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Today is the twelfth anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death
Today marks the 12th anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ death. Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California home on October 5, 2011…
PostScript hits the end of the road in macOS Sonoma
PostScript, the venerable page description language dating back to Macs in the 1980s, has finally met its end in macOS Sonoma…
‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs’ is a moving and accessible opera about Steve Jobs’ life inside and out of Apple
“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,” by acclaimed San Francisco composer Mason Bates and Pulitzer-winning librettist Mark Campbell, at…
Apple-1 ad handwritten by Steve Jobs sells for $176,000
A number of Apple items were up for auction, including a draft for an advertisement for the Apple-1 Computer in Steve Jobs’ handwriting…
Work on Apple Vision Pro began under Steve Jobs
A newly-published patent proves that Apple has been working on the Vision Pro since at least 2007 under the auspices of Steve Jobs…
John Warnock, Adobe co-founder, dead at 82
Adobe on Sunday shared the passing of the company’s co-founder, Dr. John Warnock, who died on Saturday surrounded by his family…
Happy 25th Birthday, iMac!
Under the auspices of interim CEO Steve Jobs, Apple’s venerable, company-saving iMac was released to the public on August 15, 1998…
Will Apple ever do live keynote addresses again?
We get it. The wild overreaction to COVID-19 — blanket lockdowns, useless cloth masks (except when eating (smirk)), plexiglass partitions…
Will Apple buy (parts of) Disney?
Rumors of Apple buying Disney have been circulating for years, with many believing that it would be a match made in heaven…
European XR industry hopes Apple’s new headset will be the miracle it needs
Apple’s augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) / mixed reality (MR) headset is finally expected to be revealed on Monday, June 5th…
Apple’s XR headset said to sport M2 with 16GB memory and snap-in prescription lens system
Apple’s most significant product launch event in nearly a decade kicks off Monday, when the company will introduce its first major new;
Apple’s first major new product launch in eight years looms
Apple is some 72 hours away from its first major new product launch in eight years. The company is expected to show off a…
Early adopters may not be able to resist Apple’s $3,000 ‘Reality One’ XR headset
The long-awaited, oft-rumored Apple ‘Reality Pro’ VR/AR (XR) headset is reportedly going to be revealed on June 5th during Apple’s WWDC…
Will Apple’s forthcoming XR headset provide a glimpse of the future?
Apple on Monday, June 5th at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT is expected to unveil a $3,000 XR (mixed-reality) headset that promises to overlay…
Eddy Cue says Apple’s success starts by saying ‘no’ to almost everything
Apple’s Eddy Cue told CNBC’s Jim Cramer at the inaugural CNBC CEO Council Summit in Santa Barbara, California, the key to the…
Tim Cook’s riskiest move yet: Apple’s mixed-reality headset
Now, just as everyone seems to be tiring of the metaverse, Steve Jobs’ successor comes up with the company’s first mixed-reality headset…
Steve Jobs signed check sells for $106,985 at auction
A check signed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has sold for $106,985, over 400% of the original $25,000 estimate, at RR Auction…
Steve Jobs Archive releases free e-book ‘Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words’
A curated collection of Steve’s speeches, interviews and correspondence, “Make Something Wonderful” offers an unparalleled look…
Apple’s mixed-reality headset sparks some rebellion inside the company
Apple is prepping the release of its new mixed-reality headset, rumored to cost $3,000, and it is sparking some rebellion inside the company…
Today is the 68th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955. Today would have been his 68th birthday, had the co-founder of Apple Inc. had not succumbed to…
Original iPhone, sealed in its box, sells for $63,356.40
Karen Green kept her first-generation, eight-gigabyte Apple iPhone, which she got in 2007, sealed in the box, realizing as the years went on…
What would Joseph Schumpeter have thought of Apple?
Joseph Schumpeter was an Austrian-born political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of German-Austria in 1919…
Elon Musk and Steve Jobs on the value of market research for creating disruptive tech products
Elon Musk is, and Steve Jobs was, a disruptor; they’re two of the most innovative and revolutionary tech leaders of our time. Neither places…
Contrary to popular belief, Steve Jobs knew about Apple Watch
Contrary to popular belief, Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, was actually aware of the development of the Apple Watch. Despite his passing…
How Elon Musk and Steve Jobs are alike
Elon Musk and Steve Jobs share several similarities in their careers and personalities. Despite their different backgrounds and industries…
Early Polaroid photos of Apple’s legendary Lisa
Apple designer Bill Atkinson shares a look through his rare collection of the early development of Apple’s Lisa personal computer…
Apple drops Industrial Design Chief position
Apple will not be naming a new executive to replace its departing top product designer, vice president of industrial design…
Happy Birthday, Apple Macintosh!
Today is the 39th birthday of Apple’s indomitable Macintosh. Thirty-nine years and two day ago, on January 22, 1984, during the Super Bowl…
Apple’s Lisa personal computer turns 40
Forty years ago today,, a new type of personal computer was announced that would change the world forever: The Apple Lisa …
Apple falls off Glassdoor’s 100 Best Places to Work list
Glassdoor has released its 100 Best Places to Work report of 2023, but, for the first time in over a decade, Apple is absent from the list…
In major reversal, Apple preps touch-screen Mac
Apple engineers are actively working on producing a touch-screen Macs for the first time, people familiar with the efforts…
Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone on this day 16 years ago
16 years ago (gack!), Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the revolutionary (Jobs was actually underselling something this time) iPhone – it’s an…
15 U.S. state attorneys general demand that Apple, Google raise TikTok to ’17+’ age rating
A group of 15 Republican U.S. state attorneys general demanded on Tuesday that executives at Apple strip TikTok of its age rating that…
Steve Jobs’ old Birkenstocks fetch $218,750 at auction
This weekend, Steve Jobs’ brown Birkenstock sandals, which were expected to bring in some $60,000, sold for a whopping $218,750 at…
Jony Ive talks life after Apple
The chief designer behind Apple’s most iconic products, Jony Ive, reveals how his design philosophy guides collaborations…
Original Apple iPhone in factory-sealed box sells for more than $39,000
On Sunday, an auction house in Louisiana sold an original Apple iPhone in factory-sealed box for $39,339.60…
Tablecloth doodled on by Steve Jobs’ favorite band and his former lover was stolen 56 years ago. Now, it’s resurfaced — and is about to go up for sale
A tablecloth that was doodled on by The Beatles and Steve Jobs’ former lover and promptly stolen 56 years ago has resurfaced…
Today is the eleventh anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death
Today marks the 11th anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ death. Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday tweeted about Steve Jobs…
Had Microsoft not sold its $150 million in Apple stock, it’d be worth over $120 billion today
Nearly 20 years ago, Microsoft sold its Apple Stock for $550 million, leaving some $120 billion on the table…
Tim Cook still runs Steve Jobs’ 9 a.m. Monday meeting every week
Cook said he’s maintained Steve Jobs’ traditional 9 a.m. Monday meetings for Apple’s top executives to discuss the company’s biggest issues…