Steve Jobs his resignation as CEO from Apple this morning. But did you know he was adopted and his biological sister is a famous novelist? Or that he doesn’t give money to charity?
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iQuit, says Jobs, leaving Apple in the hands of a disciple
New Apple CEO Tim Cook has plenty of cred for the job. But Steve Jobs he is not.
Video of the Day: Introducing … the iPod
Sad day for Apple fanboys today with the news Steve Jobs is stepping aside as CEO of Apple. If you were doubting how much of an impact Jobs has had on popular culture, take a look back at his 2001 introduction to a remarkable new device that could store an amazing 1000 songs … the […]
Apple To Bid For Hulu?
Apple purchasing TV-on-demand service Hulu would alter television distribution to a degree that we’ve not yet seen before. It would also practically confirm the rumours that Apple are set to launch an actual Apple TV, says Dan Barrett.
In IT’s dance of the inflating elephants, Microsoft is stumbling
With moves like Google’s launch of their own social network Google+, the corporate elephants are now engaged in a highly-competitive dance around a massive pot of gold.
Apple to ban iPhone users from filming live concerts?
Cutting down use of iPhones at live concerts is a win-win situation,it’s just a shame it’s going to take the increasingly Big Brother antics of Apple to make it happen says Everett True.
Apple’s new UFO-like HQ
Steve Jobs has finally received council approval to build a spaceship looking headquarters for Apple in Cupertino, California. The ring shaped building will be able to hold 12,000 people.
Introducing Apple’s iCloud
Apple CEO Steve Job’s unveiled the hyped new cloud computing hub iCloud, putting much more emphasis on the digital data moving between devices rather than having all your data on one computer.
Media briefs: NYT‘s first female ed … beefed up correction …
The Department of Corrections. I’d be disappointed too if I was promised a steak dinner but all I got was “beef on a bun”. Plus, Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism and other media news.
Crikey readers respond: yep, we’re being gouged — a lot
Crikey readers have responded in force to our story on the difference between local and foreign prices for the same goods.
Apple officially the world’s #1 brand
The annual BrandZ study of the world’s top brands has awarded the top gong to Apple, which is worth around US$153 billion. Google dropped to number two while IBM place at three and McDonalds at four, reports Goergina Prodgan.
Online retailing: the great Australian gouge
Australians are being charged far more for products than overseas consumers — and not just by bricks-and-mortar outlets. Crikey examines the expensive goods and the retailers’ hypocrisy.
You’re hired, but you’re not allowed to kill yourself
Apple factories in China, known for their startlingly high number of staff suicides, are ordering new recruits to sign contracts promising they will not attempt to take their own lives, reports Daily Mail Reporter.
Tired Microsoft delivers solid profits, for now
Microsoft’s online services have now clocked up 21 consecutive loss-making quarters.
Bartholomeusz: an Amazonian effort
The common denominator in the Amazon and Google results was that the increase in revenues significantly outstripped the increase in earnings.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Sideshow sideshow
Crikey readers have their say.
Why Apple will (eventually) fail — the industry guarantees it
Apple relies on a few key products, all of which require upgrading every 12 months. That’s a horribly short product lifecycle that demands constant innovation, writes John Addis, founder of The Intelligent Investor and a Crikey director.
Apple’s answer to Android: confidence … and shiny big numbers
Apple’s quarterly earnings call is a curious ritual. The raw facts are much the same each time. Record revenue and profits. Solid growth. iPhone and now iPad sales astounding. If only they could build enough of them.
‘Arrogant’ Apple faces copyright suit over iPhone app content
Apple is back in the Federal Court tomorrow, facing a copyright infringement claim from Australian TV production company Jigsaw Entertainment. The precedent could be significant.
Apple: saving old media, or just making them its bitch?
“Media is dying”, was the call. Now there’s a new one: grab an iPad and bend over for Apple. Frustration with Steve Jobs’ digital powerhouse is growing.
Apple staffer: don’t bother buying the new iPad
Tomorrow marks the release of the iPad 2, the first big news since the original iPad came out last year. But according to an anonymous Apple staffer, the iPad 2 is only a minor update, it’ll be the iPad 3 that’ll be worth the Apple fan boy screams.
Crikey Says: Watch this app
There are easier ways to make a fistful of dollars. The Daily isn’t it. Given the recent stats on iPad app sales, no one could seriously believe it’s just the money.
Microsoft’s record revenue, but for how long?
Microsoft announced record second-quarter revenues of $19.95 billion overnight.
Forget Steve Jobs, Apple’s rolling in cash
Steve Jobs disappears and Apple’s share price drops. But then the company announces its biggest problem is it can’t move iPhones fast enough, and everything looks rosy again.
Reading Steve Jobs’ entrails, is it time for Apple to come clean?
Here we are again: divining the future of the world’s biggest technology corporation, Apple Inc, by reading not the entrails of a chicken but the entrails of Steve Jobs. But this is as it must be, given Apple’s infamous culture of secrecy.
