by bleffel | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fifty years ago, on April 1st, 1976, Apple Computer Company was founded. Today it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, celebrated for producing ubiquitous products like the iPad and iPhone to now-nostalgia bait like the iPod Mini and PowerBook. Over the...
by bleffel | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
In 2025, Patrick McGee published Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, a deeply-reported look at the tech giant’s investment in – and growing reliance on – China. The following excerpt, pulled from Chapter 9 of Apple in...
by bleffel | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
The camera module on the Vivo X300 Ultra (pictured) is certainly eye-catching. | Image: Vivo Vivo has launched the X300 Ultra in China today, the company’s latest flagship that really puts the “camera” in cameraphone. The device is “designed...
by bleffel | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
The redesigned mixer also includes a new beater that can scrape the bowl for you. | Image: KitchenAid KitchenAid calls its new Artisan Plus Stand Mixer the biggest upgrade to the appliance since 1955. If you’ve ever been frustrated by the limited speed settings...
by bleffel | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
When you think of Apple, you probably think of the iPhone, or maybe the Mac, or perhaps you’ve got fond memories of the iPod. But Apple’s 50-year run of creating tech products that people fall in love with – sometimes a lot of people, sometimes just...
by bleffel | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s time to let Sid go. | duncan1890/Getty Images You may generally disregard unfamiliar faces as background characters in the movie that is your life, but almost everyone you care about was once a stranger. Aside from the people who have been in your life since you...
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