Apple's 10 biggest problems
One of Apple's most influential pundits zeroes in on what's wrong with the company
Daring Fireball's John Gruber — a Drexel University computer major turned professional blogger — is perhaps the most forceful and articulate defender on the Web of all things Apple (AAPL). He came to Macworld Expo 2010, however, not to praise the company...
The iPad that launched a thousand apps
Data gathered in January show a rush of new projects on the iPhone operating system
Measured by the number of new applications being written for each type of device, Google's (GOOG) Android operating system was closing the gap with Apple's (AAPL) iPhone throughout the second half of 2009, according to Flurry Analytics.
Tracking new application starts, Flurry...
Apple grabs 25% of smartphone market
The iPhone is looking pretty good in a pair of market snapshots
In the past week, IDC and comScore have both issued reports of the fast-growing smartphone market that show Apple (AAPL) gaining share.
In the U.S., according to a comScore report published Monday, Apple's share grew to 25.3%, up more a point, in the fourth quarter...
The myth of the free Apple iPad
Can Steve Jobs' tablet do for magazines what the sneaker phone did for Sports Illustrated?
Joe Zeff, who ran Time Magazine's graphics department for a few years while I was there, is getting some attention for an idea he floated on his new Design Blog: publishers, he suggests, should lure readers to their struggling magazines...
Apple announcement: What to expect at today's event
The tech world turns its attention to San Francisco to see what Steve Jobs has up his sleeve
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts was buzzing Tuesday afternoon with black-shirted Apple staffers hauling in electronics, heavy-set security guys guarding the perimeter, TV satellite trucks jockeying for position and workers on a crane plastering the entrance...
Android tops iPhone 7 to 1 in free wallpaper and ringtone downloads
Hip-hop/R&B dominate the sound of Android devices; iPhone users like a little more rock
Here's an interesting peek into the world of free Web-based mobile phone downloads.
It comes from Myxer, a Florida-based website that claims one of the Internet's largest catalogs of free ringtones, wallpapers, videos, applications and games.
In its inaugural report on the behavior of...
How Apple and Nokia divvy up the world
Measured by mobile ad traffic, it's still a two-smartphone race
Forget North and South. East and West. First World, Second World and Third.
According to AdMob, the mobile advertising company acquired late last year by Google (GOOG), the world is divided — at least in terms of smartphone usage — into two parts: Apple's and Nokia's.
In its...
Google phone vs. Apple iPhone
At the end of two years, the Nexus One will have cost you $500 less than the iPhone
On the heels of Google's (GOOG) release of the HTC Nexus One — popularly known as the Google phone — the folks at BillShrink have done us all a favor.
They've put out one of their handy charts comparing...
Apple's PR offensive against Google
In the walk-up to the Google phone, Cupertino is suddenly brimming with news
It was a classic piece of public relations counter programming.
Just hours before Google (GOOG) was scheduled to unveil the Nexus One, its best answer to the iPhone, Apple (AAPL) announced that the number of iPhone applications downloaded from its App Store had passed...
Android cuts into iPhone's mindshare
Interest in buying Google-powered smartphones soared in the latest ChangeWave survey
Take this with a grain of salt, because it's a survey of early adopters who were already planning to buy a smartphone. But when they were asked what kind of device they hoped to purchase in the next 90 days, 21% said they wanted one...
Tablet: Big iPhone or thin MacBook?
Speculation about Apple's next big thing heats up as the rumored Jan. 26 unveiling nears
Two lines of thought dominated the ongoing debate this week about what Apple's (AAPL) tablet computer is and what it might be good for.
[UPDATE: Make that three lines of thought. See Antacid Tablet, below.]
The first — the tablet as an oversized...
AT&T's cellphone service is a joke
Laughter and applause greet a dig at the iPhone on Saturday Night Live
You know you've got a public relations problem when you're a punchline on SNL's Weekend Update.
The host, Seth Meyers, doesn't make a lot of Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) jokes, but this one worked.
"It was reported this week that Google would...
