Bob Borchers Recalls How Steve Jobs Inspired Original iPhone Team

Saturday, February 4th, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

At a recent academic lecture by former iPhone product marketing engineer Bob Borchers, the Cupertino colleague of Steve Jobs fondly reflected on how the late Apple CEO “motivated” the first team that designed and created the revolutionary first generation iPhone.

According to Borchers, Jobs wasn’t principally concerned with creating a high-end snazzy mobile device for powering diverse apps. Rather, Jobs wanted to his team to bring to life a device that owners would simply never want to be without.

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Tim Cook Defends Steve Jobs on Philanthropy

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

During the last decade of his fabled run as chief executive officer of Apple, the late Steve Jobs often faced biting criticisms in the press and from others in business and technology for not being more outwardly philanthropic. In other words, Steve Jobs didn’t flaunt his charitable gestures as ostentatiously as his many of his contemporaries had.

As a result, Jobs was labeled by some as a billionaire who turned his back on philanthropy.

New Apple CEO Tim Cook, however, is coming to Jobs’ defense by speaking for the first time about Apple’s generosity toward its View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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Steve Jobs Bumps Justin Bieber for Super Bowl Inspiration at Best Buy

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

Consumer electronics retail giant Best Buy is paying a subtle tribute to Steve Jobs this Super Bowl weekend by changing up its ad strategy to reflect the genius of the late Apple chief.

According to a report Wednesday from Bloomberg, Best Buy’s Super Bowl commercial won’t feature the traditional parade of celebrities. Instead, the passing of Steve Jobs has prompted the retail giant to re-evaluate who today’s biggest “stars” truly are.

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Niel Young Claims Late Steve Jobs Worked On High-Def Audio Format

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

Niel Young, yes that Niel Young, claimed today that Apple was working on a new super high-def music format.

In an interview with All Things D at the Dive Into Media conference today, Young claimed that he was working with the late Steve Jobs on a project that would bring studio-quality music to the digital download world. Young talked down MP3’s claiming they have “five percent of the data present in the original recording,” and Apple was working on high-resolution digital tracks that would bring back View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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Steve Jobs Previously Asked Google to Stop Poaching Apple Employees

Saturday, January 28th, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

A court filing was unveiled recently including an email which late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs personally sent to former Google chief Eric Schmidt requesting an end to worker poaching. The email from March of 2007 specifically asked Google to put a stop to its active recruitment of an unnamed Apple engineer and alluded to stop worker poaching in general according to a report from Reuters.

Jobs wrote that he “would be very pleased if your recruiting department would stop doing this” in his email to Schmidt, who was on Apple’s board of directors at the time. Schmidt quickly turned View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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Steve Jobs Was Behind iBooks 2, Says Publishing Chief

Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

Shortly after Steve Jobs passed away last October, rumblings around the tech industry suggested that we would continue to see projects and products born of Steve Jobs’ vision for many years into the future.

As it turns out, yesterday gave us a glimpse at one such project originally devised by the late Apple co-founder.

On Friday, one day removed from Apple’s introduction of iBooks 2 and the arrival of digital textbooks for the iPad, McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw told All Things D that he fondly recalls working with Jobs as recently as last summer View full post on ModMyi.com News Feed

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Apple Kills Steve Jobs Figurine

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

Apple has officially assassinated Steve Jobs’…action figure.

The figurine in question is a frighteningly realistic replica of Steve Jobs i produced by In Icon. The company behind the doll, planned to include a laundry list of Jobs accessories including mini-iPads, glasses, shoes, an Apple II, and a bevy of other Jobs’ attire. Sadly the company issued a statement today informing the creepy collectible public that they officially killed off the Jobs figurine.

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It’s Official: Apple Warns of Legal Action Over Jobs Action Figure

Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | iPhone with No Comments »

As MMi’s Phillip Swanson reported Monday, a 12” Steve Jobs action figure from toy company “In Icons” is set to be released in February for $99.

Unfortunately, there’s now a chance that we’ll never know if the action figure had the potential of becoming the next G.I. Joe. Because if “In Icons” proceeds to sell the toy next month, they may need G.I. Joe to rescue them from the legal war Apple is reportedly threatening.
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Japanese Author Recounts Steve Jobs’ Affection for Japan

Saturday, December 31st, 2011 | iPhone with No Comments »

Japanese writer Hayashi Nobuyuki has penned an insightful reflection on the life and legacy of Steve Jobs from a most original perspective – the late Apple CEO’s fascination with and affinity for Japan and the Japanese culture.

A comprehensive article published today by Japanese news site Nippon.com goes into great detail with regard to how all elements of Japan (from its good people to its finest culinary staples) exerted influence on Jobs’ life, both personally and professionally.

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Steve Jobs Wins a Grammy, Record Execs Turn Over in Their Graves (or Beds)

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 | iPhone with No Comments »

The Recording Academy announced the winners of its annual Special Merit Grammy awards today and Steve Jobs is a recipient of the Trustees Award for 2012. The Trustees Award category honors those who have made significant contributions to music in areas outside of performance.

Steve Jobs won a Grammy. Let that sink in for a minute. The man who bent record executives backwards over a lead-spiked barrel and branded them with an Apple logo was honored with one of the most prestigious awards handed out by the Recording Academy.

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