Allen Tsai


Say What, Apple?

Mon Apr 01, 2013 | By Allen Tsai
Conversations behind Apple's secret walls.

The Tweeting Pope

Tue Mar 19, 2013 | By Allen Tsai
Everyone loves a good tweet.

Why I Hate CES... And You Should Too

Tue Jan 08, 2013 | By Allen Tsai
CES is just a big waste of time.

The Battle for Smartphone Supremacy

Wed Dec 19, 2012 | By Allen Tsai
How Microsoft fell from grace and the new fight between Google and Apple.

Why Carriers Won't Need You Anymore

Wed Dec 12, 2012 | By Allen Tsai
Dogs have a busy schedule -- they have a lot of butts to sniff. So when they don't have the time to call when they go out, you get worried. What's an owner to do?

Patent Wars: The Pawns in Apple and Google's Chess Match

Mon Nov 12, 2012 | By Allen Tsai
Steve Jobs hated HTC and Samsung, but more importantly, he hated Google.

The Microsoft Shockwave and a Struggle to Survive

Mon Oct 29, 2012 | By Allen Tsai
The gloves are off.

A Second Chance for Dan Hesse and Sprint

Thu Oct 18, 2012 | By Allen Tsai
Back in 1977, Dan Hesse didn't want to work for Sprint; he wanted a job at AT&T. But AT&T only recruited from Harvard and Wharton. So Hesse, at the time at Cornell, called his sister who lived in Boston, and asked a favor: Go to Harvard and write down all of AT&T's job posts from the bulletin board. She also grabbed him a copy of the application.

Crisis Mode: HTC's Rise, Fall and Hard Road Ahead

Tue Oct 09, 2012 | By Allen Tsai
In the 15 years since Cher Wang and Peter Chou set up shop to build notebooks, they've led HTC to become one of the top smartphone makers in the world, right up there with Apple and Samsung. But since its meteoric rise and equally catastrophic fall a year and a half ago, some are now left wondering if the company has any juice left to power a comeback.