Thursday, September 2, 2010

Steve Jobs: Life is fragile

April 26, 2010 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Blog, People

Interesting series of articles from Business Insider about Steve Jobs starting with “New Email from Steve Jobs: ‘Life is Fragile’” by Dan Frommer/Business Insider April 23, 2010 Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears to have sent a new email to a fan, which we’ve obtained. The email provides some insight into why the typically apolitical CEO [...]

Wanna check out Steve’s new Pad?

April 3, 2010 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Companies, People

Excellent article in the April 12, 2010 issue of TIME magazine by Steven Fry It is a gorgeous spring day when I arrive at the coolest address in the universe: 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, Calif., where Apple has been headquartered since 1993. The campus, for such they call it, is enormous yet not big enough [...]

Bill Gates: iPad Critic?

February 11, 2010 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Technology

from BNET Bill Gates Joins the iPad’s Army of Critics. Steve Jobs Couldn’t Care Less. By Brent Schlender February 10th, 2010 With the sudden ridicule of Steve Jobs’ new do-everything media player, Apple has abruptly become a ripe target for those who would like to take it down a notch. The tsunami of criticism is [...]

Steve Jobs: Launch of the “new creation”

January 27, 2010 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Blog, People

Just another press conference? Not when Steve Jobs is involved…love him or hate him…he knows how to put on a show. But besides the show what will we learn and what will we see? from The Wall Street Journal JANUARY 26, 2010 Apple Seeks to Avoid Past Tablet Flops   BY YUKARI IWATANI KANE AND [...]

Steve Jobs: Back in the core of the Apple

September 9, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Industry News

You never know what is going to happen at a Apple press announcement…case in point… Steve Job’s semi-surprise appearance earlier today. By Jessica Mintz/AP (via CNBC) updated 1:55 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2009 Apple CEO Steve Jobs has returned to his showman role, taking the stage Wednesday at a product launch event for the first [...]

WSJ NEWS ALERT: Google’s Schmidt Quits Apple’s Board

August 3, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Industry News

News Alert from The Wall Street Journal Sponsored by NASDAQ OMX Apple announced that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, is resigning from Apple’s board, a position he has held since August 2006. In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said that “as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, [...]

Apple Without Its Core?

January 15, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under People

Great article from businessweek.com When Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs went back to work in 2004 after surgery for pancreatic cancer, he was asked in an interview with BusinessWeek about the significance of his role at the company. First he joked about being “head janitor,” but then turned serious. “Ultimately, there needs to be some [...]