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Apple’s design guru Jony Ive shortlisted as a British Visionary Innovator

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 18, 2012

It's nominations time for Apple today. First we learned that Time magazine included Apple CEO Tim Cook on its annual list of 100 Most Influential People in the world and now a word has reached us that the company's design guru Jonathan Ive has been nominated for the prestigious British Visionary Innovator award by the UK's Intellectual Property Office.

The competition aims to celebrate innovators who earned fame by developing innovative products, services or designs, in in celebration of World Intellectual Property Day 2012...

iMac user Sergey Brin “always admired Apple’s products”, I call BS

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 20, 2017

A recent newspaper interview has caused quite a stir when the blogosphere lit up yesterday with controversial observations from the mouth of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In a nutshell, Brin painted Apple and Facebook as major threats to Internet freedom because neither company's been open enough, at least in the search giant's view.

This from a guy whose company's been seriously lacking openness in many competitive categories. Naturally, a backlash ensued, prompting the engineer to set the record straight and clarify what he called "distorted secondary coverage".

No, he did not mean what he said and yes, in case you were wondering, he is loving his iMac. I call BS on this one, here's why...

Tim Cook makes it on Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 18, 2012

Apple CEO Tim Cook has made it on the list of 100 Most Influential People published annually by Time magazine. Apple's late co-founder, of course, used to be regularly featured in various popularity charts that list iconoclasts, celebrities and entrepreneurs.

However, this is the first time the magazine included 51-year-old Cook on their list. Even more interesting than that, Apple board member, a former U.S. Vice President and environmental activist Al Gore penned a short and sweet description of Cook for the magazine...

Rumor: next iPhone will be machined from Liquidmetal and launch at WWDC

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

A new report out of South Korea alleges that Apple will be launching a sixth-generation iPhone at its annual developers conference this summer, likely taking place between June 11-15.

The phone is said to be a complete overhaul of the existing iPhone, with the biggest design feature being the use of the patented Liquidmetal amorphous alloy, presumably for its shell.

As you know, Apple obtained exclusive worldwide rights to use this zirconium-based alloy in consumer electronics products from Liquidmetal Technologies’ in August of 2010.

They already tested the substance with the SIM ejector tool that shipped with the iPhone 3G, but thus far the company did not switch its aluminum-based gadgets to Liquidmetal...

Greenpeace activists protest outside Apple’s Irish HQ, winning employees’ support

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 18, 2012

Just a day following an unpleasant report from Greenpeace, activists with the non-governmental environmental organization gathered outside Apple's Irish headquarters to distribute leaflets and place banners urging the company to "clean our cloud".

Greenpeace singled out Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Twitter for using dirty coal energy while praising Google for their eco-friendly data centers and environmental consciousness.

Lost tapes reveal new stories about Steve Jobs

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

Technology journalist Brent Schlender has “found” hours worth of audio interviews with Steve Jobs spanning 25 years that offer a couple interesting previously unknown tidbits about Apple’s late co-founder.

The treasure trove of Schlender's talks with Jobs cover different milestones in Jobs' career and expand on the previously published quotes.

For example, Jobs explains more than two decades ago how exactly he missed the importance of the network even though it was another important innovation that had been presented to him at Xerox's Parc technology laboratory.

What if Apple isn’t building a TV set?

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 18, 2016

Fortune ran an interesting article last night entitled "Tell me again. Why we think Apple will make a TV set?" The piece outlines the sketchy details surrounding one of the most anticipated, unannounced consumer products in recent memory: the Apple TV set.

Rumors that Apple has been working on a television have been bouncing around for years now. Started by analysts and fueled by "supply chain checks," the speculation regarding an Apple TV has reached epic proportions. But has it all been for nothing?

Apple and Samsung bosses meeting for patent settlement talks in San Francisco

Christian Zibreg ∙ April 17, 2012

The rumors were true! It looks like Apple and Samsung could at last settle their complicated legal dealings. This is official: a joint statement before the court has it that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung Vice Chairman and CEO Gee-Sung Choi will met at a San Francisco court for settlement talks within the next 90 days.

What looked like a pipedream could become a reality, provided the two sides that are embroiled in complicated litigation agree to concessions for the greater good.

Here's to the hoping we will soon put this meaningless patent mess behind us and move on to real news.

No, Steve Jobs never asked prospective employee if he was a virgin

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 22, 2018

I take it you watched Pirates of Silicon Valley, a 1999 made-for-television film directed by Martyn Burke and based on the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine. If not, you should!

The flick depicts the Microsoft-Apple rivalry and covers the early days of Steve Jobs, played masterfully by Noah Wyle.

Those who saw the movie remember the famous job interview scene which explores the darker aspects of Jobs’ personality, with him famously asking a prospective employee - an IBMer - if he was still a virgin.

That scene sticks in mind as a classic portrayal of Jobs infamous personality tantrums. Too bad it's been made up. Yup, you read that right, this never actually happened...

Analyst is confident Apple will release a smaller iPad

Cody Lee ∙ April 17, 2012

In a note to investors today, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said that it was a "question of when, not if" Apple would release the rumored 7.85-inch iPad. He believes it would make strategic sense for it to expand its tablet family.

"A smaller iPad would be the competition's worst nightmare," he explained. Apple's competitors are already having trouble beating the company on price at $399 and $499. They wouldn't stand a chance against a $299 tablet...

Job listing suggests Apple is looking to integrate 3D tech into iOS

Cody Lee ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

9to5Mac points to an interesting job listing that recently surfaced on Apple's website. The opening calls for an iOS software engineer with knowledge and experience in 3D geometry and image analysis. What could Apple be working on?

Well a number of things, actually. The company has acquired multiple 3D mapping firms over the past few years, and has several 3D-related patents in its library. Keep reading for the full job description...

Carriers to Nokia: Lumia cannot match the iPhone’s sexyness

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

You may have heard that some analysts consider Windows Phone a legitimate iPhone contender and have probably read nice things about the new Lumia smartphone brand from Nokia that debuted last October. Lumia is the ailing cellphone giant's inaugural Windows Phone lineup born out of their partnership with Microsoft.

The Lumia 900, Nokia's latest attempt to beat the iPhone at its own game, is backed by millions of Microsoft's marketing dollars and pushed with aggressive anti-Apple advertising. Nevertheless, the handset has apparently fell on def ear with both carriers and bankers.