The cloud is a nightmare
Speaking after a performance of Mike Daisey’s one-man Steve Jobs show, Steve Wozniak says he foresees nightmares caused by data stored in remote servers. “I think it’s going to be horrendous.” This is how much Steve Wozniak is sitting on the fence, when it comes to the cloud. Somehow, the idea of storing all his […]
Tim Cook: ‘I’ve never really felt the weight of trying to be Steve’
“Steve’s legacy will always be in the DNA of the company, of bringing in the best people,” Cook said. “I wouldn’t get overly focused on who does what piece.” In a live interview at the D10 conference tonight in Palos Verdes, Calif., Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked once again what it’s like to fill […]
Woz: Zuck = me + Jobs
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sees both himself and Steve Jobs in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the social network prepares to go public. Is Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg a combination of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak? That’s how Woz himself paints the 28-year-old CEO. Offering his insights on Facebook as the company Zuck founded and […]
Apple’s Tim Cook rejects idea of laptop-tablet hybrids
Apple’s boss has dismissed the idea of mixing laptops and tablets into a hybrid product. Chief executive Tim Cook said the idea of combining the iPad and MacBook Air would “wind up compromising” both. Rival Asus already markets such products in its Transformer series. Intel has also been a vocal advocate of the idea. Mr […]
That didn’t take long: Tim Cook rated top CEO
Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn’t even been in his job for a year, but already he’s the working world’s highest-rated chief executive, according to a new report. Careers site Glassdoor announced today that Cook received a 97 percent approval rating from employees over the past 12 months that ended March 15, beating out Ernst & […]
Apple unveils its new, sharper iPad3
Apple said the new iPad, which will go on sale March 16, will have a screen with higher resolution than conventional high-definition televisions. Apple updated the iPad on Wednesday with a high-definition screen, faster wireless connection and several other refinements. As recent history has shown, though, even those relatively modest changes could be enough for […]
Apple’s and Motorola’s Slip-Slidey Patent Scrap
A regional court in Munich, Germany, has ruled that most of Motorola Mobility’s (NYSE: MMI) smartphone products infringe on Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) slide-to-unlock image patent. users of Apple’s iOS tools slide a virtual button around the monitor in an effort to “release” the tool — in other phrases, wake it up and make it able […]