Drugs, sex and deception from Mr AppleOld FBI documents about Steve Jobs, recently posted online, dredge up juicy details of the Apple co-founder’s life — including pointed observations of his personality and ethics and his use of psychedelic drugs, writes Dan Lyons.
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Gottliebsen: productivity problems? Call IT
Australian businesses and US businesses are adopting totally different strategies for the year ahead. Our chief executives are going down a dangerous path, says Robert Gottliebsen of Business Spectator.
Ah, the tech-soap that is Apple will run and run
Just in case you stayed under your rock longer than usual this morning, there’s been two huge stories about the world’s richest technology company overnight.
Keane on SOPA: Big Copyright will continue to endanger basic rights
The copyright industry has rejected the opportunity to profit from online content and insisted on maintaining its analog business model.
The most popular brands on Twitter
Which brands are most commonly discussed on Twitter? Technology Spectator reveal the top 15, including Twitter, Google, Facebook, Apple and McDonalds.
The most outrageous tech predictions for 2012
Lists of tech predictions for the year ahead are super abundant at this time of year, writes Charis Palmer, of Technology Spectator.
Garage business: top ten companies started in storage
Storing cars is but one use for the humble garage. Another can be to house the storage space for new businesses. Oliver Milman selects the top 10 garage start-ups.
Save our screens’ scrollbars!
That little grey line on the right hand column of your screen that tells you how long documents and website are, is getting eroded away by companies including Apple, Google and Facebook. It’s a travesty for users, says Farhad Manjo.
It’s war: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to battle for tech prominence
The war will be long and intense. In coming years four tech giants will battle mercifully for prominence in markets such as smartphones, tablet PCs and social media, writes Farhad Manjoo.
Apple v Samsung: patents battle in high-stakes catch-up game
The bitter patent dispute between Apple and Samsung has intensified, after Samsung moved to counter-sue Apple for patent infringement. It’s the latest salvo not only in the technology wars but in an increasing battle over intellectual patents.
Ron Wayne: the man who knocked back a bite out of Apple
Most large organisations have stories of losers who failed to ride the wave of success. Arguably the biggest in business history is Ron Wayne, who knocked back a 10% share of Apple in its formative years, writes James Thomson.
Revealed: Steve Jobs final project
In the final months of his life, Steve Jobs spent his time at Apple helping to design the new iPhone 5 — not the iPhone 4S that was released just last week. Jobs’ last project is expected to be a “complete redesign”.
Grieving Jobs without worshipping Apple? It’s all Steve’s design
Perhaps the loss of Jobs also hammers home another loss of jobs, as the much-vaunted “creative class” that overwhelmingly uses Apple products — and defines itself at least partly by this use — is turning out to be increasingly illusory and economically unsustainable for its workers.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Thank you, Steve Jobs, for your influence
Crikey readers have their say.
Remembering Steve Jobs: iSad, iMourn, iLife …
Crikey media wrap: Apple founder Steve Jobs passed away this week but his legacy — and incredible collection of inventions, from iPods to viable home computers and the technology behind Toy Story — lives on.
Steve Jobs deserved his cult — you don’t even know how he influenced you
Steven “Steve” Paul Jobs is dead. He certainly influenced my life. And yours too. Even if you’ve never bought an Apple product.
Video of the Day: Steve Jobs’ life as told by Steve Jobs
In 2005, university dropout Steve Jobs gave the commencement address at Stanford University. It’s a wonderful speech, outlining Jobs’ birth, getting sacked from Apple, his creations with Pixar and his search for finding work that he loves. Most poignantly, he discusses his battle with cancer and his views on death.
Vale Steve Jobs: his NY Times obit
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, helped change how society communicates. Have a read of the fascinating indepth obituary by the New York Times, examining the life of a visionary.
iPhone release: no bunch of fives to the fore, but it’s OK
So yeah, the compulsory iPhone story. They made me do it
Amazon’s strategy: sell ‘em cheap, pocket dosh from apps and ads
Amazon and Apple’s business strategies are diametrically opposed: Apple relies largely on hardware sales but Amazon is all about directing users to various forms of media, writes Frédéric Filloux.
Patents, governance and WMDs
The public has a right to expect that blatant misuse of monopoly power be addressed by active anti-trust/anti-competitive laws, writes Anna George, an adjunct professor at Murdoch University.
The brilliance of Steve Jobs
Stories reflecting on the career of Steve Jobs tend to focus on Apple’s iPhone and iPad, but don’t forget that Jobs virtually invented the PC when he was barely 21. He will be remembered as a consummate businessman, writes Joe Nocera.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Dobell Trouble is grist to the mill
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: Meet Michael Bolt … Front Page of the Day …
There will be red faces among Channel Ten’s website team this morning as their home page displayed a big plug to Ten’s Sunday morning rant The Bolt Report, with the presenter “Michael Bolt”. Ahem?
infographic An infographic ode to Steve Jobs
Column Five Media charts the crucial moments in the career of Steve Jobs — from co-founding Apple in ‘76 to announcing the iPad in 2010 — in this groovy infographic ode.
