Spark Minute » Apple

Oh Microsoft, you have such a long history of screwing up announcements of computing devices. Are you going to do it again with this one? So far it's not looking good. The post How Microsoft Co...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2012/06/20/how-microsoft-could-and-probably-will-screw-up-the-microsoft-surface/

Why micropayments failed. Why Steve Jobs' 99 cents per song formed the entire digital content industry. And successful techniques you can use to get people to pay for your content. The post Sev...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2011/08/08/seven-ways-you-can-and-should-start-charging-for-your-content/

Chicago Sun Times technology columnist Andy Ihnatko provides his viewpoint on Steve Jobs' announcement of the new iPad 2. The post VIDEO: Andy Ihnatko’s take on Apple’s iPad 2 launch appea...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2011/03/03/video-andy-ihnatkos-take-on-apples-ipad-2-launch/

On this week's episode of Cranky Geeks we talk a about 3D gaming, genitalia recognition algorithms for Chatroulette, and Cupidtino, the dating site only for Apple fanatics. The post Cranky on A...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2010/06/17/cranky-on-apple-fanatics-dating-each-other/

I appeared on KQED Friday night to discuss what was Google's real plan with the release of the Nexus One, a.k.a. the Google Phone. Are they intent on world domination or are they paving the way? ...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2010/01/10/is-google-dominating-or-leading-the-way/

It’s only an hour away. The big 9-9-09 Apple announcement. Rumors have been flowing about new iPods, iTablets, Beatles appearances, and Beatles music. I discussed that, and The Beatles: Rock Ba...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/09/09/this-post-will-be-valid-for-about-an-hour-apple-ipods-and-the-beatles/

On this week’s episode of Cranky Geeks, John C. Dvorak wakes up and we talk about the tech news of the week including: Is Twitter going to fade away like CB radio? How can we make #followfriday...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/09/03/cranky-about-followfriday-skype-apple-and-the-beatles/

Listen to me on ABC Radio, The Curtis Sliwa show talking about Facebook’s changes. Stream or download (Time: 6:03). The old maxim in sales, “The customer is always right” does not hold true...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/03/27/facebook-redesign-and-the-customer-is-not-always-right/

Former colleague Ken Ray called me up last week to interview me for his podcast, Mac OS Ken. We talked about the viability of a Microsoft store and also whether Microsoft will make their own phon...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/18/a-microsoft-phone-a-microsoft-store-interview-with-mac-os-ken/

This week Microsoft made an announcement that they’re going to be opening a “small number” of stores, and they’ve hired 25-year Wal-Mart veteran, David Porter to handle the retail deploym...

https://www.sparkminute.com/2009/02/14/its-got-to-be-better-than-microsoft-bob-making-connections-at-microsofts-retail-stores/