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Why Doesn’t Opera Have More Market Share in North America?

Written on October 16, 2009 by Charles Moore and 49 people have commented

I usually have at least three browsers open at any time. One will be a Mozilla Gecko app (Firefox, Camino, or SeaMonkey) and one an Apple WebKit based program (Stainless, Cruz, iCab, Shiira, OmniWeb, or especially since Safari 4 was released, Safari itself). Interestingly, I find I like Safari 4 better on my old Pismo [...]

ASA Agrees With Apple for Once

Written on July 31, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 5 people have commented

“There’s an app for just about anything…only on the iPhone.” Words we’re all accustomed to hearing at the end of Apple’s iPhone commercials. Here in the UK, those words got Apple into hot water (again) with the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), who have slapped Apple’s wrists twice before for ‘misleading’ commercials. (Watch the ad here.)
The [...]

Cramer v. Stewart on Daily Show Last Night: The Apple Tie-In

Written on March 13, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 15 people have commented

So, am I right in assuming that a lot of you have already seen the culmination of the on-air feud between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer last night?
If not, I would recommend checking out the full interview at Comedy Central’s web site, and check out the background context, via a simple “Jim Cramer” keyword search [...]

Notebook Fan or Desktop Diehard?

Written on November 04, 2008 by Charles Moore and 26 people have commented

IDC reported this week that 2008’s third quarter saw U.S. domestic notebook shipments cruise past a 50 percent share of the personal computer market, not for the first time but reaching a convincing 55.2 percent. As usual, the broader market trails Apple in the trend line, in this instance by a wider-than-usual margin. Notebooks’ first [...]

Mac By The Numbers: Apple’s Market Positioning

Written on October 14, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 2 people have commented

Apple front-ended their notebook event today with a look at the business side of things.  Their reported sales figures were impressive, having moved 2.5M Macs last quarter alone, and continuing their trend of growing at two to three times the rate of competitors in the same sector.
COO Tim Cook listed a number of reasons why [...]

The Broken Record Keeps Playing: Why Apple’s App Store Approval Process is Broken

Written on September 13, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 25 people have commented

I feel like we’re a bit of a broken record on this topic, but I just don’t think people are grasping how big of a deal this really is. So let me say it right up front so you know what I think: Apple’s App Store approval process is broken and seriously must be fixed [...]