Type of Article: MacTech Blog

Companies that Apple might buy (but probably won’t), part one

Posted by | Dec 2, 2010 | , |

Apple has over $50 billion in cash. CEO Steve Jobs has said the dough is available should Apple decide to make any “strategic purchases.” So what companies might be a good “strategy purpose” for our favorite tech company?

My “MacNews/MacTech” writing compadre, Greg Mills, thinks Apple will buy Netflix. There are some good reasons why it should. Apple could beef up its presence in the television/entertainment area. And Netflix is a strong company — and getting stronger.

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Greg’s bite: Microsoft Mobile Vista 7 crashes and burns

Greg’s bite: Microsoft Mobile Vista 7 crashes and burns

Posted by | Dec 1, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

The big returns are really coming in regarding Microsoft’s Mobile Vista 7.  I mean big numbers of phones physically being returned by customers to the cell companies who sold them.  

Big as in a very large sales disappointment for both cell phone companies around the world and cell phone hardware manufacturing partners who were willing to give the Kin crew one more chance. Numbers like 2% of all new phone sales being the new Microsoft phones isn’t good news for Redmond.  

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The iPad at seven months in the wild — what industries have changed

The iPad at seven months in the wild — what industries have changed

Posted by | Nov 30, 2010 | , |

By Terry Jarrell
Apple Consultants Network

Thinking back to this past April, it’s hard to believe iPad has only been with us a little over 7 months. The world has changed considerably since then with the explosion of the Apple App Store, and so many others scurrying to release their take on the most successful electronics device in history.

The real story is in iPad users themselves and how there has been an awakening, in a major way, to so many professional industries that had previously been stuck in older, inefficient ways of doing business.

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