Aram Zucker-Scharff

“Apple’s stock hasn’t slid because it’s been putting out uninspired hardware — it’s slid because the company hasn’t been able to enter any major new product categories in years, and major software efforts like Siri and iCloud have faltered in extremely public ways. A beautiful new Mac Pro does not explain why Tim Cook has spent over a year repeatedly saying the TV market “is an area of intense interest” without delivering a product, or counteract the fact that Apple Maps has become a punchline for late-night comedians.”

– “Apple’s bravado clouds the company’s real challenges.”

“But in the case of both Apple and Google, their uses of Helvetica Neue are so prominent that they’re almost indiscriminate, and as a result both of these efforts skirt that thin line between aspiration and desperation. Where many graphic designers would mix in additional typefaces or even just different weights of Helvetica Neue to achieve an optimal reading experience and a balanced aesthetic, both Apple and Google seem overeager to use the thin and ultra light weights wherever they can.”

– Khoi Vinh: Subtraction.com: iOS 7 Thins Out (via thisistheverge)

After Apple’s performance at WWDC, the tide of media opinion seems to be turning against the company whose every word once made journalists salivate. Since the announcement of iOS7: 

Dave Winer (inventor of RSS) stated that he isn’t happy being an Apple shareholder.

TechCrunch reports on Apple’s extraordinarily aggressive (and negative) attitude towards developers.

As does Mashable.

The Verge deemed iOS7 “Simply confusing” and a “misstep”.

And Mashable polls “underwhelmed” Apple fans.

EDIT: Wired jumps on too, looking at the reaction on Wall Street.

“Apple has jolted investors with lower than expected iPhone sales, underlining fears that the product which helped create the world’s most valuable company may be losing its allure.

In one of its most eagerly anticipated earnings updates of recent…