The surprise announcement of Steve Jobs' medical leave almost a month ago shocked many in the tech community. With Tim Cook taking over the reigns, many wondered if Steve was still active in day-to-day operations at Cupertino. The Wall Street Journal reports tonight that Steve Jobs is still involved, according to Yukari Iwatani Kane (she's...
People always want to know more about Apple's executive time. We already know that Phil Schiller, Apple VP of Worldwide Marketing is on twitter. Apple's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook, is once again at the helm of Apple while Steve Jobs is on medical leave. Little light has been shed on Tim Cook but now...
Apple sent out the following Media Advisory today: Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email 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 continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic...
Steve Jobs has certainly changed the way we work and play. His vision has created groundbreaking products such as the iPhone and iPad. Apple has transformed into one of the largest tech companies in the world not by chance--it's because of Steve Jobs. President Obama on Steve Jobs in response to a reporter's question: ...And...
We all know that Apple holds its secrets tight to the chest when it comes to future products in their pipeline. Apple spent years working in secret on the original iPhone, and the iPad was also a surprise to many. A recent insider-trading lawsuit revealed some details about the lengths Cupertino and Steve Jobs will...
At the recent Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie expressed his thoughts on the current app-centric model that exists in the smartphone era. Here are some interesting highlights from what he had to say: "You don't need an app for the Web," "We believe you can bring the mobile to the...
Want to know more (this is an understatement) about Apple CEO Steve Jobs? Check out the following site, AllAboutSteveJobs.com. I don't know if I should be creeped out, or impressed with the amount of info about Steve Jobs that's available. The picture that has been making the rounds is Steve Jobs' office, taken in 2004...
Today Apple announced their 2010 Q4 fiscal earnings via their regular conference call. The results of their most recent quarter are staggering. Here's a breakdown of their financial numbers: Record revenue of $20.34 billion (year ago quarter: $12.21 billion) Net quarterly profit: $4.31 billion (year ago quater: $2.53 billion) International sales accounted for 57% of...
Apple has revised their App Store guidelines for developers and it contains some pretty simple language. I took a few moments to read through this and I actually found these quite humourous, almost like it was straight from the mouth of Steve Jobs. This straight from the hip language is reminiscent of what Steve would...
Part of Apple's big iPod announcement was the news about iTunes 10 and the new Ping music social network. This new network is a combination of "twitter + facebook" for music lovers, and it's built right into iTunes. Apple has just announced in a press release that Ping users have topped one million in the...
Yesterday saw Apple CEO Steve Jobs defend and reiterate (and also announce the iPhone 4 launch date in Canada will be on July 30th!)Â that the iPhone 4 "Antennagate" has been blown out of proportion. During this press conference, the presentation included a demo that showed other smartphones exhibited the same erratic signal distortion behaviour if...
So it looks like the iPhone 4 reception saga continues. Early iPhone 4 users in the USA reported of imminent signal degradation when they held their iPhones in the bottom left hand corner. As more users get their hands on the iPhone 4, this issue is becoming extremely widespread. Steve Jobs Responds to iPhone 4...
