Apple at 50: still admiring, still waiting
Apple turns 50 today. I have been writing about them since 2009 and using their products daily since the iPhone SE. The admiration is still there. The patience is wearing thin.
What if Apple ran your AI agent?
I tried an open-source AI agent that sends me a morning briefing without being asked. It works. But it took terminal skills to set up. Apple has everything it needs to build this into iCloud+.
Windows Live Messenger: 13 years gone
March 15, 2013: Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Live Messenger. Thirteen years later, nothing has replaced what it was — not the chat, but the culture around it.
An iPhone chip in a Mac: what Apple got right and where 8 gigs hurt
Apple put an iPhone 16 Pro chip in a $599 MacBook and it actually works. The bold part is the architecture. The catch is 8GB of RAM with no way out.