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Steve Jobs biography available now on iBooks and Kindle
For those of us who have been waiting for the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, the ebook is now out for both iBooks and Amazon Kindle. Actually, the Kindle version came out a few minutes earlier than the iBooks version a few hours ago. The print version of Steve Jobs will start hitting traditional bookstores today.
Apple posts “Remembering Steve” letters from fans
Apple has introduced their “Remembering Steve” tribute to Steve Jobs since his passing on October 5th. The page shares a selection of tributes left by Apple fans around the world speaking their memories, thoughts, and feelings on Steve Jobs. According to Apple, more than one million people have sent an e-mail to the special e-mail address Apple has arranged which are then placed on an automatically refreshing page.
Steve Jobs’ cause of death revealed
It was officially reported yesterday that Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest. On Monday, Bloomberg reported, “Local public health officials reportedly determined that Jobs was at home in the Northern California city of Palo Alto on October 5 when he stopped breathing at around 3pm, an underlying cause listed as a cancerous tumor in his pancreas.”
Steve Jobs dies at age 56
Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs died today at the age of 56, Apple announced in a statement. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts,” Apple’s statement today read.
Regarding the October 4th iPhone 5 announcement rumors
Rumors of an iPhone 5 Apple event have been circulating for a while, but we haven’t had any concrete evidence of when will Apple will be holding the event…until now. According to AllThingsD.com, Apple will unveil it’s new iPhone by October 4th, and it will be made available for purchase a few weeks after the announcement.
Meet Tim Cook, the new CEO of Apple
Tim Cook is now the new CEO of Apple. Since he has been working behind the scenes for the past few years, it’s natural to wonder what direction he intends to take Apple Computer in the future. What kind of person is he? What are his qualifications? What changes, if any, does he plan to implement? Past the jump are some of the best articles written about him so you can get a better understanding of who Tim Cook is.
What you need to know about Tim Cook
Seeing as how Tim Cook will be taking care of Apple’s day to day operations once again, perhaps you could use a little refresher on Mr. Jobs’ apprentice. This will be Cook’s third time filling in for Steve Jobs in day to day operations, where he’s helped o launch the iPhone 3GS, update the laptop line and take on the Palm Pre. He also has something in common with the NFL’s fourth most feared tackler.
Google wanted Steve Jobs as CEO
Ten years ago, Google’s co-founders were on the look out for a new chief executive officer to take control of the company. They interviewed over ten potential candidates for the position, but none of them apparently fit the role. During the process however, they met with Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, and it was seemingly love at first sight. In their perfect world, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the founders of Google, would’ve loved for Steve Jobs to take the reins at Google HQ, but as we know too well, Jobs had other plans.
It’s official; Steve Jobs keynote to open WWDC
Monday, June 7th, at the same time as always (10am Pacific time), Apple’s Steve Jobs will kickoff WWDC with a keynote address. With 5,000 developers registered for the event, this speech is bound to bring some pretty exciting news about Apple and potential future products. With the recent Google Android announcements at their I/O conference, it has got to be something big.
Steve Jobs himself reveals info on upcoming MacBook Pros, more
Steve Jobs certainly has a way with words even through his emails. While most of his random responses to the probably large amounts of emails he receives on a normal basis are no more than a sentence, they do say a lot. Furthermore, since they are coming from the Apple CEO himself, you know they’re accurate. When emailed from a worrying customer that Apple has been putting too much energy into the iPad and has forgotten about updating the MacBook and MacBook Pro, Steve Jobs urged him simply “Not to worry.”















