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The Apple Decade: Where They Succeeded and Others Were Too Lazy to Innovate

The Apple Decade: Where They Succeeded and Others Were Too Lazy to Innovate
  • Posted January 17, 2013, 4:30 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in TechSpot, Apple
  • In the decade we have been publishing TechSpot, we have watched Apple resurge from the joke that G3 and G4 machines represented, to the Apple 'Mac vs. PC' debate -- during a time the company had better luck selling MP3 players than computers -- to today's ubiquity of Apple products in all forms of computing devices.

    During the past 10 years Apple has systematically attacked and conquered from several fronts. Here's a brief recount of those winning products, and where it applies, the industry incumbents that for one reason or another failed to innovate or at least failed to beat Apple at breaking products to the masses first.

Apple "most innovative" company for third year, Booz & Co. finds

Apple "most innovative" company for third year, Booz & Co. finds
  • Posted November 9, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Apple
  • For the third year running, management consulting firm Booz & Co. has named Apple the world's most innovative company in its annual report, Global Innovation 1000 Study: Making Ideas Work. Booz & Co. bases its rankings on an analysis of the…

Patent troll litigation totaled $29 billion in 2011, sidetracks innovation

Patent troll litigation totaled $29 billion in 2011, sidetracks innovation
  • Posted June 27, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • A new study from Boston University reveals that non-practicing entities, otherwise known as patent trolls, cost the US $29 billion in 2011. Monetary damages aside, the study found that the increasing number of lawsuits is curbing innovation among small and medium-sized companies.

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