Apple's biggest problem is that Google is getting better at what it does poorly faster than Apple is getting better at what it does poorly, says Patrick Gibson in a blog post. Gibson worked on the original iPad for Apple. He is now working at Tilde, a startup focused on software development.

Google's weakness has always been design. The general knock on Google and Android is that it's made for robots more than humans. Apple, on the other hand, excels at design. It makes products for humans. Meanwhile, Apple's weakness has always been web services. It's great at making gorgeous hardware, and strong desktop software. But when it comes to services like maps, email, iMessage, it's weak. Those are areas that Google is stronger because it's a web-based company.  [Link]