steve jobs

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Digg / Tech Industry News  Thu, 02/09/2012 - 16:51

Mike Daisey delves into the lives of the workers in China, and the grim conditions there, as he raises questions about our support of products made in such conditions.


 

Steve Jobs: Second greatest innovator of all time

Digg / Tech Industry News  Thu, 01/26/2012 - 01:45

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs ranks behind only Thomas Edison as the world's greatest innovator of all time in a survey released today on young Americans' attitudes about invention and innovation.


 

The Simpsons Are Already Making Fun of Steve Jobs

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 01/13/2012 - 18:17

You probably missed this among the CES clusterfuck: the Simpsons made fun of Steve Jobs on this week's episode, titled Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson.

As Homer is being interviewed on TV, "Steve Jobs unveils iGhost" crawls across the news ticker. In the episode, Homer becomes a Glenn Beck...


 

Apple CEO Tim Cook could top pay list in 2011

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 01/09/2012 - 22:37

Tim Cook could well end up being the highest paid CEO in America in 2011, after Apple Inc. granted him a million restricted stock units last August for taking the reins shortly before co-founder Steve Jobs died.


 

3 Ways Steve Jobs Made Technology Cool, Stylish & Accessible

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sun, 01/01/2012 - 20:38

He didn't invent e-mail or even the concept of the smart phone. But he did make that technology accessible to the average person and that changed everything.


 

Google Will Release Their Own iPad 3 Competitor Within Six Month...

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 12/27/2011 - 08:08

Rejoice, fandroids! Steve Jobs' best friend Eric Schmidt says that they are readying their own high-powered tablet to compete with the iPad 3.

This Nexus tablet was rumored back in 2010, but he says it's now only six months away.


 

Apple in 2012: 5 Reasons It Will Be a Tough Year

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 12/16/2011 - 10:33

Apple's extraordinary run over the last few years may begin to show signs of slowing next year--its first year without visionary leader Steve Jobs.


 

Steve Jobs Is #1 on Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating People Lis...

Digg / Tech Industry News  Thu, 12/15/2011 - 13:31

This is the first time someone who is not current alive was selected as the Most Fascinating Person, but Steve Jobs deserved the title.


 

Steve Jobs biography Amazon's top seller for 2011

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 12/12/2011 - 12:21

A biography of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was Amazon's best-selling book this year despite hitting store shelves and electronic readers only in late October, Amazon said Monday.


 

Apples claim of Android rip-off awaits U.S. trade agency ruling

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 12/05/2011 - 14:08

For two years, Apple has told the world that phones running on Google Android operating system are iPhone rip-offs.

Now Apple is about to learn whether a U.S. trade agency thinks its claims have merit....The International Trade Commission is set to rule Dec. 6 in a patent complaint lodged by Apple ..Android phones, introduced in 2008, infuriated Steve Jobs....

Jobs made it his mission “to destroy Android,” which he said “ripped off the iPhone, wholesale