Category: Apple
Steve Jobs Resigns
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.
Samsung Cites ’2001’ in Lawsuit
File this story under “Crap you can’t make up.”
Turning Screws
I’m getting ready to expire.
Well, not me. Let me rephrase that.
I’m about to let my ACMT expire. This is the certification Apple requires technicians to have to work on in-warranty Macs. I will be an “Apple-Certified Macintosh Technician” for just a few more days.
I’ve carried this certification for years. All Mac Geniuses have it (although it is named differently for Apple employees), as do any techs working at third-party Apple Authorized Service Providers. Both are line items on my resume.
‘A Bicycle for our Minds’
I get chills every time I come across this quote.
On the LED Cinema Display’s Guts
Ever wonder why Apple’s displays are so pricey? Wonder no more.
‘iTunes 10.4.1 Fixes Problems’
Peter Cohen wins the for headline for the day. I love it.
Meta
Writing with the Newton
Thomas Brand, in an interview with Shawn Blanc:
I carry my MessagePad and keyboard separated in two large jacket pockets, or sandwiched together in the Newton keyboard case. When I am writing I position my MessagePad in a landscape orientation with the keyboard in front, and my wallet underneath to give my Newton the desired viewing angle. My MessagePad can only display ten lines of text at a time so I tend to write in small paragraphs correcting my prose with the stylus as I go.
Searching for Real News
For the past several hours, the Apple Store has been down, but unlike when we usually say that, Apple’s seemingly not doing just maintenance… instead, store.apple.com seems to have totally crashed.
Making things stranger, the Apple Online Store fell over on a Wednesday, as opposed to the traditional Tuesday maintenance period. Some users have reported in the last hour the usual ‘We’re Updating The Store” message… so could a new product be imminent?
‘It Doesn’t Even Have a Handle’
I love my eMate and this photo.
Verbs Adds Facebook Chat
Verbs, the excellent IM app for the iPhone and iPod touch has been updated to include Facebook chat support.
While I don’t have a Facebook account, I do know that Verbs is the best looking (and best-functioning) IM app I’ve tried for iOS.
To help celebrate this release, the lovely people over at #include tech. have given me a handful of promo codes for the app, which I’ll be giving away over on the site’s Twitter account later today.