Macworld
Our weekly Apple Breakfast is a convenient round-up of all the Apple News you missed in the past week. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too.
It wasn’t me
We all know that Apple doesn’t like being told what to do. The company’s first instinct, when accused of misbehavior, is to deny (“You’re holding it wrong”), lobby, or simply ignore the problem and hope it goes away. In this respect, perhaps, it isn’t that different from the average multinational company.
Apple excels in the art and science of tactical surrender. When Apple finally caves in, it will do so on terms that will yield maximum benefit at minimal cost. Last week, for example, we got the news that the EU won’t force Apple to open up iMessage to Android users… a decision which coincidentally follows the company’s tactful announcement in November that it would voluntarily do Approximately It will be the same, at its own pace,