The Macalope sometimes excuses himself for picking the low-hanging fruit when it is particularly lush. But it’s not always the lowest fruit that’s the fruitiest.
Writing for the New Yorker, Tim Wu asks “Does a Company Like Apple Need a Geniu…
Remember Ultrabooks? 2012’s savior of the PC laptop, the white knight that would rescue Windows OEMs from the low margins and crappy plastic of netbooks? Yeah, didn’t quite turn out that way … until you look closer! And, possibly, put on some…
Fun to look at and fun to use, this iPad news-reading app is a triumph.

