Archive | October 21st, 2011
Steve Jobs on an Apple HDTV – “I finally cracked it”
One of the tenets of Apple under the reign of Steve Jobs was product secrecy, but Jobs upcoming biography has an interesting product revelation that confirms Apple’s plans to build an integrated HDTV. “He very much wanted to do for television sets what he had done for computers, music players, and phones: make them simple […]
Continue reading...Why Steve Jobs was initially opposed to the iTunes App Store
21. October 2011
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The iTunes App Store, to a lesser degree than the iPhone, fundamentally changed the way people interact with and use their phones. Whereas mobile apps used to consist of games like rudimentary poker titles, Apple’s app store ushered in a new era of smartphone applications with categories that ran the gamut from photography apps to […]
Continue reading...Al Gore says Steve Jobs didn’t want Apple driven by “What would Steve Jobs Do?” syndrome
21. October 2011
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Despite a penchant for being outspoken and extremely stubborn, Steve Jobs wanted to ensure that the Apple he left behind didn’t fall prey to the WWSJD syndrome, as in employees not thinking for themselves and otherwise trying to implement what they feel Jobs would have done in a particular situation. In a recent discussion held […]
Continue reading...Apple begins taking iPhone 4S pre-orders in 22 additional countries
21. October 2011
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Sales of the iPhone 4S have thus far been enormous. In the first weekend since the device went on sale, Apple sold a whopping 4 million units, easily eclipsing the 1.7 million iPhone 4 units it sold after launch last Summer. Moreover, both AT&T and Sprint, on account of the iPhone 4S, experienced their best retail […]
Continue reading...Jony Ive had “more operational power” at Apple than anyone besides Steve Jobs
21. October 2011
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Bits and pieces of Steve Jobs biography continue to trickle in and, man, this is going to occupy a lot of time for us next week. In one snippet relayed by the AP, Jobs says that Apple design guru Jony Ive, someone Jobs had previously referred to as his best friend, wielded the most power […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs promised to “destroy Android”, claims it was a stolen product
21. October 2011
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Steve Jobs was furious when he learned of Google’s plans with Android, famously yelling at then Google CEO Eric Schmidt for what Jobs deemed as being stabbed in the back. You’ll recall that Schmidt, at the time, was a member of Apple’s board of directors before resigning in August 2009 citing conflicting interests. It’s subsequently […]
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21. October 2011
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