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#printisdead
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 » -
#valleylore
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 » -
#leaks
'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 » -
#dystopianfuture
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 » -
#printisdead
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 » -
#stevejobs
Apple Granted Patent on iGlasses
Apple today received a patent on a head-mounted laser video display. Now that the three-year old application has finally been approved, Steve Jobs can put these babies through his grueling design process and hopefully pretty them up a bit. More » -
#apple
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 » -
#apple
Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
Some sites are saying that Jobs lied to Pogue on his reasons for the camera-less iPod touch. I would be the first one to point out Steve's lies, but this time it seems they are getting it wrong. [Gizmodo] -
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#flackery
Photo Evidence Steve Jobs Misled the New York Times
It's going to take more than six months medical leave to reform Steve Jobs. On his very first day back before the media, the Apple CEO apparently told a whopper to the New York Times.
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#badvertising
Steve Jobs and the Journal's Frightful Ad Placement
Steve Jobs "appeared thin and spoke with a scratchy voice" on his return from medical leave, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Apparently we had no idea! More » -
#comebacks
The Steve Jobs Video Wall Street Will Be Poring Over
"I probably need to gain about 30 pounds," Steve Jobs told the New York Times after his return to public life yesterday. Might as well concede the obvious if investors are looking for unexpected physical weakness. More » -
#comebacks
Steve Jobs' Command Performance
In the end, Steve Jobs didn't have much to announce in San Francisco today — a new iPod Nano with a videocamera, a faster iPod Touch. But the Apple CEO knew he needed to show his face, and he did. More » -
#moguls
Steve Jobs Psychodrama Unfolds at Apple's iPod Event
The big tech news today is Apple's expected unveiling of new iPod music players. How pedestrian. The subtext is far more gripping: The inevitable end of the Steve Jobs era at Apple, and whether it's yet upon us. More » -
#apple
The Fevered Fantasies of Apple's Fanboys
One Wall Street analyst predicts Steve Jobs will show up for Apple's Apple's iPod event next week; others doubt it. The frenzied chatter is just one way people turn into hysterical teenaged girls before these Apple things. Especially online. More » -
#stevejobs
Misled By Apple
Blogger John Gruber responded to our post on erroneous press coverage of Apple's relationship with Google. It turns out Steve Jobs keeps many of his minions as ill-informed as the media. Sounds about right! It's all in the update. -
#megalomaniacs
Measuring Steve Jobs Recuperation Through His Minions' Anguish
Steve Jobs really is getting better! Rumors that the Apple CEO is being an impossible bastard to his staff have been confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, to whom said staff leaked details of their torment. Old Steve is back. More » -
#flackery
A Steve Jobs Confession, a Fanboy Shock
Yes, Steve Jobs is that evil. Silicon Valley spent the past month convincing itself AT&T just absolutely had to be responsible for kicking the useful Google Voice application off the iPhone App store. Whoops, it was Dear Leader. More » -
#stevejobs
How Palm Faced Down a Tyrannical Control Freak
Some extraordinary communications have leaked to Bloomberg, showing Steve Jobs threatening his counterpart at Palm. It seems the Apple CEO — and supposed empowerer of creative workers everywhere — wanted to keep his workers locked down like so much chattel. More » -
#flackery
Apple Streisands Itself
Bryan Appleyard's lengthy Steve Jobs profile in the Times of London breaks no real news about the Apple CEO. And yet everyone's talking about it. Why? Because Apple tried so hard to stop the story. More » -
#nerdspotting
Steve Jobs Driving Himself to Work Again, Apparently
As recently as late June, Steve Jobs was repeatedly spotted being chauffeured away from Apple's campus in a black car. Judging from this July 23 photo, the CEO has had enough of those vehicular ministrations. More »
