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How Apple’s Tim Cook builds upon Steve Jobs’ successes
Apple, led by Tim Cook and now the world’s most valuable company, continues to dominate the smartphone market which Steve Jobs created…
Fortune magazine autographed by Steve Jobs sells for $16,638
A Fortune magazine with a cover autographed by Steve Jobs has sold for $16,638. The recipient, Terry, was one of Jobs’ chauffeur drivers for several years…
Email from Steve Jobs reveal why iOS users can’t directly buy Kindle books
The documents reveal the behind-the-scenes action at large multinational companies, including a few emails from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs …
Apple wins fight over $14.9 billion tax grab in blow to EU
Apple won its court fight over a record $14.9 billion Irish tax grab in a crushing blow to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager…
Michael Hawley, who helped write Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech, dies
Michael Hawley, a computer programmer, professor, musician, speechwriter and impresario who helped lay the intellectual groundwork for what is now…
Ex-Apple lawyer’s insider-trading ‘Hail Mary’ opposed by U.S. prosecutors
U.S. prosecutors told a federal judge that former Apple lawyer Gene Levoff is making a bogus “Hail Mary” argument that insider-trading charges against him…
Scott Forstall reveals how his interview with Steve Jobs went
On Wednesday, Scott Forstall, co-inventor of iPhone and iOS (and Tony-Award winning Broadway producer) joined Code.org co-founder Hadi Partovi…
Eric Schmidt completely departs from Google
Eric Schmidt, known unaffectionately in these parts as Eric T. Mole, has quietly ended his 19-year tenure at Google, where he was brought in to be…
Randall Stephenson to retire as AT&T CEO
After serving 13 years as AT&T’s Chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson, 60, will retire as CEO but will serve as Executive Chairman…
Pixar computer-graphics pioneers win tech’s Turing Award
Pixar computer-graphics pioneers have won tech’s Turing award. The technology that animated groundbreaking movies like Pixar’s “Toy Story” and enabled…
Bob Iger steps down as Disney CEO, effective immediately
Disney announced Tuesday that CEO Bob Iger will step down and become executive chairman through 2021, effective immediately. Bob Chapek…
Today is the 65th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. Today would have been his 65th birthday, had the co-founder of Apple Inc. had not succumbed to complications…
Functional Apple-1, PowerBook signed by Steve Jobs up for auction
teve Jobs memorabilia and a slew of rare Apple computer hardware is set to hit the block at auction house RR Auction next month…
Larry Tesler, Apple employee who created cut-and-paste, dead at 74
Computer scientist and user interface guru Larry Tesler, a key figure at Apple during its early years, died Monday at the age of 74…
Ex-Apple exec being sued by Apple accuses firm of poaching his staff
A former Apple chip executive who is being sued by the company after he allegedly poached its staff for his new Nuvia server chips startup…
Apple’s unstoppable wearables: Apple Watch and AirPods
Apple’s wearables division looks unstoppable. For Apple’s Q120 (holiday 2019 forth quarter), wearables set a new all-time record…
Apple’s iPad transformed computing
Even some of Apple’s most dedicated fans seem to think the iPad has been something of a disappointment, but, really, Apple’s iPad has transformed computing…
Apple’s iPad turns 10 years old today
Apple’s iPad turned 10 years old today. Yes, this is the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ unveiling of the iPad at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts…
Happy Birthday, Apple Macintosh!
On January 24, 1984, Apple Computer unveiled its much-anticipated Macintosh computer, a sophisticated, affordably priced personal computer designed for…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has had a remarkable run
Throughout Tim Cook’s tenure as Apple CEO, critics have lamented his lack of “the vision thing,” casting doubt on his ability to launch breakthrough products…
Steve Jobs’ iPhone unveiling showed ‘the computer for the rest of us’
On January 9, 2007, once again eclipsing the entirety of CES, including Bill Gates’ keynote, Apple’s Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in an extraordinary, even for him, presentation…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to receive award from Ireland’s Prime Minister
Ireland’s decision to present Apple with an award may raise some eyebrows. Although it’s one of the country’s biggest employers…
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais roasts Apple in CEO Tim Cook’s face
During last night’s Golden Globe Awards, in which the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show had three nominations…
Decade in Review: What the smartphone has wrought
When the first Apple iPhone hit the market in 2007, not everyone was convinced it would supplant the flip-phone…
How Apple’s push to rule the smartphone industry has made Apple Store employees feel like robots
In recent years, Apple Retail Store employees have started to feel like the culture and spirit of the Apple Store has deviated…
The ingenious way Steve Jobs led design reviews at Apple
Never surprise Steve Jobs. Bob Baxley learned this lesson quickly in his former role as director of design…
Phil Schiller and Walt Mossberg recall the birth of Apple’s revolutionary iPad
We were sitting on the couch, and on the coffee table there was something covered in black cloth…
The iPhone Decade: How Apple’s revolutionary iPhone created and destroyed industries and changed the world
In the last 10 years, Apple has gone from a large computer company with a profitable side business in MP3 players to a $1 trillion+ megacorp with operations around the globe and 137,000 full-time employees…
Cellphone-related head injuries became more common after Steve Jobs released the iPhone
As cellphones got smarter, they also became marginally more dangerous to the clumsy, easily distracted humans holding them…
Macintosh floppy disk signed by Steve Jobs sells for $84,115 at auction
A Macintosh floppy disk signed by Steve Jobs has been sold at auction for $84,115.00 (includes buyer’s premium)…
How Apple’s revolutionary iPhone devastated the world’s happiest nation
This piece tackles the critical role Nokia once played in Finland’s economy and the devastating impact Apple’s iPhone had on both…
Macintosh floppy disk signed by Steve Jobs up for auction
Macintosh System Tools Version 6.0 floppy disk, signed in black felt tip, “steve jobs.” In fine condition…
Former Apple employee on how he accidentally stole Steve Jobs’ MacBook from his office
Apple’s former vice president of mobile advertising Andy Miller shared an incredible story about accidentally stealing Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ MacBook…
30 years ago, Steve Jobs pulled off an extraordinary comeback – here’s how he did it
Although Steve Jobs had unique vision and the ability to inspire, he could also be overbearing, impatient, and downright rude…
Steve Jobs shared secrets of Apple’s iPad but nobody listened
Jobs didn’t just unveil the iPad as a new product in 2010. He talked at length during the media event…
Steve Jobs’ legacy? Across the board, scores drop in math and reading for U.S. students
Math and reading scores for fourth- and eighth-graders in the United States dropped since 2017, and the decrease in reading achievement…
Former Apple lawyer in charge of preventing insider trading indicted for insider trading
Gene Levoff, who was a senior director of corporate law in charge of enforcing Apple’s Insider Trading Policy, was aware of Apple financial results before they were public…
Forthcoming book to focus on Apple after Steve Jobs
Tripp Mickle will write an as-yet-untitled book for William Morrow about the iPhone maker’s last decade since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011…
The Apple icons you see today have surprisingly ancient roots
In the early 1980s, Apple asked a young artist named Susan Kare to design some graphics for its forthcoming personal computer, the Macintosh…
The post-Steve Jobs product keynotes: From true command to shock-and-awe to vaporware risk
If you’re anything like me, when you see the phrase “Product Keynote” you still think of one thing: an Apple event with Steve Jobs on stage….
Apple CEO Tim Cook does not get the credit he deserves
Steve Jobs stepped down from being Apple’s CEO on August 25, 2011, and Tim Cook replaced him. It would be impossible to fill Jobs shoes…
