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Tag: Daring Fireball

John Gruber’s first impressions of Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:04 pm13 Comments

Since launching its Mac@IBM program, which allowed employees to choose their computer platform…

John Gruber on AirPods vs. AirPods Pro: ‘Like night and day’

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:00 pm9 Comments

Apple invited a few dozen media folks to New York today for a briefing and early access to the new AirPods Pro…

Apple said to sell Apple TV units at cost, HomePod at a loss

Saturday, February 2, 2019 12:13 pm17 Comments

Apple sells its 4K Apple TV at cost and that the company actually makes a loss on each HomePod speaker…

John Gruber reviews Apple Watch Series 4: Takes the original design to a whole new level

Thursday, September 20, 2018 11:01 amThursday, September 20, 20185 Comments

Series 4 is to Apple Watch what iPhone 4 was to iPhone…

Daring Fireball’s Gruber on a week with Apple Watch

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 5:35 pmWednesday, April 8, 201545 Comments

It is not obvious that wrist watches should or will be computerized…

Apple and the market share myth

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:01 pmWednesday, April 16, 201416 Comments

Some believe that Macs were the most popular personal computers on the planet…

Gruber: Tech journalism seems to attract enthusiasts with no actual enthusiasm

Monday, December 30, 2013 11:01 amMonday, December 30, 201317 Comments

There’s a nihilistic streak in tech journalism that I just don’t see in other fields…

Apple will continue to ignore Android market share stats all the way to the bank

Tuesday, October 29, 2013 6:36 pmTuesday, October 29, 201351 Comments

Android can have the Hee Haw demographic. Apple doesn’t want it or need it…

Gruber takes on the Apple bears

Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:47 amThursday, October 10, 201320 Comments

The nine million people who bought new iPhones in its first weekend…

John Gruber reviews Apple iPhone 5s: ‘This is what innovation, real innovation, looks like’

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:17 pm19 Comments

What has Apple delivered with the iPhone 5s? Plenty…

The case for a lower-cost iPhone 5C – plus what Apple’s iPhone lineup and prices may look like this autumn

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:49 pmWednesday, August 14, 201335 Comments

Apple’s three pricing tiers for the next year would be a new iPhone 5S at the high end…

The Church of Market Share revisited

Friday, April 26, 2013 3:31 pmFriday, April 26, 201326 Comments

It’s an article of faith in the Church of Market Share that Android…

Rush Limbaugh calls MacDailyNews ‘fabulous’ as he lists his favorite Apple blogs

Friday, March 22, 2013 5:03 pmFriday, March 22, 2013157 Comments

I’ve never mentioned any of these before. I can’t mention them all, but…

Daring Fireball’s Gruber on ‘ceding the crown’

Friday, March 15, 2013 1:33 pmFriday, March 15, 201341 Comments

Apple “ceded its crown to Samsung in 2012?” Oh, really?

Gruber: Open vs. closed has very little to do with commercial success

Friday, March 1, 2013 12:00 pmFriday, March 1, 201320 Comments

Openness carries no magic…

Gruber: Apple’s churning of the gut

Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:02 pmThursday, January 17, 201330 Comments

Remarking on the glut of Apple FUD…

Gruber: Why Apple didn’t choose iPad mini size for original iPad

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 9:00 amTuesday, November 6, 201221 Comments

Why, if this is a seemingly better form factor, didn’t Apple choose this size for the original iPad…

Businessweek profiles ‘Apple’s favorite blogger,’ John Gruber

Friday, September 7, 2012 12:30 pmFriday, September 7, 201214 Comments

On a cold day in February, John Gruber traveled from his home in Philadelphia to New York City…

Gruber: Let’s try to think this iPad mini thing all the way through

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:04 pmTuesday, July 10, 201217 Comments

I’ve seen a fair bit of speculation that…

Gruber: ‘Something big is going on with Apple TV in Cupertino, but it’s still being cooked’

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:32 pmTuesday, June 26, 201233 Comments

Just because WWWDC 2012 came and went with nary a mention of Apple TV…

Gruber: ‘Google made a mistake by deciding to oppose rather than ally with Apple on mobile’

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:37 am53 Comments

After you’ve used it for even just a few minutes, non-retina display MacBooks look bad…

Gruber: How Apple could play the bigger-display iPhone thing at WWDC

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:30 pmWednesday, May 23, 201216 Comments

The next iPhone will reportedly sport an 1136 × 640 display, with the same 326 pixels-per-inch resolution…

Daring Fireball’s Gruber reviews new Apple iPad: ‘Pixels pixels pixels. Battery battery battery. Speed speed speed.’

Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:01 pmThursday, March 15, 201223 Comments

The retina display, significantly faster graphics, and the potential for startlingly fast…

RUMOR: Apple’s next-gen iPad may have carbon fiber body

Friday, February 25, 2011 1:47 pmFriday, February 25, 201119 Comments

Nothing has changed in the iPad 2 since January. Nothing…

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