A Comeback Product for Not-Dead-Yet Real Networks
Younger internet users may never have heard of Real Networks. But the…
Disruption: What Microsoft Got Wrong
Ben Thompson of Stratechery has deservedly been the talk of the tech…
Sense and Nonsense About Biometrics
Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint scanner seems to have fueled an important but…
Apple Research: An Immodest Proposal
A recent column by Brian S. Hall and a followup conversation in the…
Apple Maps: Still a Disaster
I was hoping that with the official release of iOS 7, Apple…
Touch ID: A Big Deal If Apple Doesn’t Mess It Up
The Touch ID fingerprint reader could be one of the most important…
Microsoft and Nokia: A Strategic Blunder
There’s an old military adage, “Reinforce success; never reinforce failure.” By purchasing…
The End of a Wireless Anomaly
Verizon Wireless has always been a very strange beast. Its DNA incorporates…
The Irony of Microsoft’s Lost Mobile Opportunity
The dozens of commentaries on Steve Ballmer’s impending departure nearly all condemn…