Tim Bajarin

1 week ago | forbes.com | Tim Bajarin

Apple Intelligence, Apple's AI strategy, moves forward with app innovation despite criticism. gettyAt WWDC in 2024, Apple rolled out its AI strategy and named it Apple Intelligence. It was an optimistic vision that created many expectations. However, Apple has received a great deal of criticism over the last year since its original launch, as the perception is that it overpromised and underdelivered on its AI strategy.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Tim Bajarin

Advancements in AR, VR and XR technologies are driving demand for new devices and software. gettyThe premiere show on VR, XR and AR occurred from Jun 10-12, 2025, in Long Beach, CA. Over 5,000 people attended the 16th edition of this conference to get updates on what was new and hot in augmented reality. One major shift for the show is how it has evolved its focus. In the last two years, the term "spatial" was highly promoted to define the show.

2 weeks ago | forbesjapan.com | Tim Bajarin

トップ ビジネス アップルはなぜ米国内でiPhoneを製造することができないのか？ 筆者は、高品質の製品を大量に生産する世界規模の製造ラインを構築するための豊富な知見を持っている。製造業での数十年にわたる経験と知識があるからこそ、筆者は、この種の事業を立ち上げるために何が必要で、どれほどの時間がかかるのかを理解せず、ただ米国に製造拠点を移すことを勧める人がいるといら立ちを覚えずにはいられないのだ。 米国のドナルド・トランプ政権は、経済ナショナリズムやサプライチェーン（供給網）の回復力に対する懸念に加え、高度製造業の「リショアリング（訳注：企業が海外に移転した製造拠点を自国内に戻すこと）」への関心の高まりなどを背景に、米アップルのスマートフォン「iPhone（アイフォン）」を米国内で製造するという目標を声高に叫び続けている。これは一見すると説得力のある話だが、現場やサプライチェーンの現実は、それほど甘くはない。...

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Tim Bajarin

Visionary Mac software engineer, Bill Atkinson, helped shape the Mac and the future of GUIs.Getty ImagesBill Atkinson, one of the original engineers on the Macintosh team, whose ripple of creative contributions has impacted billions of people, passed away last week from pancreatic cancer. Bill was a giant in Silicon Valley. He was one of the most critical members of the Mac Team and created QuickDraw and MacPaint.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Tim Bajarin

Apple played a role in making China a tech manufacturing powerhouse. gettyDuring the Mao Zedong era in China, the government took hundreds of thousands of youth from urban areas and sent them to farms and fields as part of Mao's reeducation process. Officials labeled these young people the "sent down" generation and forced them to leave their homes and work in peasant environments. The government denied an entire generation the chance to pursue higher education and earn better wages.