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Tag Archives: Apple

Technology: Choice of Margins vs. Market Penetration for Apple

The conventional wisdom regarding Apple is that it has lost its way and these complaints have only grown louder following the release of the company’s two new iPhones, the 5S … Continue reading

September 14, 2013 · 1 Comment

Technology: Microsoft Should Outsource Its Leadership

The recent news that Steve Ballmer will leave his position as CEO of Microsoft (MS) within the next 12 months caused the global financial markets to improve their forecasts for … Continue reading

August 25, 2013 · Leave a comment

Technology: Microsoft’s Newest Challenge is a Store from Google

Almost everyone – including the company’s chairman – agrees that Microsoft missed the mobile computing boat and surrendered this market to its competitors, primarily Google. The California-based company, which started … Continue reading

February 19, 2013 · Leave a comment

Technology: Apple’s Movement to Supply Chain Efficiencies Reflects Lack of Innovative Products

One of America’s most innovative companies is moving from the innovation to efficiency stage. This transition, which shouldn’t have surprised seasoned industry-watchers, seems to have caught the financial markets unawares. … Continue reading

February 13, 2013 · Leave a comment

Technology: Google continues its Advance on Apple’s valuable Mobile Customers

Sales of Apple’s iPhone5 do not seem to have matched the company’s expectations forcing it to significantly reduce orders of components from its suppliers and hurting its stock price and … Continue reading

January 14, 2013 · 2 Comments

Technology: Is 7-inches Too Small or Is it About How Consumers Use the Inches

Barely two months after launching the iPhone5 – a great product, by the way – Apple launched a new and smaller version of its iPad today. The “iPad Mini,” is … Continue reading

October 24, 2012 · Leave a comment