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Apple’s Super Secret New Product

June 9, 2015 by gonz 5 Comments

Forward This article was written by contributing editor Gonz Blinko. From time to time, Gonz, with whom I rarely spend any time anymore, still sends me an article for publication here. I received this one from him this morning and found it interesting, informative and, as always is the case when Gonz writes a piece… Read more about Apple’s Super Secret New Product

Filed Under: Announcements, Fiction, Guest Post Tagged With: Apple, Fiction, Gonz Blinko, iTurd, Satire

Apple, The Company I Hate To Love, Part 3: The Macintosh User Experience

October 28, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 1 Comment

Introduction Recently, I have been writing a series of articles about accessibility and Apple describing the cognitive dissonance I feel when I’m in a position in which I must praise the Cupertino technology giant. I wrote the first article, “Apple and the Accessible Internet” before I realized this would become a series so it reads… Read more about Apple, The Company I Hate To Love, Part 3: The Macintosh User Experience

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Apple, Macintosh, OS X, Usability

Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 2: Where’s the Competition?

October 15, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

Reintroduction Most of this article appeared first on this blog yesterday (10/14/14) under the title, “Apple: The Company I Hate To Love.” A number of our most loyal readers asked that I split that story up and start, as I did for Android, a series on the problems I perceive surrounding Apple and accessibility these… Read more about Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 2: Where’s the Competition?

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, Competition, Google, iOS/8

Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 1: My Long History Fighting Apple

October 14, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 4 Comments

Reintroduction Yesterday (10/14/14), I posted an article called “Apple: The Company I Hate To Love,” in which I described my personal history fighting Apple on things regarding intellectual property law and software freedoms as well as discussing their recent iOS/8 release (a major disappointment to me). A few of my most loyal readers suggested that… Read more about Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 1: My Long History Fighting Apple

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, Google, iOS, Microsoft, Yosemite

Do We Get What We Pay For?

August 28, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 18 Comments

Introduction Historically, both on this blog and on BlindConfidential, I have very rarely engaged with commenters. I write articles, I post them, people read them or not and some choose to comment. While I was reading Marco Zehe’s excellent Android review series , I observed him engage with his commenters both in the comments on… Read more about Do We Get What We Pay For?

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Google, iOS, Microsoft, Segregation

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