Tag: apple

  • How little I understand autism

    How little I understand autism

    A pair of Apple ads really highlight for me how little I understand autism and what autistic people are capable of.

  • Google and Apple quietly fighting over El Capitan

    Google and Apple quietly fighting over El Capitan

    I noticed that both Apple and Google are fixated on a well-known mountain in the United States called El Capitan and both companies have featured it prominently in their marketing campaigns. Apple has named its next Mac OS operating system after El Capitan: Oddly, Google has published a video featuring El Capitan to promote Google…

  • The number 1 reason why you are crazy to buy an Apple Watch

    The number 1 reason why you are crazy to buy an Apple Watch

    Apple product fans are usually pretty loyal and have Apple Koolaid coursing through their veins. They flock to every new Apple release. Nothing new there. That said, the hysteria around the Apple Watch is just amazing. Its as if the Apple Watch is a cure for every technological failing and the only question is which one…

  • Is Apple's Innovation Engine Running On Fumes?

    This quote by Vaclav Smil in Wired’s article “This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading” nicely expresses a thought I had when the iPhone 5c and 5s were announced: Apple! Boy, what a story. No taxes paid, everything made abroad—yet everyone worships them. This new iPhone, there’s nothing new in…

  • The problem with Apple rumours

    In the lead up to a rumoured Apple event on 7 March the rumour mills are cranking away on far too many energy drinks and Apple fan people are lapping it all up and accepting it all as gospel. This happens every time there is something that looks like an Apple event and particularly with…