Archive | October 10th, 2011

Steve Jobs stands up for gay rights at NeXT

10. October 2011

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So many Steve Jobs stories it’s literally impossible to keep up with the stream. This one, however, deserves special mention. Ronald Hayden details his first experience with Steve Jobs when he was hired on as a manager at NeXT. The following is excerpted from Hayden’s public Google+ profile. “When I was a child, I had […]

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Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest and pancreatic tumor

10. October 2011

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The Santa Clara Count Public Heath Department today released Steve Jobs’ death certificate. The document notes that Jobs died at his home of respiratory arrest and a pancreatic tumor at about 3 p.m. last Wednesday. Fittingly, his occupation was listed as “entrepreneur.” Jobs of course had publicly battled Pancreatic cancer for some time. Though often […]

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Steve Jobs – Apple has 1,000 engineers working on chips

10. October 2011

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Erick Schonfeld relays an interesting tidbit about the tremendous engineering resources Apple is devoting towards its mobile products. While everything sure looks easy when Phil Schiller is introducing the iPhone 4S, or Jobs the iPhone 4, the reality is that countless engineering hours are poured into seemingly simple things, such as giving the iPhone 4S […]

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First 8-megapixel iPhone 4S photo taken outside of Apple

10. October 2011

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During Apple’s media event last week, Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall really made a point of explaining how great the 8 megapixel camera on the iPhone 4S is. But it wasn’t just the inclusion of a larger 8 megapixel sensor that Apple was bragging about. Apple rightfully explained that there’s more to taking great pictures […]

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Design student creates instantly iconic Apple logo fused with silhouette of Steve Jobs

10. October 2011

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Below is sweet and creative riff on the Apple logo paired with a silhouette of Steve Jobs. This photo has been making the rounds quite a bit over the past few days and illustrates, as Tim Cook said in his company wide email, that Jobs’ spirit “will forever be the foundation of Apple”, his influence […]

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Apple announces 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders in just 24 hours

10. October 2011

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When AT&T announced 200,000 iPhone 4S pre-orders in just under 12 hours, we assumed that the iPhone 4S was a bonafide hit. And now we know for sure. Apple today announced that they received over 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders in the first 24 hours the device was available. So much for all of that […]

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During final weeks and months, Jobs “managed his farewells”

10. October 2011

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The New York Times reports that Steve Jobs knew as far back as last February that he didn’t have much longer to live. And so, over the past few months, visitors and friends began trickling in to his Palo Alto home to say their goodbyes. The calls trickled in at first. Just a few, then […]

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Bono on Steve Jobs – “one of a very small group of anarchic Americans who through technology literally invented the 21st century”

10. October 2011

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Steve Jobs and U2 frontman Bono developed a friendship over the years via Apple’s involvement in the (Product) Red charity to fight AIDS. What’s more, Jobs was seemingly a big U2 fan as you might remember that Apple released a U2 branded iPod back in the mid-2000’s. With the passing of Jobs, Bono issued a […]

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