Tag: Steve Jobs Thu, May 23, 2013
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Sean Connery Not an Apple Fan in Letter
Business Jun 21, 2011, by Danny WoolSteve Jobs has been after Sean Connery to participate in an Apple commercial for some time. Connery has turned Jobs down not once but several times, saying that he would not “sell his soul for Apple or any other company.”
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Jobs Releases New Apple HQ Plan for Cupertino
BusinessCommunity Jun 09, 2011, by Danny WoolThere were plenty of oohs and aahs at this week’s Cupertino City Council meeting, and it wasn’t just for Steve Jobs, who made a rare public appearance. Jobs came with a purpose: to promote his plans for a new Apple headquarters in the city, on an 180-acre plot north of Interstate 280.
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Apple Introduces a “Post-PC World” with iCloud
Business Jun 07, 2011, by Danny WoolAt his long anticipated appearance at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Steve Jobs confirmed what has been known for weeks. Apple is about to release a cloud-based music and data storage system. No longer will Apple users have to save their favorite songs on CDs or hard drives. The new iCloud will be able to sync their favorite tunes across multiple devices, sparing users the need for storage space. Jobs described it as a “post-PC world.”
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Jobs Called to Court to Answer Monopoly Charges
Business Mar 23, 2011, by Danny WoolCritics of Apple have long complained about the company’s insistence on proprietary software for all of its products. A class action suit underway now argues that by only allowing music purchased at Apple’s iTunes store to play on iPods, Apple has created a monopoly.
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Apple Shareholders Reject Succession Plan Disclosure
Business Feb 24, 2011, by Silicon Valley NewsroomAt their meeting on Wednesday, Apple shareholders rejected a request by the Laborers’ International Union of North America to release its succession plans in the event that Steve Jobs is no longer able to carry on as CEO. LIUNA representatives declared that they intend to keep pressing the company to release its succession plan.
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Facebook’s Face-to-Face with the President.
BusinessNews Feb 17, 2011, by Danny Wool
President Obama will be coming to Silicon Valley today to meet with local business leaders, including Zuckerberg, Schmidt, and Jobs. It’s a perfect match. Together the companies these three men represent have a market cap of over half a trillion dollars, and together with some of the other attendees at the meeting, there will be fabled amounts of money in the room.
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Apple Resists Release of Jobs Succession Plan
Business Feb 04, 2011, by Silicon Valley NewsroomSome Apple shareholders are getting antsy now that Steve Jobs is on medical leave again.Some of them will be asking Apple to release its succession plan at a shareholders meeting scheduled for Feb. 23. The group is represented by the Central Laborers’ Pension Fund, and has the support of proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services. Apple responded by saying a succession plan is in place and subject to annual review.
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Who Will Time Magazine Pick as Person of the Year?
News Dec 14, 2010, by Danny Wool
Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are both in the running for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, but to win the honor, they will have to beat Julian Assange, Lady Gaga, and the Unemployed American.
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