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iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVD: iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVDJobs one Awesome NegotiatorAs Silicon Valley Insider said "Steve Jobs Gets His Mega Studio Deal".Steve Jobs sees to be an incredible negotiator and seemingly has a magic touch in bending very tough managers from very different industries to his will.Examples: signing all those...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, movie, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, DVD, Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Open letter to steve jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers: Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customersWhat a crock of S$#&Do you want some cheese with that whine? If you have owned apple products for so long and still cant figure out there will eventually be...; Tags: Leading Edge, first adopter network, Open Letter, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-04-21
Open letter to steve jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers: Dear Mr Jobs, I've had my iPhone since day dot--the day it came out. It is from the Palo Alto Apple store, you and your wife were there, and so were a hundred odd-people that had waited outside all night. I've had a Macintosh since year dot. I...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Network, Apple Inc., Corporate Communications, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-04-21
steve jobs named: Steve Jobs namedI agree, The only thing he is shaping the futureof is "corporate acquisitions".Agreed...Don't hardly ever hear his name these days.Totally AgreeLarry's name probably shouldn't even be on the list and if it must be, then it should be the last one. All Oracle has done is acquire...; Tags: Linux, Strategy, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Steve Jobs, Microsoft Corp., Larry Ellison, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
steve jobs named #2 person shaping the future of IT: Ziff Davis editors from eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline have issued their list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in IT and Steve Jobs is number two on the list. To come up with this year's list, we looked for people who not only had...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Information Technology, CEO, Strategy, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-07

Apple makes good on its promise to push Safari for Windows through iTunes: As Apple committed it would do last summer, the company is pushing its Safari for Windows browser via its iTunes distribution mechanism. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs first unveiled Safari for Windows at the the company's Worldwide Developers Conference last June, Jobs said he planned to use...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Digital Music, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-21
EclipseCon 2008: Fake steve jobs, Microsoft, E4, and more: EclipseCon 2008 opens Monday at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara CA. The schedule for the week includes a trio of interesting keynote speakers, a ton of technical sessions, and a tinge of controversy over the future of Eclipse development. The first day will be...; Tags: Steve Jobs, EclipseCon, Microsoft Corp., Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-03-16
Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple?: News of Singularity, a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft, sparked my interest in OSes past and present. It got me thumbing though the back issues of MacWEEK for memories of OSes that were built from scratch and now forgotten. But in the research, I found some ironic gold regarding NeXTstep,...; Tags: Strategy, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, MacWeek, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., NeXTstep, Singularity OS, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Apps for doctors on the iPhone: Medical software provider Epocrates brings its pharmaceutical database to the iPhone.; Tags: iphone, steve jobs, apple, macintosh, OSX, hand held applications, third party developers, cupertino, healthcare, epocrates; Videos 2008-03-06
iPhone SDK makes public debut: From games to instant-messaging and business-oriented applications, Apple demonstrated practical uses of its software development kit. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi shares the highlights from the event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.rnrn; Tags: kara tsuboi, apple, steve jobs, iphone, ipod, cupertino, sdk, developer; Videos 2008-03-06
Can steve jobs convince jailbreakers to walk the straight and narrow?: Can Steve Jobs convince jailbreakers to walk the straight and narrow?Hardware Blog?Quote: [i]"The iPod, the iPhone and Apple TV are fine examples of products where Steve Jobs expects the consumer to regularly put their hand into their pocket."[/i]Well, Aido, stop promoting these over-priced, over-hyped, under-spec'd and unrealiable iApple products... not...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, developer; Discussion threads 2008-03-06
Can steve jobs convince jailbreakers to walk the straight and narrow?: So, Apple has released an SDK for the iPhone and iPod touch. Pretty soon the web will be flooded with quality apps which will be a click (and in many cases, a few bucks) away. But is this enough to convince jailbreakers (both the developers who rely on it now...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Is proprietary iPhone video player on the way?: In remarks to analysts yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs clarified why the iPhone does not support Flash. Jobs said a key reason is that Adobe's Flash Player is optimally built for laptops. Because laptops are larger than the iPhone, the performance of...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Video, Video Player, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Apple Retail Store shopper to steve jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my ID: Apple Retail Store shopper to Steve Jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my IDJustifiable policy in my book!Did I miss something ? The guy is ticked because he was asked for some extra ID to show he's indeed the card owner before making a purchase? If some one...; Tags: Sales channel, Retail, Ignacio, Apple Inc., Apple Retail Store shopper, Apple Retail Store, credit card, Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-02-20
Apple Retail Store shopper to steve jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my ID: Update: Ignacio, who is the customer in this tale, informs The Consumerist thatthe store manager has apologized for asking for his ID. Apparently in a gracious mood, Ignacio has forgiven the store and plans to go in to shop soon. But he's doing so after all this: ...; Tags: Visa Inc., Steve Jobs, Card, Cardholder, Credit Card, Apple Inc., Citigroup Inc., Merchant, MasterCard International, Ignacio, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-20
Hey, steve jobs, since the economy sux, why not a $699 MacBook?: Hey, Steve Jobs, since the economy sux, why not a $699 MacBook?There is a $699 Mac BookThere is a $699 Mac Book, it's just that Apple are selling it for $1,300+. You know willing Mac fans are with parting with their money...RE: Hey, Steve Jobs, since the economy sux, why...; Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
Hey, steve jobs, since the economy sux, why not a $699 MacBook?: Our own Tom Krazit notes a MacRumors posting using screenshots reportedly from Best Buy's inventory system to point to a $1,999 MacBook Pro arriving at Best Buy in mid-February. The airtightness of such a clue-hypothesis-conclusion chain is far from certain. But that is not my...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-04
Secrets of steve jobs the showman: Secrets of Steve Jobs the showmanhit counterDan, what's the 'hit counter' link all about at the bottom of your article?:http://www.web-stat.com/(You might want to remove that.) grinBTW, the MBA is a dongle, albeit an extraordinarily thin one.But the RDF is so strong, no one sees that.Nice that it fits in an...; Tags: RDF, XML, Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2008-01-27
Secrets of steve jobs the showman: Carmine Gallo does a good job of deconstructing Steve Jobs' recent Macworld Expo keynote performance. He comes up with ten suggestions that can help anyone create a reality distortion field, but without Steve Jobs' charisma and genius for developing products it will still fall short of the master. ...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Smart Phones, Performance Management, Notebooks, Cellular Phones, Recruitment & Selection, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-27
View of Apple from an insider heading out: Longtime Apple programmer Jens Alfke just went freelance. His online debriefing offers an candid perspective on how Apple treats its internal developers as well as the company's interest on social networking applications (or more to the point, the lack of the same). Alfke worked on the ill-fated...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., RSS, Social Networking, Desktops, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-01-23