Oh dear. Simon Cowell and Will.i.am are joining forces to launch a new talent show. But this time the hunt is on not for a singer or a dancing dog, but tech’s next entrepreneur.
According to a newspaper report, the show will be called X Factor for Tech. Is this the moment tech start-ups jumped the shark?
When we put together our look at Steve Jobs’ highs and lows following his resignation as Apple CEO, we totally forgot the time he was struck on the head by an Apple logo and physically gave birth to an original Mac with Steve Wozniak acting as midwife. Thank goodness then for the crazy CGI antics of Taiwanese outfit NMA News which has again taken on the Apple co-founder.
Jobs last got the NMA treatment during the iPhone 4 antenna controversy with a clip that saw him donning a Darth Vader helmet and fighting Bill Gates with a light saber. That footage is reused in the clip after the break along with some new and even more startling scenes including Jobs beheading the Grim Reaper and battling a battalion of murderous Android mascots. It’s hardly the most fitting tribute to Steve Jobs’ career but it’s certainly the most bizarre…
Singer, songwriter, model and DJ Sophie Ellis-Bextor may have another string to her already very twangy bow. In an interview with the Daily Mail the star made the rather bold claim that she was partly responsible for bringing the original iPod to market.
Does Sophie have previously-unmentioned electronics skills, or did she knock it up using her Blue Peter presenting mum’s supply of sticky-backed plastic & loo rolls? Find out after the jump.
Microsoft founder Paul Allen releases his memoir tomorrow and he’s gunning for Bill Gates. He says: “I just felt it was like an important part of technology history and I should tell it like it happened.” He talks about the period after he was diagnosed with cancer when he claims he overheard Gates, his best friend and co-founder, complaining that he was “unproductive” to now Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. You can see his 60 Minutes interview after the break… Read more
We’ve seen plenty of battles between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the past but these days with Bill more focused on philanthopy, they’re just not as common.
Luckily, the animators at Albinal have whipped up the animation after the break to remind us of their titanic struggle: the Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates rap battle with the iPad and Zune cropping up in their slams. Check it out now and tell us your favourite Steve Jobs and Bill Gates clips in the comments…
Mark Zuckerberg is the latest in a string of billionaires signed up to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates’ philanthropic project The Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge aims to encourage more philanthropy from the richest folk in the world, through them making a public pledge to sign over half their fortune after their death or during their lifetimes.
Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has reportedly taped a guest spot on The Simpsons. Though the social network supremo hasn’t confirmed that he’ll turning yellow, the timing of the season 22 episode, Loan-A-Lisa, is a perfect PR opportunity. It’s set to air in October just as the Facebook movie, The Social Network hits screens.
We reckon the appearance makes the Facebook supremo the third real life billionaire to feature in The Simpsons but sadly Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (as Steve Mobs) didn’t voice their characters. Read on for spoilers about the Facebook boss’s episode…
