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Bill Gates on Apple, the iPad, and Steve Jobs – “We enjoyed sparring with each other”
Bill Gates and his father recently sat down for an interview with CNN’s Larry King, where the trio touched upon a number of topics. When asked if he was jealous of Apple’s recent success, Gates responded: No, Apple got started about 3 years after Microsoft and they’ve had some huge ups and downs.. Microsoft wrote […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs discusses the lost iPhone 4G, says Gizmodo tried to extort Apple
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Everything was fair game during yesterday’s All Things D interview with Steve Jobs last night, and as expected, it was only a matter of time before the topic of the lost/stolen iPhone 4G was broached.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs on AT&T and dropped calls – “We’re doing everything we know how to do”
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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At yesterday’s D8 Conference, Steve Jobs was asked about a common problem that affects a good number of iPhone users – dropped calls. During a Q&A session, a fellow from Houston got up and told Jobs that he and his wife can’t use their iPhones for even a minute without experiencing a dropped call.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs explains that the iPhone actually began as a tablet project
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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As expected, Steve Jobs’ interview at Tuesday’s All Things D conference was an in-depth and rich affair that touched on a number of interesting topics. While we’ll have more in-depth coverage later on, one particularly interesting exchange centered on how the iPhone came to be, and how it actually sprung up from work on developing […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs plays coy about Google/Eric Schmidt betrayal, avoids the topic with amusing “sex life” retort
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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It’s no secret that Apple and Google, once the best of Silicon Valley friends, are now competing against each other on a number of fronts: Apple has the iPhone, Google has Android. Google is the king of search, and Apple is planning to roll out its own advertising platform very soon. Then there’s Chrome, and […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs to take the stage at D8 Conference tomorrow night with Kara Swisher
Monday, May 31, 2010
Forget WWDC for a moment, because Steve Jobs is set to appear onstage at the D8 conference tomorrow night for an interview with Kara Swisher of All Things D. At previous All Things Digital conferences attended by Jobs, Apple’s stalwart leader talked openly about almost anything asked by Walt Mossberg, who curiously won’t be part of the […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs email: We respect and admire Adobe, we just don’t wan’t Flash on our devices
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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As the emails from Apple CEO Steve Jobs continue to trickle in, a MacStories reader named Josh Cheney last week emailed Apple’s big boss and asked him if he hated Adobe and their products or just their stance on Flash. The email exchange is as follows: “Do you hate Adobe and their products (Photoshop, Illustrator, […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs, a Powermac G5, and “Premature Specification”
Friday, May 28, 2010
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In late June of 2003, Apple goofed when it posted the specs for its upcoming Powermac G5 up on its website a few days ahead of schedule. So when WWDC finally rolled around a few days later, Steve Jobs had a little bit of fun with the “leak” and noted that, inside Apple, they were now referring […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs circa 2005 on the success of the iPod and Apple’s DNA
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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By 2005, Apple’s transformation under Steve Jobs was a complete and undeniable success. In less than 10 years, Apple went from being on the verge of collapse to a consumer electronics powerhouse riding high on the success of the iPod. In 2005, Fortune’s Brent Schlender interviewed Jobs and asked about Apple’s newfound role as a […]
Continue reading...Apple confirms that Steve Jobs will deliver WWDC keynote on June 7
Monday, May 24, 2010
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Apple confirmed today that CEO Steve Jobs will deliver the WWDC keynote on Monday, June 7 where he is expected to introduce Apple’s next generation iPhone. Apple will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address by CEO Steve Jobs on Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. This year’s WWDC sold […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs promises that WWDC won’t disappoint
Sunday, May 23, 2010
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In light of Google’s big announcements this past week (Froyo, Google TV), many were quick to jump out and hop on the Google bandwagon. Putting aside, for a moment, issues of whether or not Google’s new initiatives will give Apple a run for its money, a MacRumors reader named Bryan Webster emailed the big cheese […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs engages in heated email exchange with Gawker blogger Ryan Tate
Sunday, May 16, 2010
So long, writers block. Doing away with his typical terse email responses, Apple CEO Steve Jobs got into a heated email exchange with Gawker blogger Ryan Tate over the weekend. Tate, who writes for the tabloid-esque Valleywag website, was inexplicably incensed at an iPad commercial he happened to catch Friday night. So what did he […]
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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