With Apple CEO Steve Jobs out on indefinite medical leave, a group of shareholders—the Central Laborers’ Pension Fund in Illinois—proposed that Apple reveal its internal plans to replace Jobs in the event that he not return to run the company.
The belief was “that a sizable contingent of shareholders may have supported” such …
If you were Steve Jobs, what better way to celebrate your 56th birthday than with a launch of a new line of MacBook Pros?
After news of a meeting in which retail employees signed a non-disclosure agreement, the Internet is abuzz with rumors of an upcoming product launch. Sources at BGR speculate that the new line of laptops will be …
You may recall that President Obama’s recent State of the Union address contained a fair amount of tech talk, calling for increases in research and development investments, clean energy initiatives, and innovation across the telecommunications sector.
ABC News is reporting that Obama is scheduled to meet with various business leaders …
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence. Apple COO Tim Cook is taking over in Jobs’ absence. This has happened twice before, and Apple’s been no worse for wear.
The reality is that Steve Jobs won’t be at Apple forever. Whether he never comes back from this current leave of absence or he ends up retiring one day, the …
Apple’s announcement that CEO Steve Jobs will be taking a medical leave of absence has left many wondering about the company’s future.
Jobs maintains that he’ll “continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company,” but has handed day to day operations over to Apple COO Tim Cook. That’s not really saying much, …
This is kind of an odd press release, but Businesswire has just put up something simply titled Apple Media Advisory that apparently contains the following e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs to all Apple employees:
“Team,
At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will
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Steve Jobs is known to try and be involved with Mac users. While he might not be writing personal, handwritten notes to thank you for buying an Apple computer anymore, he does still try and answer emails from customers sent to his personal account. Now, we’re finding out that Jobs still takes $1 in salary. According to the Wall Street …
For this week’s Technologizer column over at TIME.com, I spent time with Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab tablet, which starts hitting US wireless carriers this week. As I say over there, it’s not an iPad killer, but it is the first post-iPad tablet from a major company that qualifies as a true iPad competitor.
The most obvious difference …
Apple CEO Steve Jobs was on his company’s fourth quarter earnings call last night. It was a rare appearance but Jobs said, “I just couldn’t help dropping by for our first $20 billion quarter.” He also couldn’t help taking a few shots at the competition—specifically RIM, (makers of the BlackBerry handsets) and Google’s Android …
Friday, October 1, 2010 –
Quote To Live By:
“The best way to waste your life, … is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don’t participate.” – Chuck Palahniuk, Author of Fight Club
Up Front:
The Price of Crossing Steve Jobs [Gawker: Valleywag]
Gadgets:
Hack: Turn Your …
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 –
The Doctor Makes A House Call in Bristol
Bleeding Cool got a hold of pictures from the Doctor Who set in Bristol. The show is currently filming their sixth season right now. The pictures don’t say much about what’s going on right now, but if the future is in a council estate in central Bristol.. …
Apple has denied that Steve Jobs vowed never to return to Japan after he was stopped from bringing ninja stars back to the United States via his private plane. The story goes that Jobs, who was on vacation in Japan, tried to bring the weapons back in his carry-on but was stopped by airport security.
Secret footage from the incident …