest. I came …
The Mobile Web: Dead or On Hiatus?
Remember the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)? Before smartphones, it seemed as though everyone was building mobile versions of their websites in WAP form. This even happened again for a short while with smartphones until app …
6 Reasons Apple Is So Successful
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 …
How the Software Industry Is Being Reborn
It seems like you can’t go anywhere in Silicon Valley without hearing about someone who’s making an app. Apps are all the rage these days and software engineering is one of the hottest jobs all over the world. But in the not too …
Would Apple Create a Smartwatch? If So, When?
Earlier this year, I wrote an article here suggesting four industries Apple could disrupt, and one of the industries I mentioned was the watch industry.
When Steve Jobs introduced the touchscreen iPod Nano in 2010, he …
Making PCs Truly Personal: Visions of a Computer in Every Pocket
Bill Gates shared a vision back when the personal computing era was just starting. As computers were getting smaller — from mainframes, minis, and eventually to desktops — he famously foreshadowed a future with “a computer on …
A Tablet in Every Room: How to ‘Think Different’ About the Future
One of Apple’s most interesting marketing slogans was “Think Different.”
Steve Jobs purposely used this phrase to get people’s attention (some have questioned whether it uses correct grammar or not) and drive home a message …
Why America Needs Apple
I was having a discussion with a few executives at a technology summit I was attending, and an interesting question was asked to me concerning what America would look like without Apple.
They asked me about this since I do …
Intel and Microsoft’s Secret Weapon Against Apple
Intel and its partners are about to launch the biggest promotion of a new product category called Ultrabooks since the company’s wi-fi based Centrino launch early last decade. And Microsoft is about to launch a major update to …
Why the TV Industry Can’t Ignore Apple
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
