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PCMag reports the upcoming authorized biography on Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson will include the final details of yesterday's resignation, from Steve Jobs' point of view. According to publisher Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Tracey Guest: Isaacson "speaks to Jobs regularly and is still working on the final chapter of the book." The biography was...

The New York Times takes a look at the 313 patents attached with Steve Jobs' name, and they range from product design for Macs and iPhones down to details in packaging and power adapters and glass staircases. It's an interesting look at various patents for products that came into fruition and some concepts that didn't....

Google's Senior Vice President of Engineering, Vic Gundotra shared an interesting scenario of one of his encounters with Steve Jobs on back in January of 2008. This was posted last night on his Google+ page. Even though Gundotra's role for Google is to downplay the competition, he had some really nice things to say about...

A day after the resignation of Steve Jobs, ArsTechnica has obtained a copy of an internal email sent out to Apple employees from newly-crowned CEO, Tim Cook Thursday morning. The email reassures everyone that 'Apple is not going to change', and essentially marks the turning over of a new page for the future of Apple....

According to a study carried out by famous Anti-virus maker McAfee, Android is the most vulnerable mobile OS and is having serious issues with all sorts of malware with approximately 76% rise in viruses, trojans, and other rogue pieces of code that have affected the Google's mobile platform in the second quarter of 2011. Around 44%...

It all began on January 9, 2007 when Apple launched the first iPhone. Since then, subsequent updates to the most amazing handset ever built by man have been introduced at regular intervals. And now as we look forward to yet another big upgrade i.e the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S as some of us are...

The web has been reacting to the shocking headline Steve Jobs had stepped down as Apple's CEO. When I first saw the news headline I seriously did a double take--was this a joke? Nope. The day Apple enthusiasts had been blocking from their minds had come to fruition--Steve Jobs would no longer be front and...

The iPhone Dev Team reacts to the resignation of Steve Jobs, in a blog post titled, "The Coolest Cat": We loved the chase! Good luck, Steve. Signed, Jailbreakers and tinkerers everywhere. I don't think there's a better picture than that.

Some breaking news here, folks. Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple's CEO, as announced by Apple's Board of Directors, to be replaced by Tim Cook, the former Chief Operating Officer. Steve Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will also join the Board effective today. “Steve’s extraordinary vision and leadership saved Apple...

Back in mid-August, the online Apple Store went down and when it came back new social sharing options were available for only Macs and iPods. It now appears Apple has completed their addition of social sharing options as all products show a facebook/twitter sharing feature. Upon selecting the drop down menu on any MacBook, iPod,...

Who says the iPhone 4 can't make a feature film? Christos Sourligas, a Montreal filmmaker will debut his movie, Happy Slapping, tonight (9:30pm, Quartier Latin) at the Montreal World Film Festival. It is the world's first feature film shot entirely with five iPhone 4s. The actors in the film also were cinematographers, and the $250,000...

AppleInsider has just reported that Apple has apparently won the suit against Samsung which was filed for Apple design patents violation, leading to a ban in sales of Samsung Galaxy smartphones in European Union. These handsets include Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Ace. The ruling came from a court in Netherlands,...