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Apple conducts survey about Apple TV, asks users for input
Apple is conducting an online survey of Apple TV users in order to better understand that particular segment of users in an apparent effort to build on the increased consumer interest in the device. The survey asks a number of questions ranging from what kind of Television sets users own to what type of content […]
Continue reading...Why a simple product line is integral to Apple’s success
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
It was reported today that Microsoft will be releasing 6 versions of Windows 7, and while the majority of consumers will realistically only be choosing between two of them, it helps highlight the difference between Apple’s approach to business, and that of other tech companies. Contrary to what they teach in business school, Apple has […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs argues with Sony over tiered pricing on iTunes
Monday, February 2, 2009
The New York Times has an interesting article detailing a heated disagreement between Sony and Apple over tiered pricing. Two things are apparent from this article: Apple still has a lot of negotiating power, and Sony still doesn’t get this whole music downloading thing. It’s well-known that record labels have wanted to experiment with tiered […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Interview in Rolling Stone – 6 years later
Sunday, February 1, 2009
We recently posted a link to a great interview Steve Jobs did with Playboy in 1985. In keeping with the trend, we thought we’d post a link to an interview Steve Jobs did with Rolling Stone in 2003, right as the iPod was starting to become a pop culture icon. As usual, the interview is […]
Continue reading...iPhone reaches 1% market share in worldwide cellphone market
Sunday, February 1, 2009
When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone in 2007, he pointed out that the market for cellphones worldwide was far greater than the market for any other type of consumer electronic device. Apple’s goal with the iPhone, Jobs went on to say, was to achieve a 1% market share in the cellphone market in 2008. […]
Continue reading...1983 Macintosh Dating Game ft. Jobs and Gates [Video]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Check out this 1983 Apple Macintosh Dating Game starring Steve Jobs as the host, and starring Fred Gibbons, Mitch Kapor (the former president of Lotus), and Bill Gates as the contestants. Yes, you read that correctly 
Jobs is clearly having the time of his life as he asks each of the contestants when they […]
Apple-IBM disupte resolved: Mark Papermaster to begin work at Apple this April
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Apple announced today that former IBM employee Mark Papermaster will begin work at Apple on April 24th, and will report directly to Steve Jobs. If you recall, Papermaster was initially recruited away from IBM to head up the vacancy left by Tony Fadell in Apple’s iPod division. IBM subsequently began litigation to prevent this, claiming […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Interview in Playboy – 24 years later
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Playboy recently published online an interview they conducted with Steve Jobs in January of 1985. The interview offers a unique perspective into the mind of a then 29 year old Steve Jobs as he gives his thoughts and opinions on a broad number of topics ranging from how he met Steve Wozniak, his travels in […]
Continue reading...Apple awarded multi-touch patent
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Apple was recently awarded a patent on its application for a “Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics.” The patent application, as a whole, stretches back to 2006 and covers a wide variety of multi-touch implementations on the iPhone. With the granting of this patent, which comes in […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs demos the first Macintosh [video]
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Check out this clip of Steve Jobs, sporting an interesting bowtie, demoing the first Mac back in 1984. Note the humor in the presentation, the jab at IBM, and the audience reaction to Jobs’ showmanship and the Mac itself. It’s extremely reminiscent of when Steve Jobs first introduced and demoed the iPhone in 2007. If […]
Continue reading...Flashback: Steve Jobs writes on the original Mac
Sunday, January 25, 2009
25 years ago, Apple introduced the Macintosh computer to the world. 25 years ago, Steve Jobs wrote a brief essay in Macworld about the work done on and the significance of the Macintosh. The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for […]
Continue reading...“The Day Steve Jobs Showed Me the First Mac”
Friday, January 23, 2009
Michael J. Miller has an interesting piece over at PC Mag describing the first time he laid eyes upon a Macintosh Computer. In the fall of 1983, I was working on the west coast for Popular Computing , and my editor asked me to go down to Cupertino to see the work Apple was doing […]
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Monday, February 9, 2009
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