<p>In an article I wrote last year titled "Why Every Company Needs to be More Like IBM and Less Like Apple", I compared the cultures of both companies and how over the past 25 years they had flipped: "Today's Big Blue is the antithesis of Big Brother. It's 'Big Open'. A transparent, nimble, collaborative organization known more for listening and engaging customers than for dictating to them. While ironically, some say Apple now resembles Big Brother given their propensity for tight controls."</p><p>That article and the number of follow on pieces written to support and rebuke my argument stirred up a heated debate that continues to this day. So how have the two companies fared in the past year?</p><p>IBM's stock price is up 7% and Apple's is up about 2.5% year over year. Not a significant difference, but as we've seen in the past few weeks, Apple looks to be losing momentum while IBM's is building.</p><p>So what's going on?</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2013/01/30/one-year-later-and-ibms-social-business-is-still-superior-to-apples/">Keep reading...</a></p>