Issues

This week’s Macworld column looks at Tim Cook’s apology, an Apple-gate you may not have heard about (because it’s so pathetic) and the anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death.

From bad to worse

This week’s Macworld column looks at — what else? — the response to Mapgate. Also, jerktastic pundits who think they have any idea what Steve Jobs would have done.

Who writes this stuff?

This week’s Macworld column looks at iPhone pre-hate, trite pop culture comparisons to Apple and an “Android is winning” pundit who misses on some very basic facts.

The sincerest form of jerkery

This week’s Macworld column looks at the response to the Apple vs. Samsung trial outcome and asks, is anyone really copying Apple? (Spoiler: yes.)

Early reviews

This week’s Macworld column looks at those who want to compare Apple products not shipping yet to currently shipping devices and how Tim Cook’s doing.

Vacation interuptus

This week’s Macworld column, the column that was not supposed to be, asks the musical question, “Why can’t the Macalope take a vacation?”

Pointless exercises

This week’s Macworld column looks at the pointless exercises our technology pundits undertake. Is it ever too early to ask if Apple’s close to going out of business? It helps if you apply a set of Apple-only standards. And we know nothing about it, but let’s judge the iPhone 5!

Tablet trouble

This week’s Macworld column looks at the unsurprising features the iPad doesn’t have, how the iPad killing is going and Microsoft’s name game.

A bad joke

John Dvorak, a college professor and a troll walk into a bar…

And it goes downhill from there.

Climb every mole hill

This week’s Macworld column looks at the mole hills that pundits try to make mountains out of.