Apple’s always been resolute on the topic of the iPhone’s screen: they developed the most perfect, optimum-sized display for a phone ever, and everyone else is just plain wrong. Right? Perhaps not any more, if rumours from the far east are to be believed. Will the iPhone 5 have to ramp up its display size to stave off the competition? Read more
UPDATE: We’ve published our list of predictions: what do you think Apple is going to announce?
Apple’s recent run of successes has made it very, very rich. By some accounts, the company now has more money in the bank than most countries. Including the USA. Tomorrow, CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer will announce what they’re going to do with it.
Something odd is happening inside Apple; various faux pas and oddities have been cropping up here and there in the months since Steve Jobs’ passing. The tides of change seem to be slowly eroding away one of the company’s founding principles: scrupulous attention to detail.
On what would have been Steve Jobs’ 57th birthday, we ask – has Apple already lost its touch? Read more
Tim Cook and Apple made a rare appearance at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday, taking the time to berate the market for low price, poor quality tablets. Do his words debunk the theories of an 8-inch iPad? Read more
Day one on the job as CEO and Tim Cook has already set the stage for his tenure leading Cupertino’s finest. In an email released this morning, he lead off by saying, “Apple is not going to change” and that “we are going to continue to make the best products in the world”. He also confirmed Steve Jobs new role as Chairman, a position which will provide guidance and inspiration for the company. While the future of Apple’s products remains in peril, addressing concerns out the gate is a great way to start.
The news that Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple CEO is shocking in a way but not surprising. Back in January when Jobs announced that he was to take a second leave of absence on medical grounds, I wrote a piece called “Steve Jobs and how Apple will work without him“. It was premature than and is still a little premature now with Jobs remaining as Apple’s chairman but I stick by its conclusion: Apple itself is Steve Jobs’ greatest product.
When Jobs took control of Apple again in 1997, he set about changing the company from a disorganised and unfocused entity into a machine for innovation. Products, even game changing ones like the iPhone or iPad, have relatively short life spans but in building his top team at Apple and propagating his business philosophy so throughly through the organisation, Steve Jobs has secured the company’s future. And we can thank The Beatles for that…
It’s a sad day for the tech world. Overnight, Steve Jobs resigned as Apple CEO. While he’ll remain involved with the company as chairman of Apple’s board, he’s permanently passing the top job to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who was acting-CEO during Jobs’ medical absences.
The resignation suggests that this year’s iCloud keynote may have been the last chance to see the legendary Steve Jobs salesmanship in action. We’ll be bringing you more on the news throughout the morning but for the meantime we just wish technology’s most compelling character well. Read on for his resignation letter in full and share your thoughts in the comments.
Apple has said “no” again to shareholder demands that it publish a public succession plan for the day when Steve Jobs steps down permanently. Right now Steve Jobs is on medical leave indefinitely and Tim Cook is in the hot seat but shareholders want a clear public plan to say who’ll do that job for good…
