Steve Jobs‘ official biography talks about several dark sides of Steve Jobs, which none of us probably heard about before. He was capable of incredible cruelty, total self-delusion, ruthless competitiveness, arrogance, and a beehive of stealing ideas.  It’s probably the most raw profile the world has ever seen on Jobs – for better, or for worse.  And it also offers a rather naked commentary about success.

1. Copy Innovation

Steve said that he was ready to go “thermonuclear” war on Android, an operating system he saw as a “stolen product.” Truth be discussed, what did Android really copy from iOS? The interface and the OS architecture are quiet different from each other. Its like comparing Mac OS to Linux, both have similar underlying Unix, everything else is different: Kernel, framework, libraries, JVM vs. Native framework, UI and Touch interfaces. Even if some of it is similar, Android was developed independently by a startup named Android under supervision of Andy Rubin. It was later acquired by Google and modified for good.

For a moment, lets assume Android was a copy. Was Macintosh not a copy of Xerox’s OS ? Steve shamelessly copied each aspect of Xerox’s User Interface and called it Mac OS. Steve J. agrees he copied, why in the world is he so furious about Android copying iOS?

2. Steal the Credit, and never be humble

Steve Jobs was famous for stealing the credit of his subordinates. Apple’s famous designer, Jonathan Ive, was frustrated because Steve was constantly taking credit for his ideas. It was a recurring problem, with incredibly talented executives complaining that Jobs took all the credit for Apple’s game-changing innovations. “I pay maniacal attention to where an idea comes from, and I even keep notebooks filled with my ideas,” Ive said. “So it hurts when he takes credit for one of my designs.”

Perhaps the worst story surrounds Daniel Kottke, who was there with Jobs at Reed College, travelled with him in India, and was one of the first Apple employees in the garage. But when Apple went public, Jobs refused to give him any shares because of his technical status within the company – despite the protests of other high-ranking employees.

Kottke was unfortunately subdued and didn’t push – until it became too much. “And at one point, [Kottke] tries to go to Steve and just starts crying,” Isaacson told 60 Minutes. “But Steve can be very cold about these things. Finally, one of the engineers at Apple said, you know, ‘We have to take care of your buddy Daniel. I’ll give him some stock, if you match it or whatever.’ And Jobs says, ‘Yeah, I’ll match it. I’ll give zero, you give zero.’”

3. Bad Son, Poor Father

This may be on the personal side, but its not to be ignored. Steve Jobs never met his Biological father.

In 1978, Steve Jobs had a daughter (his first) with girlfriend Chrisann Brennan, a painter. Jobs adamantly refused paternity, though a judge ultimately forced Jobs to pay support.

When Lisa was young, Steve, her father, almost never came to see her. ‘I didn’t want to be a father, so I wasn’t,’ Jobs said, with only a touch of remorse in his voice.”

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He gave us great music players, laptops & the first Real Smartphone.

Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors

CUPERTINO, Calif. — We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

Heros never die, they are immortal.

Jobs submitted his resignation letter to Apple’s board of directors today,  even though most investors and apple fans believe its impossible to run the company without him. Apple has been driven by his charismatic vision and leadership. Jobs was the master mind behind all successful Apple products: iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and what not.

He has been unwell and taken time off rom his regular work, during which Tim Cook had handled the company. He was rightly named CEO of the decade.

He is idol for generations to come, we wish him the very best

Steve Jobs’ Letter of Resignation:

CUPERTINO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” We’ll miss you, Steve.

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Back in 1983, Steve Jobs pulled Pepsi executive John Sculley to Apple with one of the most famous lines in business: “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”

Jobs and Sculley ran Apple together as co-CEOs, blending cutting edge technology (the first Mac) with cutting edge advertising (the famous 1984 ad) and world-class design that has been today Apple’s culture. But it soon came back to Steve, Sculley forced Jobs’ resignation after a strategic board of directors strategy. Jobs joined back Apple after several years, and brought the company fro losses to most profitable company in the Tech industry while economy was soaring.

For the first time, John Sculley talks publicly about Steve Jobs’s greatness and the secrets of his success.

“There are many product development and marketing lessons I learned working with Steve in the early days,” says Sculley. “It’s impressive how he still sticks to his same first principles years later. I don’t see any change in Steve’s first principles — except he’s gotten better and better at it.”

The interview was about 90 minutes long and full transcription is available. However, if you love to listenm to it you can download audio version generated using computer based TTS (text to speech) . Yes the voice is bit robotic, but good for people who don’t have patience to read the long one.

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Here are the Key points of Steve Jobs Success:

1. Beautiful design
2. Customer experience
3. No focus groups
4. Perfectionism
5. Vision
6. Minimalism
7. Hire the best
8. Sweat the details
9. Keep it small
10. Reject bad work
11. Perfection
12. Systems thinker

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On Surpassing Microsoft, Thoughts on Flash: Jobs said that Apple surpassing Microsoft in market valuation is “surreal,” “it doesn’t really mean anything.” He batted aside the usual questions about Flash, Adobe, and his “Thoughts on Flash” essay, still endorsing HTML5 as the future of web and ditching Flash as a slow and closed platform. He said if Flash was what custoemrs needed, why is iPad selling like crazy at 1 iPad sold every 3 seconds.

Future of PCs: On the subject of PCs, he said they’d taken us a long way, then made a trucks vs. cars analogy, explaining that, before people built metropolises, they drove trucks, because they needed the boxy utility. But now they drive cars. Only one in a certain number of people still need trucks. PCs are the trucks. Macs are cars. You getting this?

Gizmodo iPhone Leak: One of the most interesting pieces of Apple-related news in the company’s history is Apple’s feud and possible legal action against Gizmodo over the allegedly stolen iPhone scandal. Jobs framed the situation by saying “they bought stolen property and tried to extort [Apple],” which makes it pretty clear that Apple will continue to pursue the case through legal means. He also joked about the juiciness of the whole saga. “It’s got theft. It’s got buying stolen property. It’s got extortion. I’m sure there’s some sex in there,” he said. “Somebody should make a movie out of this.”

he was advised to let it slide, adding, “You shouldn’t go after a journalist just because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you,” but said he ultimately felt like the whole thing went against Apple’s “core values.” He said he’d “rather quit” than let it slide.

On  Google TV & Problems with Set-top-boxes

The television industry fundamentally has a subsidized business model that gives everyone a set-top box, and that pretty much undermines innovation in the sector. Ask TiVo, ask Roku, ask Google in a few months. The only way this is going to change is if you start from scratch, tear up the box, redesign and get it to the consumer in a way that they want to buy it. But right now, there’s no way to do that….The TV is going to lose until there’s a viable go-to-market strategy.

He explains that this is why he still calls Apple TV a “hobby”: television can’t fully connect and integrate with the Internet given the cable companies’ control of set-top boxes. Google’s attempt, remember, takes a new approach by often staying out of sight, but Jobs seems to think that option won’t see much more success than Windows Media Center or any of the other attempts at connecting televisions.

On Google And Android: Apple vs. Google

Steve has often complained about this: “We didn’t stepped into Google’s search. but they stepped into our domain by entering Mobile market.” He is way to annoyed by that. They are not ditching Google search on iPhone and iPad.

About Android, he complains about the quality and fragmentation.

Jobs didn’t rail on Google as conflict-loving journos might have hoped, but he did let some emotion shine through when interviewer Walt Mossberg asked if Jobs and Apple felt betrayed by Google’s entry into the mobile market with Android. Jobs’ response: “My sex life is pretty good.”

On Apple as a Company

He calls Apple “the biggest startup on the planet” due to the collaborative, non-hierarchical upper management structure.

App Store and Approvals

He admits to occasionally making mistakes in the App Store approval process–of course, we know that. But its good to hear that they admit it.

Lets see how far Apple goes with th iPhone HD, with only days left for its unveiling at WWDC 2010.

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Google has already announced some great features for its next Android OS 2.2 Froyo, a giant step ahead of eclair.

We compared the latest iPhone OS 4.0 vs. Android 2.2 Froyo back-to-back and without a doubt, Android is leading. With a great move from Google, All eyes are on Apple’s upcoming WWDC 2010 (June 7th).  Apple has already  announced that CEO Steve Jobs will be delivering the Keynote in San Francisco.

Every one is questioning, and one Apple Fan couldn’t hold it back and mailed Steve Jobs asking “I hope you have some good WWDC announcements to blow [Google] out of the water” .

Steve Jobs, continuing his trend of doing one-to-one e-mail marketing for his $43 billion (revenue) company, replied gracefully, “You won’t be disappointed,” the CEO responded, as per MacRumors.

Every one acknowledges, Gizmodo may have spoiled the surprise this year by leaking the iPhone HD /4g prototype. However, over an email exchange with a customer,  Jobs said the Event would still pack a punch.

Apart from the new iPhone Hardware, Apple is expected to reveal full details on its nextgen Os iPhone OS 4.0 which was previewed back in march with support for multitasking and 100s of other features.

Apple vs. Google Heat is sky high, and there doesn’t seem to be any chance that it would be coming down. Will Apple regain the lead in the innovation of smartphone market? If Steve says so, we believe it. After all, Apple developed the device that was lonely at the top for 3 long years, its time for them to regain the position.

It would be interesting to watch it live, hold back as we make Live video stream links available on the day: WWDC 2009 June 7th, stay tuned.

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It was all cold and deepened relationship. And today the same-thing has taken a 180 degree turn as Google proves out to be successful with it’s mobile operating system, Android. Things started taking a turn when Google acquired a startup called Android and started developing their own mobile OS. It was then visioned to be a Microsoft killer, kicking Microsoft’s Windows Mobile out from the market. But sooner and later Google improved the Android OS and revealed Motorola Droid, which was touted to be ‘iPhone Killer’. Things warmed up at Apple and Google’s continuous attempts to capture mobile market let Apple board directors to decide that they are better of without Eric Schimdt as he no longer is considered a partner for the company.

In the last six months, Apple and Google have fought over acquisitions, patents, directors, advisers and iPhone applications.  This month, Apple sued HTC, the biggest manufacturer for Google’s Android operating system, contending that HTC had violated iPhone patents. The step is largely considered to be personally on the Google’s Android than HTC, due to obvious reasons. Admob, the company Apple had been considering for acquiring to drive it’s mobile advertising went into hands of Google.

Google’s promotion of Android is, essentially, an effort to control its destiny in the mobile world. While the discord between Apple and Google is in part philosophical and involves enormous financial stakes, Google’s approach is more open and partners a lot of firms under the OHA.

At the heart of the dispute, Mr. Jobs believes that Google violated the alliance between the companies by producing cellphones that physically, technologically and spiritually resembled the iPhone. He feels that his former friends at Google picked his pocket. At a All-hands meeting to internal employees, Steve said “We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business,”  “Make no mistake: Google wants to kill the iPhone. We won’t let them.” Jobs even commented that “Don’t be evil is Bullshit”

However, Apple declined to comment for this article. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founders, have openly expressed admiration for Mr. Jobs, and Google says it isn’t at war with its former ally. “Apple is a valued partner, and we have great respect for everything they have done for technology for more than 30 years,”. Schmidt concurred. “I continue to believe, as many do, that Steve Jobs is the best C.E.O. in the world today, and I admire Apple and Steve enormously,”.

Despite what looks from outside, industry experts predict that it’s going to get uglier. David B. Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School who has studied the tech industry for decades. He says “To beat Apple, Google is going to have to be very aggressive. If they are successful, it will put price pressure on Apple and the iPhone.”. Another expert said  “It’s World War III. Amazing animosity is motivating two of the most powerful people in the industry,” he says. “This is emotional. This is the biggest ego battle in history. It’s incendiary.” THE fight features two Valley veterans whose styles couldn’t be more different.

Despite what they feel individually, there are few instances where their business needs each other. e.g. Google pays Apple millions of dollars annually to make its search engine the default on Apple’s Web browser, on the iPhone and soon, perhaps, on the iPad. (Though there were rumors of iPhone switching to Bing, that looks unusual). On the other front, Google employees work and develop product on Apple’s platform: Mac. It’s not hard to see that 90% of the employees carry a MacBook instead of a PC.

The war is on and its almost impossible that anyone would fall. On one side Steve Jobs will continue to vision his company to be a leader in Mobile space, Google will leave no chance either. For the end-user it’s all choice and Openness that they working independently or together will bring. The Latter will bring peace.

[via NYTimes]

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We’ve been very thankful to all the gadgets and innovations you gave us through 2009. On the eve of Christmas, I need no more if you keep the iTablet promise.
We, the gadget freeks/geeks, have admired your return to Apple and pray for your good health and endless life. May you become CEO of the millennium, and continue to innovate the “User Experience.”

This time, we are having a different carol to show our love:

Dashing through the snow leopard
In a one Window open sleigh
O’er the PCs we go
Laughing all the iWay
Bells on AppleTV tails ring
Making iPhones 4g‘s future ding
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing iPod song tonight.

Jingle Steve Jingle Steve,
iTablet is on the way
Oh what fun would it be
to see iPhone 4G coming
on WWDC Two thousand ten (2010)!

Just keep up this promise
and Apple will never trail.

Merry X-Mas

Love him or hate him, he’s the one man who changed the face of a company that changed the face of the Industry. The company proved that it is 100% Immune to Recession. Under his helm, Apple defined the portable music player market with the iPod, has shaken up the mobile industry with the iPhone (with 100, 000Apps, Billion Downloads), rocked the retail music business with iTunes and re-invented the computing business with OS X in a way that the PC business – with less than 10 percent of market share.

“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” – Steve Jobs

Add to that the brilliant marketing behind Apple Adjectives, Awesome, brilliant, flawless; The customers are loyal having the highest user-satisfaction for each product in the industry. People call him the Cult of Apple, Cult of Technology and what not.

As per the Fortune Editor,  Adam Lashinsky:

How’s this for a gripping corporate story line: Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley. Sound too far-fetched to be true? Perhaps. Yet it happens to be the real-life story of Steve Jobs and his outsize impact on everything he touches.

There is a video too that you can watch here.

Previously, he had been off from company due to health reasons, but then he came back in June, he just Rocked Apple.

One cannot deny that the manner in which Apple conducts business has been highly effective at not only increasing sales and broadening the company’s portfolio but also setting trends, creating buzz and putting out top-notch products again and again and again.

Company’s next big Gadget, Apple Tablet is on sky high rumors for 2010. We don’t doubt the success of the upcoming gizmo, it will follow the flawless quality Apple has always lived upto.

We congratulate Steve Jobs for a strong decade, and Hope for a stronger one next time.

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Steve Jobs does what he does the best – Keynotes.

The answer is simple, Steve Jobs and hence his descendants use Remarkably Awesome Adjectives to keep their customers Incredibly Amazed and the result is Really Nice, and Beautiful. Sounds Unbelievable? Check this video out:

As usual, Apple hasn’t confirmed a thing except the Event time and Venue.

Ok, let’s start, I`ll keep it brief.

New iPods

Apple’s September events since, their very begining have revolved around around iPods and iTunes.

Not to mention, there is enough evidence that camera and microphone on Touch are being added. There are leaked Pics, Videos which confirm this.

But there is a news from AppleInsider that claims, Cameras might be delayed due to Technical Difficulties, till next launch in 2010.

However, we’re doubting the iPod Classic will gain a camera. Instead, we might see something new. End of Life for iPod Classic.

One more thing: Highly probable that The iPod Touch will get a performance boost to bring it up to speed with the new iPhone 3GS.

You never know about One more things.

iTunes 9

An update to version 9 is very likely. A rumor report claiming iTunes 9 would sport new visual organization features to arrange iPhone apps.

First, it’s almost guaranteed that Apple will announce a new version of iTunes, iTunes 9. Most likely this new version will improve the interface, address concerns with organizing iPhone apps, and include music sharing features via Twitter, Faebook, and Last.fm.

The other announcement could be that The Beatles are finally going to be downloadable in the iTunes store. The date of Apple’s keynote adds fuel to the fire of this rumor – it is the same day of the launch of The Beatles Rock Band, which itself is a reference to Revolution 9. A deal struck earlier this year between Apple and the storied rock band also makes this announcement a likely one.

A visual-organization tool would definitely make sense — it would mimic the ability to move around the iPhone’s icons on its springboard. We find Facebook integration probable as well. The latest versions of QuickTime, iPhoto and iMovie each have features that enable sharing media with social networks (i.e., YouTube and Flickr). And in general, an automatic playlist creator integrated in Facebook just sounds like a pretty clever idea.

The collaborative effort codenamed Project Cocktail, and the idea is to entice music fans with a compelling digital package that will get them to gather around notebooks to listen to music together. How exactly would album art do that? It’s unclear. However, Financial Times is a credible publication with solid music sources. Expect this part of the keynote to deliver the biggest surprise.

No Apple Tablet

via Wired.com

Though the release of an Apple touchscreen tablet now seems inevitable, it probably won’t appear at this event, that’s scheduled for 2010. Tomorrow’s Apple keynote is a music-centric event focused on iPods and iTunes, not on a brand new computing product. It also appears to need a bit more time before it’s ready for the market.

Don’t hold your breath for a Tablet surprise, because you’ll probably pass out. Still, anything’s possible and the Tablet could blow us all away.

It could make 2010 a very exciting year. 2010 would be the year of the tablet, claiming Dell, Intel, HTC and other tech companies are preparing tablets to compete with Apple.

iPhone

No, nothing new for iPhone atleast on the hardware side. But, you’re likely to hear more about the iPhone 3.1 OS upgrade which will provide – Bluetooth voice control and improved video editing controls should be part of the package. And while releasing the iPhone 3.1 OS during the keynote would make sense followed by activation bundle of MMS for AT&T customers, which would make its release date September 25th.

The Rise of The Fallen: Steve Jobs

More than anything else, we all miss Steve Jobs. Nobody can deliver a keynote better than the God of Apple: Steve. when Steve speaks, the world Listens.

CNBC’s Jim Goldman said on Twitter that Jobs is “very likely” to appear at the Apple event. That’s good news, and if true, his return would make this a very momentous event.

sources: Mashable, AppleInsider, Macrumors, Wired, several others

As we reported Earlier, Apple plans to launch two variants of the Tablet device.

Leaked Video and Images of Apple Tablet – Rumors Deepen

Since his return in late June, the 54-year-old has been pouring almost all of his attention into a new touch-screen gadget that Apple is developing, said people familiar with the situation.

Those working on the project are under intense scrutiny from Mr. Jobs, particularly with regard to the product’s advertising and marketing strategy, said one of these people. The people familiar with the matter declined to give details on the tablet or disclose when the device would come out.

Apple staffers have faced Jobs’ scrutiny after a period of freedom over product strategy during his leave. “People have had to readjust” to his presence, noted the Journal, quoting a person familiar with the matter.

Mr. Jobs, in an email, said “much of your information is incorrect,” but didn’t provide specifics. A spokesman for Apple, Cupertino, Calif., declined to comment.

Mr. Jobs’s involvement is a sign of how important the new gadget is for Apple. In the months before Apple launched the iPhone in 2007 — now its fastest-growing product — the CEO was also on top of every detail, such as the curvature of the phone’s back, said people familiar with the matter.

Since then, Apple has updated several of its product lines, including the iPhone and its Macintosh laptops, but hasn’t launched an entirely new category. And while the company has recently posted a string of strong quarterly earnings, growth in some of its once hot devices, such as the iPod, has slowed.

s rumors of an Apple tablet PC reach a fever pitch, a new research note by Piper Jaffray suggests that any such device would be a significant revenue generator and drastically affect the market for mininotebooks, also known as netbooks.

The Aug. 7 report, written by analyst Gene Munster along with analysts Michael Olson and Andrew Murphy, predicts that Apple will roll out “a touch-screen device similar to an iPod Touch but larger.”

The report stated, “We spoke with an Asian component supplier that has received orders from Apple for a touch-screen device to be fulfilled by late [2009]. This data point underscores our thesis that a tablet will likely launch in early [2010].”

Piper Jaffray has been steadily beating the drum for months about the prospect of an ultraportable Apple tablet PC. In May, the research company issued a report suggesting that the tablet would feature a 7- to 10-inch screen and retail for between $500 and $700, effectively filling a strategic gap for Apple between the iPod Touch and its low-end Mac desktops.

The Aug. 7 report reiterates those points, and suggests, “Apple will target the netbook market with its new device.”

“We believe an Apple tablet would be priced 30 to 50 percent below the $999 MacBook, and would offer best-in-class Web, e-mail and media software. In other words, we believe Apple’s tablet would compete well in the netbook category even though it would not be a netbook.”

Apple hasn’t made any public statements about Mr. Jobs’s health since he returned to work in late June, but the CEO has come into headquarters two or three days a week as the company had previously disclosed.

People close to Apple said Mr. Jobs is still thin as he recovers from the liver transplant, but his health has improved significantly.

Apple Tablet Confirmed for 2010, Could Sweep-away Netbook market at $1.2Billion

Tablet PCs have been around since earlier this decade when Microsoft Corp. launched an operating system for such devices. The gadgets, which typically resemble a laptop, were supposed to make computing more natural with a touch-screen that can be controlled with a stylus or finger.

Despite attempts by manufacturers like Toshiba Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Fujitsu Ltd., the market didn’t take off as the devices were too expensive and didn’t offer additional features. According to research firm IDC, tablets comprise about 1.4% of the global portable PC market.

At Apple, a tablet-like device has been many years in the making. Apple filed a patent related to a tablet device as early as 2000, according to a Thomson Reuters patent database.

But development has come in fits and starts. Mr. Jobs killed the project twice in recent years, the first time because the battery life was too short, and the second time because there was insufficient memory, said one of the people familiar with the matter.

Though Apple doesn’t discuss future products, many analysts expect its tablet to be a multimedia device that will let people watch movies and television shows, play games, surf the Internet and potentially read electronic books and newspapers.

It is not clear whether the device will run the full Macintosh operating system or a version of the iPhone operating system. Apple watchers expect the tablet to debut at the end of this year or early next year.

Analysts say how well an Apple tablet sells will depend on price, which most believe will be between $399, the price of a high-end iPod touch, and $999, the price of the cheapest MacBook laptop.

“As devices become more expensive, your ability to make them mass market declines,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.

The popularity of cheap and light computers under $500 known as netbooks has pressured Apple to come out with a device in a similar price range.

But as recently as last October, Mr. Jobs rejected the idea of a cheaper computer in an earnings call, saying, “We don’t know how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk.”

Apple doesn’t have a healthy relationship particularly with the press; it has sued websites for publishing information it didn’t like, and has tried to keep information under wraps that a journalist tried to uncover via the Freedom of Information Act. Now, however, it has tried to prevent The Times from publishing an article about Steve Jobs.

The article in question is not really anything to get all excited about. It details Steve Jobs’ personal and professional life, including the hiring of Sculley and Jobs leaving Apple, all the way until Jobs returning to the company and bringing it back on its feet with the iMac, iPod, and iPhone. It also details Jobs’ control-freak attitude and his allegedly narcissist personality.

The article also details Jobs’ health situation, as well what would happen if Jobs eventually left the company. There’s nothing in there we didn’t know already, so for us geeks it’s not particularly interesting.

Still, the author claims Apple tried to block the article from getting published. This is what the author wrote about Apple’s attempts, copied here verbatim:

I’m reminded of the classic case of the “Parental advisory – explicit content” labels on music CDs. What happened when the RIAA started putting these labels on CDs? Exactly – they sold more copies. This Apple case is the same: had Apple not tried to stop the article from getting published, no one would’ve cared about it.

source: OSNEWS

Birds are to fly, humans are too dry.
Ship sails, Ruby rails
Why the heck this irony?
Its against the serenity.

You know what metal you are,
You know what you aspire!
Still waiting for a Miracle?
When you know, there’s No Real Oracle.

Stay hungry, Stay foolish
Its upto you!!!

-taranfx

– MEANING –
Things that are defined by Nature, go in a way they are supposed to be. Its only the human nature to behave strange on different occassions.

If its a fault in humans, let’s talk about the man made stuff, Even that follows the command, works in a way it’s meant to be. It does its best, technically, though it lacks Intelligence. (“Ruby rails” here refers to programming languages).

Why in this world the problem is with humans? Is it that we are too much supressed by Ego and Un-Willingness?
You and you alone know what your capabilities are. You know how far can you go to achieve what you aspire, and how much can you prespire to achieve it. Definately, its a measure of your desperation.

We all know, There are no Miracles, there’s no reason that you don’t make effort to achieve the Goals. There is no reason to rather sitback and rely on fortunate luck, which might not come out to be that fortunate (unluckily).

Bryan adams one said, “There ain’t no santa clause. There ain’t no fairy tales, Its a lonely road to paradise”. You cannot predict the future… Oracle won’t come and help you in that. You gotta make it on your own!!!

Stay all your life aspiring for something without trying hard enough to get it, without taking enough risk.
What are you afraid of? Is it the Death?. If is, take my word, don’t be, coz you have no idea when it is coming your way. You are already Naked, there’s no reason to be afraid of not trying hard enough and taking the required risk.
By not doing this all, you ain’t foolling anybody. You are fooling yourself!

Stay hungry, Stay Foolish. It’s upto you!

“It had been true when years back Jobs uttered the quote, and It will still hold for generations to come.”

-taranfx

Now as Steve Jobs takes the World to new heights, let’s memorize this Legend’s quote Forever.

This moment is worth celebration for the team back at Apple, who had made world’s biggest mobile platform, iPhone. App Store was released exactly a year back and within this span, 65,000+ Applications have been listed in the App Store varying from How to find your Phone to best 3D Games on the mobile platform. The no. of downloads has shown the REAL popularity of App Store. It completed a Billion downloads in 9+ months and 1.5 billion in 1 year, and the rise is exponential in last few months.

Summary:

• 1.5 billion apps downloaded in ;
• 65,000 apps;
• An army of 100,000 iPhone developers.

Jobs indirectly noted a laundry list of rivals- Research in Motion, Nokia, Android, Microsoft and Palm primarily—all trying to replicate the App Store. Jobs said:

“With 1.5 billion apps downloaded, it is going to be very hard for others to catch up.”

The App Store is one of the primary reasons that the iPhone has been a hit. It is said that Apple is likely to deliver better-than-expected iPhone sales for its June quarter. Munster writes:

We believe upside to Mac and iPhone units could help Apple beat Street estimates for the Jun-09 quarter. Our survey of 256 iPhone buyers, along with indications from AT&T leave us confident in our iPhone est of 5 million in the June quarter vs. the Street at about 4 million.

The big picture here is that the App Store has rewritten the rules in the wireless business and Jobs knows it. Apple has first mover advantage and isn’t likely to ease up. As Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett noted Apple has been very disruptive to the wireless industry and the fun is just beginning.

The industry tug of war will revolve around devices and carriers as dumb pipes. Indeed, consumers are increasingly thinking of their smartphone as application delivery devices more than handheld for email and phone calls. The vendors that make apps easy will win. Wireless carriers see the shifts coming and some such as Verizon Wireless are already playing around with an application marketplace, according to GigaOm.

Simply put, carriers have no desire to be a dumb pipe to deliver access. Apple’s march could easily relegate carriers to dumb pipe status. It’s an interesting development that will take years to play out.

App Store is not a total success, it has some serious Flaws which have Jeorpardized Apple. Let’s see How can apple come over them.

For now, Jobs has thrown down the Bone to its competition. “Catch the App Store—if you can”.

Apple has confirmed that Steve Jobs is back on the Apple campus and has resumed working for the company he co-founded. According to the The New York Times, Jobs is resuming his duties at Apple.

This was pretty much confirmed that he would join within june and there he is on the last day of June.

Though Steve is back, but still his hours and the number of days he spends in the office are still undeclared. With Jobs back in place Apple fans should be hopeful of new, exciting products as they have being doing over phenomenal last years.

In January, when Jobs stepped away, for health reasons, Tim Cook, COO of Apple, was pushed to be the backup CEO. Cook has been a decent choice to handle the day2day operation of the company but he hasn’t done the same sorts of things Apple supporters are used to seeing Jobs do. Ofcourse, this was never expected that he could replace him.

Tim Cook hasn’t been flashy; he’s been a good manager and kept the Good Ship Apple charted along a steady course. He is a silent and an Introvert. Not a core innovator, but a good people’s manager.

Best example is this month’s WWDC. Aside from dropping the prices on the MacBook Pro line of notebooks, nothing Apple did really sent ripples through the industry. The iPhone 3G S is essentially the 3G with a nitro burst. The iPhone OS 3.0 may be more exciting that the hardware itself.

Cook didn’t even deliver the keynote. That was really Bad! He Let the previous generations of Apple set down!

Apple has been playing it safe under the leadership of Cook, instead of the Falshy Steve Jobs.. And, really, that is not a terribly bad thing – its just a difference in leadership characteristics between the two men.We like one, other one we don’t as much.

But with Jobs back it seems likely that Apple will step out again and play things more innovatively. The iPhone 3G S has, of course, been a hit, selling over 1 million units in its first weekend. By those standards, it is impossible to call it anything less than a success would be incorrect, even though iPhone 3G S has been overheating.

So  Where does Steve Jobs’ return leave Tim Cook?

There is already speculation floating around that Cook may bolt (source CRN news). After all, he has just completed one of the most high profile CEO try-outs in the history of business. Undoubtedly there are a few companies out there that would like to have him run the show.

But it seems unlikely that Cook will leave. He appears to be too good a number two to Jobs. So while Jobs may get the glory, ultimately it’s Cook that keeps the company running ” even if he isn’t flashy.

source: crn

Jobs had been off work for several months because of an illness.

Tim Cook had stepped into the chief executive position during the absence of Mr. Jobs and is expected to keep that designation. It is anticipated that Jobs will once again assume the rank of chairman. The formal title is probably immaterial as Jobs tends to monitor all aspects of the company closely. During his sick leave, Jobs had continued to be a strong force in steering the company’s future.

As Mr. Jobs gets back to work, the outlook appears to be bright for Apple. Apple recently released a new web browser called Safari 4 which has already been downloaded by millions of users, and analysts have applauded Apple’s efforts to introduce more moderately priced products during the current decline in the economy. Apple appears to maintain a solid position in the industry.

Steve Jobs will return to work at Apple at the end of this month, it was confirmed today after a week in which analysts said that the company had proved it could manage very well without him.

The charismatic chief executive has been on sick leave for six months after losing weight dramatically due to a hormone imbalance last year.

“We look forward to Steve returning to Apple at the end of June,” an Apple spokesman said.

Mr Schiller set out the roadmap for rest of the year, launching a new faster iPhone with updated iPhone software, updating Apple’s line-up of MacBook Pro laptop computers and showcasing Apple’s new operating system.

While Apple stressed that Mr Jobs had been involved in the company’s strategic decisions behind the scenes, analysts predicted a successful future for the company, until now characterised by many as the “Steve Jobs Show”, even if he steps away from day-to-day decisions.

There is rising speculation that Mr Jobs may return to the post of chairman, continuing to act in a more strategic role. The job of chief executive has been carried out by Tim Cook, the company’s chief operating officer over the last six months, and many expect him to retain that role when Mr Jobs returns.

“We applaud Steve for passing on the baton and creating a culture of success. To us, the management transition is complete and there should be minimal concerns.”

Some analysts raised their earnings estimates after Apple said it was cutting the price of its entry-level 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G to $99 from $199 in the US. Apple also presented faster and lower-priced MacBook Pro laptops in a move designed to make its high-end products more accessible in the economic downturn.

Apple has sought to give the iPhone a huge lead in the smartphone market by giving consumers a huge range of applications to choose from the App Store. By introducing a payments system in the latest software for the iPhone, Apple has introduced another money-making stream for the company and developers to exploit. For instance games developers will be able to allow users to buy more features for their games using the iPhone, giving Apple a cut.

Sometimes its about getting it soon,
just when you Realize,
not everything is as simple as spoon.
This aint about every noon,
its about, “once in a blue moon”.

If it was just about Dreaming,
O Hello!!! wakeup, “Good Afternoon!”
It’s June.

Jan went out too soon,
then it was feb, time for debt,
then was the march, it brought too much starch,
thn was april, i fooled it a little,
then was the May, still playin wid the clay,
Now its time for June, time to Boon.
Here I am, On the road again, completing my 2
There I am, Up on the way…

-I wrote this one in May 2007, While I was waiting for June 19th, Release of iPhone. Its  same story now after 2 years, when i wait for 8th June, iPhone next generation. Same surprises, same mysteries, and god knows may be same Steve jobs

But as wonderful as all those items sound, they remain unconfirmed by Apple. And frankly, some of the rumors sound too good to be true.

What should we realistically expect? The following is a list of everything Wired.com has heard about WWDC, accompanied by our analysis on which rumored announcements will or will not become a reality.

New iPhones

There’s a pile of evidence in the blogosphere suggesting Apple will release a lackluster upgrade for its popular iPhone. Likely features include a digital compass, processor and memory upgrades, an improved digital camera with auto-focus and video-recording capabilities, and other minor improvements.

These hardware enhancements don’t add up to much. Instead, Apple seems to be training most of its focus on the previously-announced iPhone 3.0 — a major upgrade to the operating system that will add in-app commerce, tethering, live streaming, the ability to integrate apps with external accessories and push notification, along with a variety of other features such as cut-and-paste.

We’re confident that Apple will introduce an iPhone upgrade at WWDC — it would be a perfectly logical move because Apple announced the current iPhone 3G at WWDC 2008. Also, it would be ideal for Apple to unveil the iPhone at the event so it can hold WWDC sessions on any new hardware APIs (the rumored digital compass, for example).

The latest iPhone-related rumor involves Apple adding a 4-GB model to the line. We’re skeptical about this, because Apple already killed the 4-GB model introduced with the original iPhone just two months after its release in June 2007. Would many people buy one, even if it only costs $100?

It’s more likely that Apple will add a 32-GB model to the iPhone family, because that’d be the next step up from the current 8-GB and 16-GB models.

(See which specific features we predict will appear in the next iPhone in our earlier story “Rumor Round-Up: Everything We’ve Heard About the Next iPhone.”)

No Verizon Deal

BusinessWeek in April reported hearing from two sources “familiar with the matter” that Apple was working with Verizon on two new iPhones, which could be available as soon as this summer. This would be great news for Verizon customers unwilling to switch to AT&T, the exclusive U.S. carrier for the iPhone.

Our thoughts? Not happening — not anytime soon, at least. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told the Wall Street Journal he expects Apple to consider sharing the iPhone with Verizon in 2010 — when Verizon begins deploying its fourth-generation network. If Apple is indeed interested in working with Verizon, there is no incentive to make this announcement in mid-2009 — especially when Apple can stretch out the negotiations to shake more money out of its carrier partners. Also, historically Apple does not enjoy making announcements about products until they are finalized.

Also, Apple said in late April it has no plans to change its exclusive relationship with AT&T. Flip-flopping on that statement about six weeks later would make that a blatant lie, wouldn’t it? If any deal happens between Verizon and Apple, we expect it to happen no sooner than 2010.

No Touchscreen Tablet

As much as you might want one now, we don’t see this launching at WWDC. We agree for why an Apple tablet is likely to appear no sooner than 2010. The strongest point raised is that Apple purchased chip company PA Semi in 2008, and Steve Jobs said the purpose of the acquisition was to develop iPhone and iPod chips. Also, Apple has recently been hiring chip designers.

It’s reasonable to infer Apple would wait to introduce its newly developed mobile processor with the release of a highly anticipated touchscreen tablet. There’s no indication this is happening anytime soon.

Incremental Upgrades for MacBook Family

9 to 5 Mac reported a rumor that Apple will roll out incremental upgrades to its unibody MacBooks. We buy that. Apple typically refreshes its notebooks every seven months, and the last upgrades were released in October. WWDC would be an opportune event to announce new MacBooks.

More Details on iPhone 3.0, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Operating Systems

We saved the most obvious for last. Apple said in a press release that it plans to preview new features and APIs for its next-generation operating systems iPhone 3.0 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard. For iPhone, expect Apple to lay out the final roadmap for the iPhone 3.0 software developer kit, speaking more extensively on the features we previously wrote about. For Snow Leopard, Apple will likely nerd out about the OS’ optimization for supporting multi-core processors (i.e., Grand Central).

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Steve Wozniak’s health report, given to the Wall Street Journal, is the first outside assessment of Job’s condition since the Apple CEO went into seclusion in mid-January after saying a hormonal imbalance would require more intensive therapy that previously expected.

Jobs promised to return from his voluntary leave-of-absence at the “end of June,” but concern that his pancreatic cancer might have returned has kept Jobs’ health in the spotlight. His decision not to keynote Apple’s developer conference in early June only added to speculation that Jobs might not return.

Wozniak’s assessment comes as good news to a world counting on Jobs’ innovation and leadership to propel Apple forward. If true, it also explains why Apple is delaying introducing new products, even though the Palm Pre is due to arrive on June 6, two days ahead of Apple’s event.

A healthy, rested, and ready Steve Jobs might be an even more dramatic “introduction” than the new products Apple is expected to release. If Jobs returns at the end of June, a July introduction would make sense.

If Woz is right, and there is no real reason to doubt the Apple co-founder, then Steve Jobs will return and all will again be right in Apple’s world. Right, but not perfect, Jobs is still a cancer survivor and, like us all, he is getting older (he’s 54 now).

While Apple has a presumably long and strong product pipeline and seems poised to benefit from the return of its maximum leader, it still lacks a clear strategy for what happens in a post-Jobs world.

I hope this health scare, if that’s all it turns out to be, will convince Jobs to promote some of the talented people around him more into the public spotlight and to replace some of his reputed dictatorial micromanaging with a more collegial style. No one expects Apple to become the old collegial HP, but it is in everyone’s interest to start positioning Apple for Jobs’ eventual retirement.

Woz may have finally ended the Steve Jobs Death Watch. The world would be a better place if the drama had ended sooner. A healthy Steve Jobs will be a most welcome sight.

Back in 1996, after Apple announced that it would purchase NeXT, Steve Jobs returned to Apple as the “interim CEO” while a replacement was sought. Most casual observers felt that Jobs would certainly remain as CEO despite the interim title. Jobs finally dropped the interim title at the 2000 Macworld Expo. TechCrunch provides a good summary of quotes from the deposition about Steve Jobs’ thought process during that time and that transitioning to Apple as full-time CEO was not as obvious a decision as one might have suspected:

Q: And did you take on the role then as CEO?
Jobs: Well, no, I did not. I was very concerned that Pixar was a newly public company with shareholders, employees, and I felt that – - to my knowledge there had never been a CEO of two public companies before. So I felt if I took the job, the Pixar shareholders and employees would think I was abandoning them.
Q. Mm-hmm
Jobs. And I decided I just – - that I couldn’t do that. So I took the title of interim CEO and agreed to come back for 90 days to help recruit a full-time CEO.

Jobs, of course, was later unable to find a suitable candidate and eventually slid into the position himself.

Jobs also explains that the reason for the stock options was that he felt unappreciated by Apple’s board despite the amount of work he put into the company during those years. Jobs, of course, was cleared of wrongdoing with respect to the stock option investigation.