Steve Jobs dies
October 6, 2011 in News Roundup
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. More to follow.
Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
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iCloud to shape the next 10 years in digital, analysts say
June 8, 2011 in News Roundup
Steve Jobs came back from sick leave to announce that Apple is moving consumers’ digital life away from devices and into the cloud.
According to Jobs, iCloud ‘marks the completion of a long quest to liberate the computer from local files and all the desktop mishigas involved’. A transition often referred to as the ‘Post PC’ paradigm.
Early analysis of the move calls it the beginning of ‘new era’ for Apple, positioning the company as the clear leader in the race for making cloud computing mainstream.
“iCloud will shape the next 10 years the way the iTunes-on-your-Mac/PC digital hub shaped the last 10″, veteran Apple commentator John Gruber wrote.
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May 13, 2010 in Micro-Bites
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You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new. ~ Steve Jobs
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The curious case of Steve Jobs
May 13, 2010 in News Roundup, Uncategorized
From start to finish, the Apple CEO is a man of contradictions. A young Steve Jobs, starting out in the working life, was faced between an unusual choice between the business world and the Buddhist monastery – to make a living of selling gadgets to masses or to devote his life to a famously non-materialist faith.
Worshiped by the Apple-cult, loathed by the PC conservatives, Jobs doesn’t struggle to spark an opinion.
Currently, the polo-neck enthusiast from California, makes it regularly to the headlines of the digital world. Yet in 2004, when London iTunes store was launched, a Guardian article described him as practically unknown compared to Bill Gates.
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Steve Jobs' Flash rant – happened so far
May 13, 2010 in Features
After months of sniping and grumbling at Adobe, Apple boss Steve Jobs didn’t leave anything to interpretation in his open letter on the company’s site.
It has to be admitted, the controversial letter, in which he argues against the use of Flash, is extremely persuasive, if a little long. It’s clear in its point and comes across very professional.
Jobs’ take on the subject at a question & answer session for Apple employees was not so diplomatically phrased.
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Profile: Dan Lyons
June 9, 2009 in Micro-Bites
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Dan Lyons is a technology columnist at Newsweek and the creator of Fake Steve Jobs, the persona behind The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, a leading technology blog. Before joining Newsweek, Lyons spent 10 years at Forbes. Over the past 25 years Lyons has written for a wide range of publications, including the New York Times Magazine, GQ and many technology trade publications.
