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By focusing on products and not money, Steve Jobs was able to change the world
This past Friday marked the 1-year anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. As expected, the blogosphere was filled with various retrospectives meant to capture the impact Jobs had on the world at large and illustrate the challenges the tech world may face moving forward in his absence. While reading a few of these pieces, one paragraph […]
Continue reading...Mark Zuckerberg admired Jobs’ focus; received free iPhone 5 from Tim Cook
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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Last Friday, Facebook announced an incredible achievement, noting that over 1 billion people activeuly use the popular social networking site daily. Take that Google+. Touting the statistic in a press release, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained, “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in […]
Continue reading...Apple pays homage to Steve Jobs on its homepage on anniversary of his death
Friday, October 5, 2012
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On the 1-year anniversary of his passing, Apple has put up a new remembrance for Jobs up on its website. Visitors to Apple.com are greeted with a nearly 2-minute video comprised of a photo montage of Jobs from years past and accompanied by some choice Jobs quotes throughout the years including clips of Jobs introducing […]
Continue reading...Ashton Kutcher looking very much the part of Steve Jobs
Monday, August 27, 2012
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A few months back, Ashton Kutcher signed on to play Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in a biopic tentatively titled Jobs: Get Inspired. Back in May photos of Kutcher wearing jeans and Jobs’ patented black turtleneck emerged. And now we’ve stumbled across this photo of Jobs (err, Kutcher) looking a bit older, but very […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ 30th birthday present from his friends at Apple
Monday, August 20, 2012
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When Steve Jobs turned 30 in February of 1985, his friends and co-workers created the following video for him as a present. Originally posted by Technologizer, the video features an incredible amount of never before seen photos and video footage of Jobs. They set it to the wonderful song “My Back Pages” by one of […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Palo Alto home burglarized; Suspect apprehended
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto home was burglarized a few weeks ago, with thieves taking upwards of $60,000 worth of computers and personal items. Since then, authorities arrested a suspect named Kariem McFarlin for committing the crime. Mercury News reports: McFarlin, who remains in county jail on $500,000 bail, could face a maximum prison sentence of […]
Continue reading...Conan O’Brien takes on Apple-Samsung dispute with hilarious video poking fun at Samsung
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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With a keen interest in technology, at least when measured against other late night hosts, Conan O’Brien last week had a little bit of fun at Samsung’s expense with a video featuring a fictitious Samsung executive trying to explain away the oh so important differences between Apple’s iPhone and iPad and Samsung’s allegedly infringing products. […]
Continue reading...Eddy Cue email reveals Apple and Steve Jobs had/have interest in 7-inch iPad
Thursday, August 9, 2012
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During Scott Forstall’s appearance on the witness stand last Friday, an interesting piece of information regarding Apple’s internal discussion of a 7-inch iPad was brought to light. Forstall at one point was shown an internal email from Eddy cue sent to a slew of other Apple executives – Tim Cook, Scott Forstall, and Phil Schiller. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs felt an “odd kinship” with Mark Zuckerberg
Monday, July 23, 2012
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Steve Jobs held Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in high esteem, in part because he admired Zuckerberg’s vision and determination to make Facebook the best company it could be, and more importantly, because Faceboko wasn’t looking to sell out for a large payday. This, of course, stands in contrast to some startups whose ultimate goal is […]
Continue reading...Judge says Steve Jobs’ anti-Android remarks not admissible during trial
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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With Apple and Samsung gearing up for trial in just two weeks, there’s a whole lot of activity going on as both companies try to angle for advantages. Recently, Apple was able to successfully preclude Samsung from bringing up Jobs’ famous anti-Android quote where he vowed to go thermonuclear and destroy Android even if it […]
Continue reading...When Steve Jobs dropped some social media knowledge on the Obama campaign
Friday, June 15, 2012
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BusinessWeek reports on how Obama campaign manager Jim Messina got some solicited advice from Steve Jobs, among others. In two long, private conversations, Steve Jobs tore into Messina for all the White House was doing wrong and what it ought to be doing differently, before going on to explain how the campaign could exploit technology […]
Continue reading...Larry Ellison talks Steve Jobs at All Things D
Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reflected a bit on Steve Jobs during an All Things D sit down this week. Ellison noted that “in addition to his genius, he had a single mindedness and attention to detail,” describing Jobs as “a bit of a control freak,” and saying “he wanted to engineer every aspect ” of […]
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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