Browse tag: Macalope Weekly

Browse tag: Macalope Weekly

The Macalope Weekly: Stupidium is an infinite resource
The Macalope does a do-see-do with his opposite number, sets fire to a a Droid strawman, and issues a quarantine for those afflicted by the ever dangerous tablet fever.
The Macalope Weekly: Business 101
Windows inspired by the Mac? Microsoft seems conflicted about the answer. And while the App Store continues to get attention, you can't argue that Apple knows how to sell iPhones.
The Macalope Weekly: Everyone’s got an opinion
This week, everybody tells Apple how to run their business—and the Macalope tells everybody exactly what they can do with that advice.
The Macalope Weekly: 7 herbs and spices
The Macalope does combat with an old foe this week, then takes a gander at Microsoft's latest familiar-looking venture and Windows 7's missing ingredient.
The Macalope Weekly: You should see the other guy
Will Apple pick up marketshare from Windows 7's release or not? Either way, expect to see them dish out a whole new bowl of dings at Microsoft's expense. And Michael Dell says something sensible—The Macalope is shocked!
The Macalope Weekly: Mobile market madness!
Microsoft, microsoft, microsoft! Redmond's home team is all over the news this week, with Windows Mobile and Windows 7 news. Of course, if it's Windows, it must mean curtains for Apple, right?
The Macalope Weekly: Who’s the boss?
When it comes to Apple, the Macalope suggests you take two tablet rumors, garnish with a celebrity App Store dust-up, and call him in the morning.
The Macalope Weekly: Videodrome
It's a double feature this week as the Macalope takes on two Microsoft-related videos and rails against AT&T—then again, what's new?
The Macalope Weekly: Money, money, money
The Zune HD may be many things, but it's not an iPod touch-killer. Nor is there apparently a way to kill the record industry's aspirations, even with a stake through the heart. And aren't accounting rules a killer?
The Macalope Weekly: It wasn’t only rock and roll, but did you like it?
The Macalope takes on revamped iPods, the mysterious case of the missing iPod touch camera, and continued Snow Leopard drivel.
The Macalope Weekly: Good kitty, bad kitty
The Macalope realizes it's 'he said/he said' when it comes to the Snow Leopard launch, but when it comes to Flash and AT&T, there's plenty of blame to go around.
The Macalope Weekly: Lies, damned lies, and statistics
This week the Macalope considers the many types of lies, including, but not limited to, lies, damned lies, lies of omission, statistics, and, of course, advertising.
The Macalope Weekly: 1964 all over again
It was the year of the Fab Four, the Warren Commission, and the free speech protests. But the Macalope sees echoes of the events of 45 years ago in this week's crop of Apple news.
The Macalope Weekly: The anecdotal tempest
This week the Macalope takes on pundits who claim the (still hypothetical) Apple tablet is doomed! And the App Store is the harbinger of that doom. And yet you find truth in the strangest of social-networking sites.
The Macalope Weekly: Ball of confusion
This week, the Macalope covers media punditry, Windows 7's tortuous upgrade path, and a little bit of light at the end of the App Store tunnel.
The Macalope Weekly: R.I.P. Apple Tablet
The world's only mythical Mac pundit expounds on the train-wreck of the mythical Apple tablet, Apple's non-existent participation in CES 2010, and what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—unless it's an iPhone security bug.
The Macalope Weekly: Magnificent desolation
Analogies run completely amok as the Macalope takes on Microsoft retail stores, how Windows 7 Can't Lose, and the world's most greatest ultimate Apple lawsuit of all time ever.
The Macalope Weekly: I love my Mac-usin’ son!
John Dvorak's humming a new world symphony now that his son has switched to the Mac. Add in complaints about Apple's "monopoly" and Microsoft's new retail plans and it can mean only one thing: the Macalope is back.
The Macalope Weekly: Hold the liver
Forget 2012, the iPhone is going to single-handedly destroy the world. Well, if netbooks don't get to it first. And Apple reiterates its stance on naughty, naughty iPhone app content.
The Macalope Weekly: WWDC, week two!
Apple's yearly WWDC: the one-week event that just keeps on giving. AT&T is still losing friends and alienating people and some people can find bad news even in a price cut.
The Macalope Weekly: WWDC fallout
As Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference draws to a close, the Macalope examines the radioactive remains of this week's announcements and predictions.
The Macalope Weekly: The WWDC/Pre show
Twas the week before WWDC took place at Moscone, and many expect Apple to roll out a brand new iPhone. And though it would seem the Palm Pre's ducks are all in a row, nothing quite explains Microsoft branding netbooks "loco."
The Macalope Weekly: All things to all people
Will the hypothetical Apple tablet wear out its hypothetical welcome—hypothetically, of course? And the Macalope searches for a conspiracy in the App Store, and rumors of a bargain-basement-priced iPhone.
The Macalope Weekly: The waiting is the hardest part
Apple and Microsoft: two great tastes that taste great together? Also this week, has Microsoft topped Apple in the war of brands, and who better than mythical beast to talk about a mythical tablet?
The Macalope Weekly: Fight, fight, fight!
If it costs $30,000 to fill an iPod, the Zune should have no trouble competing, right? And with talking heads dithering over whether Steve Jobs will return, new iPhone in hand, it appears that the fuss over netbooks may finally be dying down.
The Macalope Weekly: Celebrity App Store approval process
The past week has seen the App Store's first celebrity app rejection, bizarre rumors of potential Apple acquisitions, and a challenger in the media pad space that Apple has yet to enter. The Macalope lends a well-needed dose of reality to the proceedings.
The Macalope Weekly: Such stuff as dreams are made of
With rumors abounding of an Apple media pad, the Macalope takes it upon himself to voyage into dreamland and have his fill of the cotton candy and marzipan that will no doubt make up this mythical device.
The Macalope Weekly: The hits keep coming
The economy may be down, but Apple's up, and so are the Macalope's spirits. Well, until they get crushed by the weight of all those negative nancys on the App Store.
The Macalope Weekly: It's not dead yet
The economy may be down on its luck, but not everything's in trouble: Microsoft's bringing back the Zune, Forrester's un-turned its back on the iPhone in enterprise, and there's a bright side to the latest Mac sales numbers.
The Macalope Weekly: It’s the ruination of X as we know it!
Forget global warming and the economy. The real reason the world is in danger is simple: software bundles, variable music pricing, and subscription services. In times like these, we turn to the Macalope.