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From PragCap: I’ve seen this Steve Jobs video floating around in the last few days. In it, he discusses what he thinks is the most important thing about understanding life. Jobs was marginally (barely) smarter than me, so I’ll let him do the talking: When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world…. Read [...] Jack Andraka’s new test detects pancreatic cancer earlier than any other A 15-year-old schoolboy could save millions of lives after he invented a new, low-cost test that can detect the early stages of a deadly form of cancer. Jack Andraka from Crownsville, Maryland, developed a simple dip-stick test for [...] from Bloomberg: Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is feeling the heat. Eighteen months after taking over from Steve Jobs, Cook is facing rising production costs, competition from Samsung Electronics Co. and slowing growth in smartphones, threatening profits for the world’s most valuable company. An earnings report tomorrow may show that fiscal first- quarter net income slipped 2 percent to $12.8 billion, or $13.48 a share, according to analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the first drop since [...] “Those jobs aren’t coming back.” That’s what Steve Jobssaid when President Obama asked him whether Apple would ever consider manufacturing its popular products in the U.S. But Jobs’ successor, Tim Cook, has other ideas. In interviews with Bloomberg Businessweek and NBC News, Cook has revealed that in 2013, Apple will invest $100 million in manufacturing computers in the U.S. ”I don’t think we have a responsibility to create a certain kind of job,” Cook told Bloomberg. “But I [...] Scott Forstall asked to leave after refusing to take responsibility for maps problems The man behind Apple’s maps software has been sacked in a major restructuring of the computer giant’s executives after he refused to apologise for its Maps software. Scott Forstall, a long-time lieutenant of late Apple co-founder [...] A math professor at Michigan State University allegedly stripped naked, ran naked through his classroom and screamed “There is no f*cking God!” before police apprehended him, according to several reports. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/michigan-state-university-naked-prof_n_1930510.html The rigors of teaching apparently got to Michigan State University professor John McCarthy Monday. According to multiple sources, the math teacher stripped naked in the middle of his Calculus 1 class and started shouting obscenities. Freshman Kyle Hillman told MLive.com while walking the class through [...] By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — With the press and investors pretty much guessing or getting leaks about nearly every detail in Apple Inc.’s hotly anticipated new iPhone 5 ahead of the event Wednesday, there wasn’t anything left to surprise the Mac faithful. Apple’s AAPL +1.39% new iPhone now almost matches some of the latest Android phones, with a larger 4-inch screen, which had been widely expected. [...] rt.com Apple’s co-founder fears that freedom of information is under attack, with the internet controlled and regulated in unnecessary and harmful ways. RT talked to Steve Wozniak on a range of topics, from Wikileaks to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. Steve Wozniak knew personal computers would change the world someday, even during his start at Apple, a company he co-founded with Steve Jobs in the early 70s. Decades later, though, he [...] by Simon Black from Sovereign Man Another Example Of Why Central Planning Is A Bad Idea I’ve noticed something strange over the past few weeks, maybe you have too. It seems that every ‘contrarian’ website out there has joined together to collectively bash the Olympics and anyone who tunes in to watch. This seems nuts. Nobody should feel guilty for wanting to see athletes in peak condition push the boundaries of human performance. I certainly don’t feel guilty about [...] Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted “horrible problems” in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. Wozniak, 61, was the star turn at the penultimate performance in Washington of “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” monologist Mike Daisey’s controversial two-hour expose of Apple’s labor conditions in China. In a post-performance dialogue with Daisey and audience members, Wozniak held forth on topics as varied as [...] From BusinessWeek: When Steve Jobs launched the iTunes Store more than nine years ago, he also unveiled the third-generation iPod, the first device with a plug design that has become nearly as significant to independent manufacturers as iTunes has to the music industry. The bottom-mounted connector capable of transferring songs and charging the music player is now a standard Apple (AAPL) component. Makers of mobile accessories use the plug’s specifications when designing [...] When the iPad was unveiled in April 2010, it was an instant success, instantly creating a tablet market where others had failed. It was the epitome of everything Steve Jobs wanted – sleek and simple, with software that could be understood within seconds of picking it up. And while it was known that the iPad was in development for at least two years before release – and in Jobs’s head for decades [...] From Farnam Street: Although Neil Gaiman never attended college, he gives one of the best commencement speeches ever. This is right up there with the Steve Jobs and David Foster Wallace commencement speeches. … The full talk runs about 19 minutes. If you can’t spare the time, openculture offers this distilled version: 1. Embrace the fact that… Read full article… Apple is believed to have begun test production of an ‘iTV’ that could be unveiled before Christmas. China Business News reports that Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory has received the first order for the product and is producing the initial models on a ‘trial basis’. The TV is rumoured to have voice control, and was one of the last major projects Steve Jobs worked on before he died. China Business News reports that Foxconn¿s Shenzhen [...] Apple has registered iPhone5.com domain name, amid rumours that the next model of the mould-breaking smartphone will be the final model designed by late founder Steve Jobs. The tech giant filed a case with the World Intellectual Property Organisation to wrest control of the internet address, which had been used by a Apple fan forum site. The move comes ahead of rumours that Apple is gearing up to release the next incarnation [...] Not so taboo: Vibrators were quite comfortably advertised in the early part of last century, as this 1913 advert shows More than 50 per cent of American women have used one, making it nearly as ubiquitous as a coffee maker. But as a shopping item, the vibrator is a topic that remains taboo across most of the modern world, even if the products have been around almost as long as electrical devices. In [...] He was the visionary genius behind the Apple brand who sadly passed away at the young age of 56 last year after a battle with pancreatic cancer. And when reports first started emerging that Ashton Kutcher was set to play Steve Jobs in a film about his life, many eyebrows were raised, and not in a good way. But new pictures have emerged of the actor in costume as the Mac boss [...] Steve Wozniak, the man who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976 has admitted that he does not have broadband at his home. Admitting that his home’s connectivity is stuck in the last century, Wozniak, 62, was speaking in Perth at an internet technology forum. ‘I don’t have broadband at my home,’ said Wozniak about his Los Gatos, California home, to gasps from the audience according to news.com.au ‘I, Steve Wozniak, don’t have broadband [...] After Steve Jobs stepped back from daily responsibilities at Apple last January, some wondered if other higher-ups at the company might look for work elsewhere, leading to a kind of brain drain. But to the credit of Apple and its CEO Tim Cook, there really hasn’t been a mass exodus of talent.
That said, several key executives have quit the company in recent months. Some were poached by competitors, others simply chose to strike out on [...] After Steve Jobs stepped back from daily responsibilities at Apple last January, some wondered if other higher-ups at the company might look for work elsewhere, leading to a kind of brain drain. But to the credit of Apple and its CEO Tim Cook, there really hasn’t been a mass exodus of talent.
That said, several key executives have quit the company in recent months. Some were poached by competitors, others simply chose to strike out on [...] Add Warren Buffett to the list of top-notch advisors Mark Zuckerberg has cultivated over the years.
One of the reasons Zuckerberg has become such a great CEO is that he has sought out the help of so many smart business leaders. In addition to Buffett, other Zuckerberg advisors include Marc Andreessen, Steve Jobs, Don Graham, Jim Breyer, Reid Hoffman, and Peter Thiel. At the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting today, Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick that he had spoken to Zuckerberg [...] At least among the U.S. tech press, one mystery has been the apparent success of Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrid, which hit the market in February. The device sports a 5.3-inch screen – much larger than the iPhone and even the largest Android handsets from the likes of competitors such as HTC and Motorola MMI +0.91% . Not only that, but it also comes with a stylus, which has [...] Video was created for one of Apple’s early summer retreats for employees Scroll down for video: Steve Jobs played many roles in his lifetime, from entrepreneur to visionary. He introduced the personal computer in 1984 and then kept re-inventing technology right up to his death. But here he is in a role that has never been seen before – playing American President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a spoof video aimed to inspire Apple’s [...] App monitors radiation from Android handsets The app grades radiation exposure as low, high and medium, and offers tips on how to lower your levels Worriers rejoice – a new Android app tells you exactly how much electromagnetic radiation your handset is blasting into your [...] He may have co-founded the company that became Microsoft’s largest competitor, but former Apple boss Steve Wozniak has glittering things to say about his former rival’s mobile OS. Mr Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs in 1976, has given a shocking endorsement of Windows’ 7.5 Mango interface. The 61-year-old, who no longer works full-time for Apple, says of the four phones he travels with (including two iPhones), the Nokia [...] by Todd Wasserman A month after Apple delivered its new iPad, rumors are heating up about a new iteration of the tablet designed to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The latest rumor to make the rounds is that Apple is planning to produce 6 million smaller iPads for sale some time in the third quarter. The report, from Chinese portal NetEase, was translated by Kotaku. The NetEase report is based on “Taiwan media reports” and is said to be based [...] This post has been corrected. See note below. WASHINGTON — Former Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs and top executives at five major book publishers illegally conspired to raise the prices of e-books, costing consumers tens of millions of dollars, federal and state officials alleged in antitrust suits filed Wednesday. The collusion began in 2009 and price fixing took effect with the launch of the iPad in early 2010, boosting the average cost of e-books by [...] Justice Department to sue Apple Could end ‘price fixing’ for ebooks Ebook prices risen up to 50% in last two years America’s Justice Department could sue Apple as early as Wednesday over alleged electronic book price fixing. The DoJ will settle with several publishers as early as this week, two people familiar with the matter said. The case could have major knock-on effects for pricing on electronic books online and on devices [...] Justice Department could halt price deal which prevented Amazon discounting Book prices on Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers could tumble after a deal in a major price-fixing case is reportedly ‘close’ Book prices on Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers could tumble after a deal in a major price-fixing case is said to be ‘close’. America’s Justice Department is in [...] By JEFF SNEIDER Kutcher Stern Jobs The King of Twitter is now the King of Apple, as “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher is attached to play Steve Jobs in the indie pic “Jobs,” which Joshua Michael Stern (“Swing Vote”) will direct from a script by Matt Whiteley.The film will chronicle Steve Jobs from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time. Five [...] |
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