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Tim Cook: “No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death”
Apple CEO Tim Cook sent the following email to all Apple employees today: Team, I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today. Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate […]
Continue reading...Barack Obama on the passing of Steve Jobs: talented enough to change the world
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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Barack Obama tonight issued an official statement on the passing of Steve Jobs. Putting aside the Obama’s proclivity for all things Apple away for a second, it’s worth noting that Obama had the utmost respect for Jobs and had met with him privately a few times over the years to discuss everything from technology to […]
Continue reading...Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Steve Jobs
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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The outpouring of emotion, memories, and tributes to Steve Jobs is immense. We’re still sorting through it but thought this tweet from Twitter CEO Dick Costolo nails it. “Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn’t just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.” When Steve Jobs introduced the […]
Continue reading...Bill Gates says it was an “insanely great” honor to work with Steve Jobs
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were famously bitter rivals, and while you’d be hard pressed to argue that the pair got along swimmingly, there’s no denying that Jobs had an extreme respect for Gates as a businessman, even if he famously didn’t care for any of Microsoft’s products. Over time though, past wounds seemed to […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs passes away at 56
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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Steve Jobs passed away today at 56 years old. Apple’s website tells it all.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs – Will he he make an appearance at tomorrow’s iPhone event?
Monday, October 3, 2011
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In less than 12 or so hours, Apple’s “Let’s talk iPhone” event will commence and the world will be watching to see what sort of technological magic Apple will unleash into the marketplace ahead of the holiday shopping season. But not everyone will be paying attention to new iPhone hardware and intriguing new iOS software. […]
Continue reading...Fortune releases “All About Steve” e-book on Amazon
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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Walter Isaacson’s definitive biography of Steve Jobs isn’t slated for release until November 21, and measuring in at over 600 pages, it’s bound to keep Apple fans busy for quite some time. But if you just can’t get enough of behind the scenes stories about Steve Jobs, Fortune this week published a new Kindle e-book […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs circa 1996 – Apple needs to innovate to return to glory [Video]
Monday, September 19, 2011
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Back in the Summer of 1996, Steve Jobs was the CEO of Pixar and the idea that he’d someday return to the helm of Apple and save the company from the brink of bankruptcy wasn’t on anybody’s radar. During that time, Jobs – who was much more willing to chat it up in public back […]
Continue reading...Stevie Wonder gives a shout-out to Steve Jobs, thanks Apple for accessible iOS products
Thursday, September 15, 2011
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When it comes to music, few names elicit as much respect as Stevie Wonder. The musical powerhouse is responsible for funky jams like Superstition and timeless classics like I just called to say I love you. What makes Stevie Wonder’s musical accomplishments even more impressive is that he’s been blind since a young age on […]
Continue reading...When Steve Jobs and Apple put George Harrison on the Apple.com homepage
Thursday, September 15, 2011
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In the wake of Steve Jobs’ resignation, there have been an overwhelming number of stories detailing fascinating encounters with Apple’s former CEO. One in particular that stood out to us comes from Mike Evangelist who worked at Apple from 2000-2002 as the director of product marketing for applications. Evangelist recounts a story from 2001 where […]
Continue reading...Apple’s stock price under the reign of Steve Jobs
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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A picture is worth a million words, or perhaps in this case, a million bucks – many times over. With Steve Jobs at the helm of Apple since 1997 (though he wasn’t officially the CEO until a few years later), Apple reemerged as one of the most innovative and emulated technology companies in the world. Its […]
Continue reading...U2 frontman Bono defends Steve Jobs: Calls him ‘poetic’ and labels his charitable efforts ‘invaluable’
Friday, September 2, 2011
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Though he famously only receives a salary of $1/yr, Steve Jobs is beyond wealthy. And while his tech counterpart Bill Gates has made quite a name for himself as a philanthropist, Steve Jobs’ philanthropic activity, if any, remains unknown. Consequently, Jobs has been taken to task for not following in the footsteps of Gates despite […]
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
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