The iPad Tweet That Enraged Steve Jobs?

There was inevitably some cultural friction when Apple's secretive CEO took his new iPad around to New York's professionally indiscreet media. Exhibit A is a single tweet from a Wall Street Journal editor, which purportedly made Steve Jobs go ballistic: More »

Steve Jobs Still Spreading Magic iPad Dust Around New York Print World

Steve Jobs reportedly followed up his New York Times and Wall Street Journal iPad show-and-tells with a secret meeting with Time Inc. 99 cents for funnyman Joel Stein's latest musings will save journalism!

Steve Jobs' New York Media Adventure

Steve Jobs visited the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in recent days, say sources at the papers. Also, New York reports the Apple CEO showed up for a secret media dinner. More »

Googlers Fire Back at Steve Jobs 'Bullshit' Jab

If Steve Jobs keeps this up, he may yet set off the biggest corporate flamefest in Silicon Valley: Googlers past and present are pushing back against the Apple CEO's trashing of their corporate motto. More »

Steve Jobs at Apple Employee Q & A: Google's Evil Tagline "Bullshit" and Flash is "Lazy"

Wired's Epicenter blog posted last night on an employees only post-iPad conference at Apple HQ with Steve Jobs, where the iJefe got feisty on matters regarding Google's iPhone battle, and the failings of Adobe. In other words: REAL TALK. More »

Steve Jobs' Entourage Forbids Pictures of His 'Labored Old Man Shuffle'

By all accounts, Steve Jobs personally drove the rapid creation and wildly successful hyping of the just-unveiled iPad. So you'd think his handlers would be confident in his healthy image, no matter how slowly he walks in public. (Update: Video.) More »

How to Know if the Apple Tablet Will Save Print

When Steve Jobs unveils his tablet computer today, print media's old guard will be watching closely — and praying his magic saves their businesses. But does Jobs love them back? We'll be closely watching his speech and keeping score. More »

Steve Jobs Is Walloping the President with His Magic Tablet

On Wednesday, the president's first State of the Union address faces off against a geek's infomercial for absurdly expensive pieces of plastic. The jobless, broke, physically ill citizenry of this country is, naturally, way into the shiny plastic bits. More »

WSJ: Apple Tablet Designed for the 'Old Guard'

The Apple tablet, whatever it's called, was indeed designed to help out the wheezing beasts that are print media and TV, according to the Wall Street Journal. They have some new details too. More »

Show and Sell: The Secret to Apple's Magic

Flash an exotic prototype, then—Presto!—get people to buy your more boring stuff. That kind of thinking still rules at most electronics companies. Apple under Steve Jobs only shows off actual products. The difference? Apple's arcane secret to success. [Gizmodo]

Barack Obama's 'Laws' vs. Steve Jobs' Wonder Tablet

On January 27, the president of the United States will outline plans for pressing issues like the deficit, immigration, maybe global warming. The same day, the CEO of Apple will hold up new, expensive plastic gadget. Who wins? More »

How Apple Works the Press

A refugee Apple flack has gone rogue and is now dishing on how the company tries to manipulate the press. Even when bending the truth in the grimy shadows of media relations, Apple uses an immaculate system. More »

Condé Nast Is the Latest to Convert in Apple's Secret Tablet Faith

Condé Nast says it is already racing to repackage its magazines for Apple's forthcoming tablet, starting with Wired, even while toeing Apple's line that the device doesn't exist. Publishers are clearly betting Steve Jobs can save their business model. More »

Apple's Rejected, Prehistoric (i.e. 1990) Tablet Device

For all the hype about Apple's reportedly forthcoming tablet computer, there was a time when the company wanted nothing to do with the devices. That time lasted nearly 20 years, starting with this thing, the Pen Mac. More »

'Impending' Apple Tablet Creates Uneasy Alliance Between Cupertino and the Press

Apple needed music publishers to make the iPod a truly massive hit. Now Apple must work with its natural enemy — the press — to do the same for its forthcoming tablet. How painful. More »

Disney Store's New Look, Brought to You by Steve Jobs

Disney, realizing that its shopping mall outposts are under performing, will soon join forces with Apple to make every visit an "experience." So they're calling on Steve Jobs. More »

Standing Up To Steve Jobs

They apparently imagine themselves as the rebel alliance in Star Wars, and Steve Jobs as Darth Vader, these publishers quoted in Ad Age. And they're determined to escape the iTunes Store tractor beam, a gorgeous Apple tablet notwithstanding. More »

Steve Jobs Deceives Again, Says Google Evidence

Steve Jobs and Apple famously dissembled about the CEO's health, until Jobs took a six-month medical leave. And what did Jobs do on his return? Issued a controversial statement about Google that the search company has now flatly contradicted. More »