By Rick Sutcliff
In abstract terms, we’ve all heard about the American slogan “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (with a little manifest destiny thrown in)”, the Canadian version “peace, order, and good government”, or the French (belied by the very revolution that spawned the slogan) “liberty, equality, fraternity.”
Read MoreZacks Investment Research (http://www.zacks.com) says that Apple, the most prolific growth story in the tech industry over the past 12 months, appears to be losing some steam in recent times as shares have declined approximately 4% since the release of its second quarter 2011 results on April 21.
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By Greg Mills
The “Arab Spring” uprisings in the world of politics is sort of a foreshadow of stockholder uprisings in the tech world. The iPhone/Android smartphone revolution has completely upset the cell phone market over the last five years.
The stock values of the former heavy hitters in the cell phone industry have all taken serious hits. The slowly swelling Apple Mac OS market share is also rearranging the PC hardware software business. Heads will roll.
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By Greg Mills
I have been watching the press for stories regarding smartphone searches by the police. The outcome of the legal battle over the security of our phones data is very important.
The amount of information held on smartphones is increasing exponentially, and we are finding there is often more there than the owner is even aware of. The problem of warrantless data searches vary substantially by states and regions.
Read MoreApparently the iPad is affecting PC growth, but not Mac growth. Citi analyst Walter Pritchard tells clients — as reported by “Business Insider” (http://macte.ch/N8utN) — that the growth of consumer PC sales (as in Windows systems) is about go to negative, apparently for the time ever.
One of the reasons — perhaps the main reason — is growing tablet sales. And we know that the top selling tablet by a long shot is the iPad.
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