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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaking at Steve Jobs memorial eventApple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the event, as did former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Apple senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive, and board member Bill Campbell. The event also hosted musical performances from several bands including Coldplay.Mr. Jobs passed away on October…

Walt Mossberg Interviews Apple Board Member Al GoreSource: AllThingsD Mr. Gore’s first comments were on the passing of Mr. Jobs. He described the memorial service as a “beautiful and moving event.” And while acknowledging that the loss is terrible, he thinks that Mr. Jobs greatest work was the building of Apple Inc. itself. He was also…

Audioengine’s N22 desktop amplifier was introduced as a partner to the company’s P4 passive speakers, and while I am going to talk about the P4s in another review, in this review I wanted to look at the N22 by itself, especially from the standpoint of the desktop musician. A Desktop Amplifier? Let’s start with what…

The ITC staff comments are in response to the Public Interest comment phase of an ongoing ITC complaint Apple filed against HTC’s Android devices. The ITC has already ruled that HTC’s Android devices infringe on two of Apple’s patents, and the Commission is progressing through the review process towards a point where they would issue…

Siri is Apple’s new voice control system for the iPhone 4S that lets users speak conversationally when asking their phone to perform tasks or look up information. The feature requires iOS 5, but currently isn’t available on any of Apple’s other mobile devices.The “Say Hello” ad for the iPhone 4S and Siri is available at…

One item found was a new wireless module from Avago Technologies Ltd that allows the 4S to be used in global wireless 2G and 3G systems. Also seen was the first use of a Hynix Semiconductor Inc. NAND flash memory, a notable departure from Samsung as Apple’s traditional NAND flash memory supplier.“While the iPhone 4S…

“I don’t believe that your phone should be an assistant,” Mr. Rubin said. “Your phone is a tool for communicating. You shouldn’t be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone.”Android will not be your slave! He also said that voice command on smartphones, “isn’t a…

Steve Jobs speaking at a 2010 Apple media event“I visited Apple for the announcement of the iPhone 4S,” Mr. Son said, according to PCMag. “When I was having a meeting with Tim Cook, he said, ‘Oh Masa, sorry I have to quit our meeting.’ I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘My boss is…

“Lowes is in the process of rolling out over 40,000 iPhones with a custom application to allow their store associates to execute realtime inventory checks, product orders and interact with customers with how to videos,” he said.Lowes retail employees get iPhones for sales helpThe retail floor iPhones will give employees a direct link to information…

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer told analysts that Apple customers have downloaded more than 16 billion songs and 650 million TV show. He added, “We’ve also been very pleased with the growing popularity of the I bookstore with over 180 million downloads of I books to date.” iBooks was launched in April of 2010, just ahead…

During a meeting where Mr. Jobs tried to convince the Dropbox founders to sell, Mr. Houston said they weren’t interested in selling, according to Forbes. Mr. Jobs replied by saying Apple was going after Dropbox’s market and that they “were a feature, not a product.”With no chance of a deal, Apple proceded on its own…

  A private funeral for Steve Jobs was held on October 7th, and another memorial service for Apple employees will take place on the Cupertino campus on October 19th.In addition, California governor Jerry Brown tweeted this evening that Sunday would also be declared Steve Jobs Day in the State of California.

In a notice available on the Verizon website, the company outlined two new uses of customers’ information. The first use will be in marketing and other business reports. The second use will be to provide information that is more relevant to individual customers. Verizon stated that these new uses “will not share any information that…

The purchase deal was first announced in May with the approval of the boards of directors from both companies. Microsoft bought Skype from the online auction company eBay.At the time of the announcement, Microsoft said in a statement, “Skype will support Microsoft devices like Xbox and Kinect, Windows Phone and a wide array of Windows…

Large, wealthy companies have the ability to explore legal scenarios in detail that would exhaust the efforts of lesser companies. That is to say, a comprehensive understanding of one’s patent position and the intricacies of the implications require a hard working and well funded staff. That’s one reason why big companies get bigger. For a…

The ruling is bad news for Samsung because it likely won’t be able to get a new ruling in time for the holiday buying season, and the device could be essentially obsolete by the time it works out a deal.Apple blocks Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in AustraliaApple and Samsung have been locked in a legal…

  With Photo Stream, when you take a photo on an iCloud-enabled device, it will be pushed to all of your iOS devices, your Mac, and/or your PC. Photo Stream keeps the last 1,000 pictures you took, and users can grab any image from the Stream and save them or otherwise manipulate them. Apple’s patch…

The report was quite vague on details, but said that the service could be launched as soon as late 2011 or early 2012. All of the sources for the story requested anonymity. If Apple does bring the studios on board, it could technically put the Cupertino company in additional direct competition with a project called…

When Steve Jobs was alive, people in Mr. Jobs’s confidence didn’t speak out. That was basic decency, courtesy, friendship and respect. However, now that he’s no longer with us, the floodgates will start to open. Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is due to be published on October 24. Pre-publication excerpts from that book hav…

Mr. Jobs passed away at his Palo Alto home, according to Bloomberg, and was buried in a Santa Clara non-denominational cemetery on October 7.Apple’s Web tribute to Steve JobsApple announced last Wednesday that Mr. Jobs had passed away and updated the company Web site with a special tribute to its former CEO.Apple has lost a…

Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters Source: Discovery The show is just one of many mainstream responses to the death of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who passed away on October 5th. An October 16th air date means the network will have turned the show around in less than eleven days. “Someone once said that…

The first thing that greeted me upon loading Hanna in my DVD Player was the following message: “This disc is intended for rental purposes and only includes the feature film.” Rental-specific DVDs are not especially new. In particular, I had noticed for several months that many of the DVDs I received from Netflix seemed to…

Burglars steal iPads from Covent Garden Apple StoreRob Shoesmith, who has been camping outside the store to buy the new iPhone 4S when it goes on sale this Friday, said on his blog “It’s around 1.15 am and the Apple Store in Covent Garden has just been raided! Woke up to hear a load of…

Film School Rejects reports that Mark Gordon will be the producer. Sony has recently had a string of hits based on biographies, including The Social Network and Moneyball. Given the world’s reaction to Mr. Jobs passing, this movie would surely extend that string.The biography was authorized by Mr. Jobs and it has been reported that…