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Former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein departs HP
Jon Rubinstein, who former served as the senior VP of Apple’s iPod devision, has left Hewlett-Packard according to a recent report from Arik Hesseldahl at All Things D. Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12- to 24-month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. “Jon has fulfilled his [...]
Continue reading...Facebook and Apple mend fences to stave off threat from Google
Monday, October 3, 2011
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By Sarah Petit: Facebook and Apple haven’t exactly had the smoothest of relationships. Highlighting their tumultuous relationship, which appears to be on the upswing, Mashable provides us with many interesting tidbits detailing the ups and downs of Facebook’s dealing with Apple. The beginning of the saga that would become Facebook and Apple got off to [...]
Continue reading...HP’s Jon Rubinstein compares HP TouchPad growing pains to early days of OS X
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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HP TouchPad reviews thus far have been sort of mediocre. While many are praising the device’s speed and of of course the intuitive WebOS software that powers the device, day to day use of the device isn’t exactly a seamless user experience. Writing for This is My Next, Joshua Topolsky writes that the TouchPad’s multitouch [...]
Continue reading...Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein pens letter to employees re: lackluster sales
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Yesterday, Palm announced lowered earnings guidance for its upcoming 3Q results, naturally attributing dissapointing revenues to lower than expected sales and thus fewer orders from carriers. In light of Palm’s disappointing sales, Palm CEO and former Apple Executive Jon Rubenstein penned a letter to Palm employees explaining the reasons behind subpar sales of the Palm Pre [...]
Continue reading...John Gruber on the “Auteur Theory of Design” from Macworld 2009
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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Check out a great speech from DF’s John Gruber titled “Auteur Theory of Design” where he examines why some companies with a boatload of talented and creative engineers still manage to produce second rate products. It’s an engaging discussion, and though some of it may come across as obvious, Gruber does an admirable job of [...]
Continue reading...Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein has never used an iPhone
Saturday, January 9, 2010
At CES 2009, Palm stole the show when it showcased the Palm Pre. At last, people thought, a true competitor to the iPhone. Though the Pre hasn’t done much to steal the iPhone’s thunder, it was enough to keep Palm afloat at a time when its days seemed numbered. Spearheading the development of the Palm [...]
Continue reading...What Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein learned from Steve Jobs
Monday, September 14, 2009
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Not too long ago, Palm hired Palm Pre designer Jon Rubenstein to take over CEO duties in the wake of former CEO Ed Colligan’s departure. Of course, before Rubenstein joined Palm, he spent about 20 years working closely with Steve Jobs (first at Next and then at Apple), and was instrumental in the development and [...]
Continue reading...Former Apple exec Jon Rubenstein to assume CEO position at Palm
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
In less than 2 years time, former Apple executive Jon Rubenstein went from sipping margaritas on a beach in Mexico to helping Palm deliver what some consider to be a worthy competitor to the iPhone in the form of the Palm Pre. And now, Rubenstein is poised to assume the CEO position at Palm in [...]
Continue reading...Jon Rubenstein wasn’t keen on an iPhone-like device in 2005
Monday, June 8, 2009
Seeing as how the Palm Pre has been the focus of the tech world as of late, there have been quite a few write-ups about former Apple executive and current Palm director Jon Rubenstein. Throwing our hat into the ring, we came across this quote Rubenstein gave to a German newspaper in September 2005. When [...]
Continue reading...Bringing Apple’s culture to Palm
Friday, June 5, 2009
Bloomberg has an interesting article about how Jon Rubinstein infused a bit of Apple’s culture into the development process of the Palm Pre. Rubenstein, of course, spent over 20 years with Steve Jobs, 9 of which were at Apple, and was an important part of the team that helped developed the original iMac and the [...]
Continue reading...Palm Pre still syncs with iTunes 8.2
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Last week we reported that the upcoming Palm Pre can sync with iTunes, a move which we labled as “terribly shortsighted” on the part of Palm. After all, Apple can presumably issue an iTunes software update which would effectively prevent iTunes from recognizing the Pre, leaving Palm customers confused and annoyed in the process. But [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs unfiltered via his 2008 deposition
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
TechCrunch has an interesting look at Steve Jobs’ deposition testimony which was taken during the SEC’s 2008 investigation into alleged options backdating. It’s well worth a read, and provides some interesting insight into Jobs’ thoughts on a variety of matters, from his failure to find an adequate CEO for Apple in 1997 to his thoughts [...]
Continue reading...Does Forbes have an anti-Apple conflict of interest?
Friday, April 24, 2009
Forbes recently unearthed a 3 hour deposition of Steve Jobs relating to the Apple backdating scandal he was involved in a few years ago. Now some are asking if Forbes had any inside help in obtaining those transcripts. 9to5Mac lays out an interesting case in the affirmative: - Forbes is partially owned by Elevation Partners [...]
Continue reading...Is Apple going to sue Palm?
Thursday, January 22, 2009
At yesterdays earnings conference call, Tim Cook made some revealing statements that some are interpreting as thinly veiled threats against Palm. In response to a question about iPhone competitors, Cook noted that Apple welcomes competition in the smartphone market, but that it won’t sit idly by and have its intellectual property ripped off. We like [...]
Continue reading...Does Apple have anything to fear from the Palm Pre?
Monday, January 12, 2009
With CES behind us, one of the biggest surprises was the announcement of the Palm Pre, Palm’s latest entry in the smartphone market. Designed in part by Jon Rubenstein, a former Apple executive, the Palm Pre is a multi-touch screen phone with a pull out QWERTY keyboard that some pundits think has the best chance [...]
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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