Apple is not taking the war on iOS lying down. It's getting a little busy in Cupertino's legal counsel these days, and without suing their current nemesis, Google , outright, Apple seems to be throwing their significant market weight around. An early flashpoint in the return of Steve Jobs to Apple was the agreed upon cessation of legal wrangling with Microsoft over the famous "look and feel" lawsuit that claimed Windows had borrowed heavily from the Macintosh. But this time around, Apple is the front-runner. It took Apple to introduce a successful tablet. MORE >>

Many think RIM is faltering because they aren't innovating like Apple or Google ( Android is a Google initiative). Comparing Apple to RIM is like comparing Jay-Z to The Beatles. It's only their fault if they were pursuing greatness in those domains - as a core competency. Apple's Steve Jobs is a unique individual. Many people didn't think Apple (a computer manufacturer) could never successfully produce and market a smartphone and those same people probably questioned a search engine's ability to create a mobile platform like Android. It wasn't last week. MORE >>

Scheduled for release in 2014, Project Glass holds so much promise Apple and Microsoft have competing projects. Geekery Apple augmented reality google media Microsoft project glassI will be speaking at xPotomac this February 25. Co-organizer Patrick Ashmalla and I are presenting together on Google Project Glass and augmented reality. Here’s a sneak preview of our session. Google Project Glass promises to take ubiquitous mobile Internet access and layer unprecedented information into our day-to-day existence. We can pull our heads out of our mobile phones. MORE >>

When Apple officially threw its hat into the ‘content cloud’ services ring with their iCloud announcement last month, it capped a trifecta of launches from the three leading over-the-top (OTT) players: Apple iCloud, Google Music and Amazon CloudDrive. Does Some players are competing on services (sync, backup, media management) and others are betting to win based on their customer focus (consumer, small & medium business (SMB), enterprise and/or selling white label solutions to operators and device makers). ADVANTAGE: Apple. Definitely not. Backup is table stakes. MORE >>

In cutting through Steve Jobs’ histrionics on Apple’s earnings call , we’re left with the core question of whether “open&# or “closed&# mobile operating systems are better for consumers. Worse, users are confronted with a dizzying array of devices , many of which are out of sync from a software perspective at the time of purchase — causing some to delay purchases in fear of buyer’s remorse or purchase a competing platform.&#. Of course, Google/Android executives espouse the virtues of openness, especially as it relates to bringing choice to the marketplace. MORE >>