Like the man said: follow the money. In looking at Apple’s most recent financial quarterly results, you can learn a lot about the company’s strategy by seeing where the company is doing well. As chief financial officer Luca Maestri pointed out on t…
Lees meerYou’ve got to hand it to Apple when it comes to saying the loud part loud and the quiet part quiet. The company has spent the last few years cranking up an enormous services business that’s growing by double digits quarter after quarter and gene…
Lees meerThis week, on the irreverent tech show with two and a half hosts, we discuss every aspect of the AirPods Pro, from the stupid name to the intriguing fit and finish. Then it’s a recap of Apple’s financials: spoiler, the company made a lot of money! B…
Lees meerI’ve been covering Apple’s quarterly financial results—including the obligatory conference call between Apple executives and Wall Street analysts—for years now. And yet I never mention Apple’s head of investor relations, Nancy Paxton, who appears on…
Lees meerWant some more color on Apple’s latest financial results? Here’s a transcript of the give and take between Tim Cook, Apple CFO Luca Maestri, and a bunch of Wall Street analysts that traditionally follows the release of results. Come for the attemp…
Lees meerOn Wednesday Apple reported the results from its fiscal fourth quarter, with $64 billion in revenue and $13.7 billion in profit, led by a record $12.5 billion in Services. iPhone revenue was down 9% year over year, with Mac down 5% and iPad up 17% a…
Lees meerThis week, on the 30-minute tech podcast that’s especially spooooooky, Dan and Mikah are joined by special guests Jason Howell and Jeremy Burge to discuss our systems for getting things done, when we knew we were destined for a life in tech, our fee…
Lees meerThis week Jason has no power or Internet, so Myke gives him the details about the new AirPods Pro, the first reviews of Apple TV+ shows, iOS 13.2 and a perplexing HomePod software update, and Apple’s rumored reboot of its smart-home initiative. In e…
Lees meerAnd so the AirPods join the iMac, MacBook, and iPad in devices that have gone Pro, as Apple announces the latest version of its wireless headphones. Boasting a new design with flexible ear tips, the AirPods Pro add the highly-anticipated Active No…
Lees meerBloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple may be beefing up its range of smart home devices: The company is seeking engineers to work in its Cupertino, California, headquarters and in San Diego as part of a group revamping Apple’s smart-home p…
Lees meermacOS Catalina is new and it breaks a lot of old software and as a result, you are not unwise if you choose to forego it for a while. (My Mac mini server is happily staying on Mojave.) My old pal Rob Griffiths has the solution to stop Apple from bu…
Lees meerAs a company, Apple is constantly innovating: rolling out new features, making changes to old ones, fixing bugs, and so on. That’s great. It’s exactly what we expect from technology companies. But an equally important part of that process is findin…
Lees meerThe latest edition of my ebook, Take Control of Photos, has just been released. You can buy it for $15, upgrade from older versions for $5, or buy a bundle with Jeff Carlson’s excellent new Take Control of your Digital Photos for $20. This edition …
Lees meerNot sure about how realistic this demo room in my daughter’s dorm is, given that I had that Raiders of the Lost Ark poster on my dorm wall, too. When I went off to college in the fall of 1988 I took an enormous Apple IIe, monitor, and printer with …
Lees meerThis week, on the 30-minute tech podcast where everything is fine, Dan is joined by special guests Georgia Dow, Kathy Campbell, and Shahid Kamal Ahmad to discuss uses for Apple’s rumored AR glasses, our feelings on big tech working with autocratic g…
Lees meerIf you believe the rumors, we’re very close to the arrival of a new MacBook Pro, one that might close the door on the current generation of laptops that were first introduced three years ago. Whatever the specs are on that putative product, it’s wor…
Lees meerThis week, on the irreverent tech podcast that’s trying to avoid spoilers, Dan shares his surprise genealogy news, James has a TV tale as old as time, and John’s hopes are rising for a new low-cost iPhone next year. Plus, we speculate about Apple’s …
Lees meerEverything old is new for Myke, as he tries out his “new” Mac (released in 2017) running a “new” version of macOS (it’s Mojave). With Apple TV+ launching late next week, there’s an enormous collection of Upstream news. And we ponder what products Ap…
Lees meerIn the fall, a technology company’s fancy turns to new products. As we pass the midpoint of October, the holiday buying season has started to solidify, and we’ve gotten our requisite annual announcements from not only Apple, but from Google and Micr…
Lees meerLuna Display, the utility that lets iPads act as a display and control a Mac via USB or Wi-Fi (disclosure: they’ve sponsored my podcasts in the past), released a new Mac-to-Mac mode Thursday that will let any Mac running Mountain Lion or later act a…
Lees meerEarlier this month, Microsoft introduced the Surface Neo, a strange device that looks like two iPads stuck together, or alternately, a laptop in which the keyboard has been replaced with a second touchscreen. Upon first seeing the Surface Neo, I imm…
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