When the iPhone grew to represent more than 50% of Apple’s revenue, critics worried that the company was overly dependent on the device…
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Jean-Louis Gassée: Misunderstanding design and Jony Ive’s role at Apple
It’s sad to see the man who gave Apple such a signal design identity move on. But critics who sense doom…
Gassée: Apple’s Mac Pro finally removed the Mac jinx… almost
The only hardware demonstrated at Apple’s Software Developers Conference was the long awaited and spectacular Mac Pro…
Apple Car dreams: How could Apple not make an autonomous electric car someday?
We can’t ignore the dream of an autonomous electric car (EV) designed by Jony Ive’s team, with a clean modern user interface, sold in Apple Stores…
Jean-Louis Gassée: Apple must be a psychotoxic company
Doomsayers and rumormongers surpassed themselves this past quarter as they noisily called Apple…
Will Apple try to ‘tabletize’ the Mac, or continue to concentrate on iPad evolution?
Tim Cook was most impressed with the Apple co-founder’s ability to quickly change his mind…
Jean-Louis Gassée on iPhone X’s Face ID and Home button removal: It Just Works
The Third Impression of a product can only be formed after a few weeks of quotidian use…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone failure was easily preventable, but the company’s culture made it unavoidable
How could Microsoft’s Windows Phone licensing business model stand a chance against Google’s Free and Open Android?
Haiku, the open-source execution of BeOS, is beautiful but buggy
BeOS was intended to compete with the “classic” Apple MacOS and with Microsoft Windows…
The operating system fountain of youth: Apple’s iOS
Operating Systems are like the Tax Code…
Ford executive: Apple could create a successful vehicle
A senior Ford executive has revealed the carmaker believes that Apple has the potential to build a lucrative automotive business…
Apple registers ‘apple.car’ and ‘apple.auto’ domain names
Apple has registered auto-related top-level domain names, including apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto…
Apple’s exceedingly bizarre valuation: Something’s got to give
Amazon, by today’s valuation, is worth 80 Apples…
GM invests $500 million in Lyft, plans on-demand network of self-driving vehicles
eneral Motors Inc. said on Monday it will invest $500 million in Lyft Inc and laid out plans to develop…
Jean-Louis Gassée on Apple Car: Money, design UI, vehicle distribution
Many scoffed at Apple’s entry into the MP3 player market, but…
Jean-Louis Gassée: Asking if iPad Pro is a laptop replacement is the wrong question
From birth, the iPad has been the strangest, most misunderstood animal in the Apple zoo…
Tony Fadell: Steve Jobs considered an ‘Apple Car’ in 2008
Count Steve Jobs among those curious about what an Apple car would look like…
Bill Ford on Apple’s vehicle push: ‘It’s awesome’
Apple and Google’s entrance into the auto sector is ‘awesome,’ and Ford will likely strike partnerships…
Will Apple’s culture allow the company to produce highly-reliable software for Apple Car?
When discussing the heavily-rumored Apple car, software expertise is one of the company’s oft-cited advantages…
Jean-Louis Gassée: Memories of Steve Jobs and his legacy
His demise triggered an outpouring of grief that’s rarely seen for political and religious leaders…
Apple Watch 2 details emerge as huge sales are reported for original
The Apple Watch has only been on sale for a couple of months but…
Apple mines big profits from Apple Watch bands
Apple has opened the door, creating a platform for third-party developers to design bands of their own…
Jean-Louis Gassée: Five weeks with Apple Watch
I’ve learned not to trust my first impressions…
This OS nearly made Apple an entirely different company
Steve Jobs returned to Apple after a 12-year absence when it acquired NeXT…
Be, Inc.’s 1998 demo video
While Windows users were barely getting by with Windows 98…
Forget the rumor: Apple will never build cars
The prospect of the wondrous Apple taking on General Motors, Ford and other doddering relics…
The real battle Apple is waging in autos
Apple’s increased investment in automobiles…
Will Apple become a car maker or a platform/content aggregator?
Many are speculating that Apple is working on an electric car…
An Apple Car is exactly what investors want
Apple’s entry into the automobile market may finally silence…
Apple’s electric car dreams may bring auto industry nightmares
Such a car would challenge Tesla Motors Inc. as well as electric and hybrid cars…
Jean-Louis Gassée: The fantastic Apple Car is a fantasy
Johann Jungwirth, the Mercedes Benz R&D exec that Apple hired…
How many laws did Apple break?
Apple’s lawlessness is pervasive…
Jean-Louis Gassée on Apple Watch: Hard questions, facile predictions
Apple Watch 2015 sales predictions are upon us…
Jean-Louis Gassée: I was wrong about the Apple Watch
I was wrong…
Apple’s fab fall: Tim Cook faces make-or-break week
Three years after Steve Jobs’s death, his handpicked successor…
September 9th: A new milestone in Tim Cook’s tenure as Apple’s CEO
This Labor Day weekend sits about midway between two anniversaries…
The sweet spot on Apple’s racket
Expectations ran ahead of reality…
Jean-Louis Gassée: Apple’s App Store needs curation by humans, not algorithms
The App Store may be a gold mine, but it’s buried in an impenetrable jungle…
Why Apple’s iPhone 6, not the iWatch, is Apple’s biggest product launch this year
While new gadget categories — such as the supposedly forthcoming ‘iWatch’…
Jean-Louis Gassée: iWatch won’t sell in numbers, dollar volume, or profit comparable to iPhone or iPad
Apple’s iWatch might help make high-margin iPhones even more attractive, but…
Jean-Louis Gassée: Misunderstanding Apple
I was still on the road when I read about the rumored $3.2B acquisition of Beats…
TV done right: Still a dream
As the strong reactions to even the slightest Apple TV rumor demonstrate…
