Opinion: What is really driving Apple’s new-found fondness for ‘free’?
Apple surprised many yesterday by making the update to OS X 10.9 Mavericks free, rather than the $20 it cost…
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Opinion: Has Apple finally promoted iCloud from a hobby to a serious service?
I wrote a piece last month arguing that it was time for Apple to up its iCloud game, showing that…
Opinion: What we can expect from an Apple Car if it really goes on sale in 2020
What a difference a couple of weeks can make. We knew on February 5th that Apple was offering quarter-million dollar…
Opinion: Roku’s new media players use voice search and apps to make Apple TV feel old
Just so there’s no ambiguity on this point, I’m definitely an Apple TV fan. The first-generation model was a (literally) hot…
Opinion: Is Apple getting too greedy, and could that again backfire on the company?
In 1995, two years before his return to the company, Steve Jobs gave a characteristically blunt answer when asked why Apple…
Apple losing Google’s $20B+ would be just a blip in its Services trajectory
Google has for years made billions of dollars worth of payments to Apple in return for being the default search…
Opinion: Beats 1 is what sets Apple Music apart from the competition
Apple announced its streaming music service at WWDC this week after months of much anticipation. The service includes many of the features…
Opinion: Five years from now, will we have given up all control of our technology?
I know, it seems an odd question. But a few different things over the last couple of days got me…
Opinion: Why content-blocking on iOS means advertisers, ad networks, publishers & readers all need to up their games
Ads are things we all love to hate. While some can be amusing, and others can be useful, drawing our…
Opinion: Five reasons Apple fanboys are right (and wrong) about Android
Last week, I wrote an article called The Top 10 Android Features Apple’s iOS 10 Should Steal, and — surprise…
Opinion: Could Google’s Hands Free payment be the one mobile wallet service to challenge Apple Pay?
There have been many attempts at mobile wallet products over the years, from letting your phone simulate a swipe of…
Comment: Google’s use of Android’s Material Design in iOS apps is dumb as well as rude
Jason Snell has written an interesting piece at Macworld, berating Google for using its Material Design user-interface in iOS apps….
An Apple search engine might happen, but probably won’t
The court ruling that Google is no longer allowed to pay Apple $20B+ a year to be the default search…
iPhone 5s vs Nexus 5 Photo Smackdown: Vote which images are the best
Update: Shocker iPhone won 55% to 45% We’re doing a little poll over at 9to5Google on the quality of images…
Google’s attempt to replicate Apple’s ecosystem is good news for all of us
Apple’s ecosystem is perhaps the most valuable asset the company possesses, after its brand, so eyebrows were raised when Google…
Epic Games victory against Google puts Apple back under App Store pressure
Yesterday saw an Epic Games victory in its court case against Google, a jury finding that the Play Store was…
Google Pixel tablet may be a half-decent iPad alternative, and I welcome it
For years now, Google hasn’t seemed particularly interested in the tablet market, but yesterday the company announced that it’s working…
Comment: Google’s copy of Apple’s 15% commission is actually a fairer version
Google has copied Apple’s 15% commission level for smaller developers in the App Store, offering almost exactly the same deal…
Android Wear gives us a glimpse at what home automation with an iWatch should look like
Home automation, a category more broadly referred to as the “internet of things,” is almost surely going to be a large…
Opinion: With all of the new Apple data centers, is it time for iCloud to get serious about storage?
The Apple ecosystem is a large part of why I stick to an all-Apple line-up for my laptops, tablet and…
Comment: Apple really needs to spell out the contact tracing privacy features
If there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear since Apple and Google’s API partnership, it’s that the coronavirus contact tracing…