‘Steve Jobs – The American Dream’ By Obama
US president Barack Obama cited Apple boss Steve Jobs as an example of the ‘American dream’, saying that the incentive to be rich is a ‘good thing’ and part of the free market. “We celebrate somebody like a Steve Jobs, who has created two or three different revolutionary products. We expect that person to be rich, and that’s a good thing. We want that incentive. That’s part of the free market.”according to PCR today. Man Of The Year Meanwhile The Financial Times has given Steve Jobs their Man of the Year accolade. In particular citing the iPad as marking the moment when the ‘rebound’ in Apple’s fortunes “was complete”. The…
Steve Jobs’ Very First ‘Apple-1’ For Sale At Christie’s
With 8K of RAM and valued at $250,000 you might well wonder where the interest could lie in such a computer. Well, of course, it’s the history that speaks for itself. This Apple-1 is none other than one of only two hundred original Apple computers that Steve Jobs sold from his folks’ garage and Steve Wozniak designed. The DailyMail reports today. There are very few surviving Apple-1’s and incredibly this one comes complete with the original packaging, instruction manuals and a signed letter from Steve Jobs, in which he appears to be answering questions from the customer about what monitors and keyboards are best to use. Originally the Apple-1 was…
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IPhone and iPad users’ long wait for an app that allows them to view Flash videos is about to be over. Skyfire, which will be available for download at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday for $2.99, is the first such application to receive Apple’s approval for distribution in its App Store. To get around Apple’s restriction, Skyfire came up with an innovative solution: When users click on a page that contains Flash video, Skyfire’s servers download, render and translate the video into HTML5, which is a Web standard that iOS devices support. Skyfire then displays a thumbnail that users can click on to stream the video from its servers. “We…
Stick ‘Em Up’ – Steve Jobs Questioned in Apple iPhone 4 Scandal
Its all been very quiet the past few months regarding the police invesitgation into the saga concerning the disappearance of the ‘lost’ iPhone prototype 4 that Gizmodo netted but now it seems, according to a CNET report that police are close to wrapping it up. Stephen Wagstaffe, chief deputy district attorney for San Mateo County, Calif., told CNET today that police are close to wrapping up their theft investigation and could forward their final report to his office within the next few weeks. Wagstaffe will then review the information and determine whether to file criminal charges. As part of the investigation, police interviewed a "number of Apple employees" and other…
‘We Are Not Perfect’ – Steve Jobs Explaining The iPhone 4 Antenna Issues
So, there you have it – the Press Conference is over, but what do we make of it? Free iPhone 4 Cases Well, the most notable point was that Apple will be offering, from next week, free iPhone 4 cases for existing iPhone 4 users and new buyers, up until 30 September 2010. This offer extends outside of the US as well. If the user is still not happy with their iPhone, they can return it for a full refund. You will be able to place your order for a free case on the Apple website. Steve Jobs also explained that a redesign of the antenna is not necessary and…
