A Financial Slant

I Told You 5 Years Ago That Amazon's Alexa Was a Financial Dead End

11/27/2022

Back in 2018 when Apple launched the first HomePod all the tech journalists were quick to label it a failure. Right after they lambasted Siri’s performance they would typically heap glowing praise on Amazon’s Echo and how it was quickly marching across America.

The Ultra’s Action Button Makes Me Miss Force Touch

11/12/2022

I’ve been using my Apple Watch Ultra since launch day and was surprised that using the Action Button actually made me miss the long gone Force Touch.

iOS Developers Make the Case for the iPhone Running Android

11/6/2022

There are two things in tech news this week which are related but that tech journalists don’t recognize as being so. First, Apple is getting relentlessly bashed for pursuing ad revenue in their iOS Appstore. Second, Elon Musk is laying off 50% of Twitter employees because Twitter is “losing $4 million a day”.

I Told You 5 Years Ago That Amazon's Alexa Was a Financial Dead End

The Ultra’s Action Button Makes Me Miss Force Touch

iOS Developers Make the Case for the iPhone Running Android

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