The Critical Path

Relative to Apple's iPhone 5c/s introduction, we extrapolate the implications of their "most forward-looking phone" by examining product against price point, feature set, and the mysterious possibilities within iPhone that Apple has yet to unlock.

A special episode in three parts: 1) Too many variables: The mechanics of the Microsoft Nokia deal 2) Climbing Everest without oxygen: The implications for Microsoft and 3) Post-abyss: The implications for Nokia.

We begin with a defense of Ballmer for preserving great things, continue by condemning him for not having destroyed those very same things and end by asking whether anyone could have done the right thing.

Markets are expected to do one thing and one thing only: determine price. What happens when they fail? The tragedy and comedy of corporate raiders. Also more on Airshow New York.

Horace talks about Microsoft's reorganization from Divisional to Functional, and the implications on their Windows and Mobile OS roadmaps. In doing so, he and Moisés touch briefly on the subject of last episode, Scott Forstall's ouster from Apple.

Horace expands on last episode's discussion of organizational structure, as well as his recent appearance on Screen Time with Guy English. We begin speculation on the job iWatch would be hired to do, and preview the relaunch of High Density.

Horace investigates asymmetric organization structure, and how Apple's functional vision of careers and jobs differ from most tech companies.

Horace reflects on his analysis of iTunes purchase data, details the just-announced AirShow in Chicago, and touches on fascinating "heat maps" of mobile platform use. We close our week of three shows by talking about "deep focus" and Citizen Kane.

In the second part of our WWDC wrapup, we delve into the large-scale shift represented by iOS 7. Siri guides us on the journey from navigation to consumption in our latest AsymCar segment, and Horace examines what iWork for iCloud means.

In the first part of a post-WWDC "doubleheader", we look back at AirShow and begin our dive into the keynote, with regard to Apple's hardcore product (Mac Pro), Mavericks, iTunes Radio, and examining discovery versus playback.