Previously redacted content in lawsuit against Apple shows that Steve Jobs told a publishing exec to join Apple in creating “a real mainstream e-books market at $ 12.99 and $ 14.99.”
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New details reveal Steve Jobs involved in e-book lawsuit
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Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs looks like Ashton Kutcher
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on May 12, 2012
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TMZ, Hollywood’s nosy aunt, obtains pictures of Ashton Kutcher dressed in black turtleneck and baggy bright blue jeans. Is the image convincing?
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Apple sequel to ’1984′ commercial featured Steve Jobs as FDR
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on May 7, 2012
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Under New JOBS Act, More IPO Prospects Consider Filing Confidentially
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on May 6, 2012
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SolarCity, the cleantech company backed by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, filed for an IPO this past week. But there’s hardly been a peep about it compared to most offerings.
That’s because under the recently passed JOBS Act, SolarCity didn’t have to publicly share anything about its financial performance when it filed. This is unlike LinkedIn and Pandora, which had to publicly release three years of data in filings that were more than 150 pages long. In SolarCity’s case, the company merely put out a two-paragraph statement saying that it had confidentially filed with the SEC and planned to have an IPO.
This is the new world under the JOBS Act, which was hastily passed last month.
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Woz: Microsoft might have reincarnated Steve Jobs
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on April 29, 2012
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Apple’s co-founder says there’s “no contest” between the prettiness of Windows Phones interfaces and those of Android phones. Indeed, he says Microsoft, to make them so pretty, might have had help from above.
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Take Credit For The Jobs You Create With SmartRecruiters’ “Got Jobs?” Campaign
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on April 22, 2012
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Thanks to an election year and a high employment rate, jobs seem to be dominating the headlines even more than usual. Now SmartRecruiters, a hiring startup recently backed by the Mayfield Fund, is trying to tap into that interest — and maybe do some good in the process — with a campaign it’s calling “Got Jobs?”
The company says that its technology is can help small- and medium-sized businesses, in particular, cast a wider net as they try to fill open positions. Rather than just posting their job listings to a few sites like Craigslist and Monster, SmartRecruiters customers can post to to more than 100 job boards, including LinkedIn and Careerbuilder, then track applications and feedback. And SmartRecruiters is free to use. (It takes a percentage of the fee when you post to a paid job board or buy background checks from third-party vendor.)
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Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested
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on April 21, 2012
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Steve Jobs film with Ashton Kutcher as the lead aims for Q4 launch
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on April 16, 2012
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With the passing of Steve Jobs, there are two movies in the works about his life. Sony is working on the big-budget production based on the autobiography of Jobs published very shortly after his death. The second film is an independent project with Ashton Kutcher playing Jobs. What we didn’t know when the picture was
Steve Jobs movie starring Kutcher to focus on CEO’s early years
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Independent film’s producer says biopic — working titled “Jobs: Get Inspired” — will be released in the fourth quarter.
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Sony Confirms 10,000 Jobs To Go As Part Of Its Big ‘One Sony’ Reorganization
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So the reports have proven to be true: Sony has now officially said that it will be reducing its headcount by 10,000 people worldwide, some six percent of its workforce, as the struggling electronics giant reorganizes under new management and its new “One Sony” plan.
Sony says the employee reductions will be made over the course of this fiscal year, and will also include some employees leaving the company through sale and transfer. Meanwhile, the organizational restructuring will see Sony strengthen its focus on the core units of digital imaging, gaming and mobile; attempt to turn around its ailing TV business and expand in emerging markets. Altogether Sony estimates that the restructuring will cost it ¥75 billion ($ 926 million).
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Kaz Hirai reveals ‘One Sony’ turnaround strategy, will cut 10,000 jobs
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Freshly minted Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has revealed his plan to turn around Sony’s fortunes and as rumored, it includes significant cuts. Two days ago, the company revised its projections for the 2011 fiscal year to reflect a $ 6.4 billion loss. The One Sony plan includes reducing headcount by 10,000 in the 2012 financial year, including jobs that will leave Sony as businesses are sold or otherwise reorganized. Currently, the plan is to focus on digital imaging, gaming and mobile for growth, until those three make up 70 percent of its total sales in 2014. As far as its beleaguered HDTV business, it’s going forward with the plans announced during CES to streamline the product line, reduce its costs, and return to profitability by 2014. Looking forward, there’s slightly fuzzier promises to “develop and commercialize” OLED and Crystal LED technology. Beyond those the idea is to expand in emerging markets, as well as medical and 4K related technologies. There’s more details in the press release after the break and presentation slides linked below, we’ll let you know if there’s any more information revealed on a conference call later on today.
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Sony to cut 10,000 jobs and slash bonuses, says Japanese newspaper
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There have been some major adjustments at Sony HQ already, but Japanese business sheet Nikkei reckons they’re nothing compared to what’s on the horizon. It reports that, come an announcement on April 12th, Kaz Hirai will reveal plans to clear out 10,000 jobs by the end of this year — that’s six percent of his workforce. The paper also says that seven execs, including chairman Howard Stringer, could be asked to forgo their bonuses, as the company concedes a $ 3.2 billion loss for 2011. It’s a just a single report and it’s entirely possible that none of this will happen, but merely the hint of such austerity could perhaps serve Hirai’s interests, even if he ends up being less drastic when Thursday comes around.
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Sony expected to slash 10,000 jobs
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Elimination of 6 percent of the electronics and entertainment giant’s workforce expected to help return the troubled company to profitability.
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Tech chief says JOBS Act ‘renews faith’ in Washington
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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups had some provision that will directly impact Rally Software, especially if it decides to go public, says CEO Tim Miller.
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How The JOBS Act Will Change The Tech World (And Beyond) [TCTV]
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In a press event today held at the White House, President Obama just signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (which cleverly has the acronym of the JOBS Act) into law, sealing the deal on a bill that has been supported for months by a group of the technology industry’s most influential players.
Like most legislation, the JOBS Act has a lot of moving parts to it — it changes who can invest in private businesses, how companies proceed toward initial public offerings on the stock market, how many shareholders a company can have before it starts reporting finances to the SEC, and more. So we sat down with Ryan Caldbeck, the founder and CEO of equity investment marketplace CircleUp, to find out how this will impact the tech industry and the larger business ecosystem. Caldbeck’s current company is directly affected by the crowdfunding aspect of the JOBS Act, and he previously worked for years in the financial industry, so he is a good person to talk to about this issue.
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With JOBS Act Becoming Law, Crowdfunding Platforms Look To Create Self-Regulatory Body
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Today, President Obama signs the JOBS Act into law, legalizing crowdfunding in startups by non-accredited investors, so that anyone and their mother can invest. The new law stipulates that entrepreneurs can now raise money from any and all, however, startups are limited to $ 1 million per year, and must stick to portals approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. What’s more, the legislation dispenses with the 500-shareholder rule, which put a limit on the number of shareholders a company was allowed before registering with the SEC (and going public).
The new law gives high-growth companies a longer grace period, or on-ramp, leading up to IPOs, and lifts some of the one-size-fits all regulation that likely has been hampering the IPO market. While this is a big win for startups, it puts significant pressure on the crowdfunding market to self-regulate — which is risky. That’s why 13 equity and debt crowdfunding platforms and insiders have come together to form a leadership group to bring attention to the need — really, requirement — for the industry to develop effective self-regulation, best practices, and investor protection.
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Ashton Kutcher To Play Steve Jobs In Upcoming Film
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on April 2, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “Variety is reporting that Ashton Kutcher – who you likely recognize from That 70s Show, Punked, and Two and a Half Men – has been tapped to play Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an indie film titled ‘Jobs’, based on a script from Matt Whiteley. The film will chronicle Steve Jobs from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he became one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time.”
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Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs? Really?
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Variety reports that the “Two and A Half Men” actor has signed to play in an indie movie called “Jobs.” Can this possibly be true?
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Tech Jobs And Airbnb Are Squeezing The SF Housing Market — Here’s What To Do
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on April 1, 2012
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Have you been searching for a place to live in San Francisco lately? You’re not the only one thinking @$ #%&! on a daily basis.
Forget the speculation about a tech bubble. This is a real estate bubble.
It’s a common scene on a weekend morning: A line of people waiting for an open house at an apartment that just hit the market, with rental applications, credit reports, and certified checks in-hand. The first one who qualifies wins the prize.
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Ex Apple engineer disses firm’s post-Steve Jobs design sense
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on March 25, 2012
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A former UI designer for Apple TV takes to Twitter to diss the new home page for the set-top box and says there’s no quality control since Jobs died.
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Reporters’ Roundtable: JOBS Act makes crowdfunding the law
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How the JOBS Act will change the rules for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors, with prospectives from guests George Zachary, Chance Barnett, and Tim Rowe.
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T-Mobile to eliminate 1,900 US call center jobs, says more ‘restructuring’ ahead
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on March 22, 2012
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T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm sent word to his employees today that the company will be shuttering seven call centers, cutting a total of 3,300 jobs in the process. Affected employees will have the option of relocating to any of the 17 remaining call centers throughout the country, where 1,400 new positions will be available, essentially bringing the net job loss to 1,900. The call centers affected include Allentown, Pennsylvania; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Frisco, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Lenexa, Kansas; Thornton, Colorado; and Redmond, Oregon — so if you’re based in one of those locations and want to stick with T-Mob, now would probably be the time to communicate your intentions. Other employees, including technicians and “front line” workers, will be able to stay put, though Humm did allude to further reductions, adding that “we will also be restructuring other parts of the company.” You’ll find the CEO’s message in its entirety just past the break.
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The JOBS Act: Support Growing Biotech Companies Developing Breakthrough Medicines
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Small biotechnology companies are leading innovation across the country. My company, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, is working at the cutting edge of oncology research, focusing on a specific set of cells within tumors that drives the growth of tumors. We have developed a portfolio of antibodies that target biologic pathways critical for survival of tumor-initiating cells, with the goal being to stop those cells from replicating.
Entrepreneurs across the biotech industry are conducting groundbreaking science like ours, and are deeply invested in treating the severe illnesses that families across the nation face. At the same time, biotech leaders must deal with the day-to-day challenges of running a small business.
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Offshoring shrinks number of IT jobs, study says
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on March 21, 2012
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The number of IT jobs at large corporations is declining significantly, but within 10 years this exodus may end as companies run out of jobs suitable for moving to low-cost countries, a new study says.
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Steve Jobs asked CBS to join subscription video service
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on March 12, 2012
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CBS chief Les Moonves confirms that Apple was trying to sell Hollywood on the idea of a subscription video service. Don’t expect it anytime soon.
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Paul Graham Wants You To Build A New Search Engine, Inbox, Or Be The Next Steve Jobs
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on March 11, 2012
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As a founding partner at Y Combinator, Paul Graham has seen more startup pitches than the average Joe. In a new essay, called “Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas”, Graham makes the case that the ideas with the most disruptive potential also happen to be frightening due to the sheer ambition they would require from entrepreneurs to turn them into reality.
Yes, there is an amazing amount of talent in Silicon Valley; there has been for years, and there will be for years to come. While the tech industry continues to produce world-changing hardware, software, and consumer web companies, there is a sense that the current landscape is lacking the kind of deep innovation that once defined the industry. Last September, at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel went so far as to say that innovation today is actually “between dire straits and dead.”
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Apple To Add 3600 Jobs At New $304 Million Campus In Austin
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on March 10, 2012
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An anonymous reader links to a short note at Tech Newest, according to which “Apple Inc. plans to create a $ 304 million campus in Austin, Texas, which will add 3,600 jobs over the next decade, more than doubling its labourforce in the city. The Cupertino, California, customer device huge already employs thousands in Austin, whose tasks include handling customer issues and support.”
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Study: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014
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on March 6, 2012
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Implementation of cloud services will create 14 million jobs internationally by 2014, with the greatest increases occurring in emerging markets, which are not constrained in deploying cloud systems by legacy infrastructure, according to a new study from Microsoft and IDC.
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How Steve Jobs Patent-Trolled Bill Gates
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theodp writes “Apple, which is currently waging IP war on Android vendors, is no stranger to patent trolling. Citing the Steve Jobs bio, Forbes’ Eric Jackson recalls how Steve Jobs used patents to get Bill Gates to make a 1997 investment in Apple. Recalled Jobs: ‘Microsoft was walking over Apple’s patents. I said [to Gates], “If we kept up our lawsuits, a few years from now we could win a billion-dollar patent suit. You know it, and I know it. But Apple’s not going to survive that long if we’re at war. I know that. So let’s figure out how to settle this right away. All I need is a commitment that Microsoft will keep developing for the Mac and an investment by Microsoft in Apple so it has a stake in our success.’ Next thing you know, BillG was lording over Jobs at Macworld Boston, as the pair announced the $ 150 million investment that breathed new life into then-struggling Apple. So, does Gates deserve any credit for helping create the world’s most valuable company?”
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Apple touts creation of 514,000 jobs in America
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on March 2, 2012
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Following criticism that Apple was offshoring too many jobs, the company has responded with a new promo page, touting that it has created or supported 514,000 jobs in the US. This half-million figure includes those jobs not directly employed by Apple, but by other companies in the various industries dependent on Apple. A study done [...]
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Steve Jobs Awarded Posthumous Grammy
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on February 15, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “Recognizing Steve Jobs’s immense contribution to music, he was the recipient of the Grammy Trustees Award at the Grammy’s this past Sunday. The award is handed out annually to ‘individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.’”
Eddy Cue, head if iTunes, accepted the Grammy in place of Jobs.
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Apple iTunes chief accepts Steve Jobs’ Grammy
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Eddy Cue picks up Special Merit Award honoring the late Apple co-founder’s contribution to the music industry.
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iMac robot, faux Steve Jobs snapped in Tokyo
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on February 11, 2012
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A robot costume made of old iMac parts recently surfaced in China. Or was it Japan? That depends on who you believe.
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Steve Jobs FBI file pulled with Freedom of Information Act
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on February 9, 2012
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There’s quite a bit of hubub about the Steve Jobs FBI file that’s been put up for download by any man, woman, or child who would dare read it today, but not a whole lot of people speaking about how it came to us all now, of all times. What’s going on here is that [...]
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FBI reveals 1991 probe of Steve Jobs
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on February 9, 2012
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The FBI today made public a background probe of Steve Jobs conducted in 1991, when he was being considered by the George H. W. Bush administration for a spot on the President’s Export Council.
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The real Steve Jobs: FBI investigation reveals drug use, ‘reality distortion field’
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on February 9, 2012
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Taiwanese ad featuring Steve Jobs ‘angel’ pulled off air, but outrage remains
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on February 7, 2012
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Neil Young was working on next generation iPod with Steve Jobs
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Google fired cheeky recruiter who peeved Steve Jobs with poach attempt
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on January 30, 2012
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Today most of us expect litigation between technology firms for things like patent and copyright infringement. What we might not expect is litigation against tech firms over agreements not to poach employees from one another. In the past the technology world has seen companies get together and agree to set pricing and other details on [...]
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NEC will cut 10,000 jobs after forecasting $1.3 billion annual loss, mostly in mobile phone biz
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on January 29, 2012
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After releasing a revised financial forecast for FY 2011 that predicts an annual $ 1.3 billion loss, its third in the last four years, NEC announced it will cut around 10,000 jobs. Bloomberg Businessweek reports President Nobuhiro Endo announced the cuts, revealing most of the cuts will come from the company’s mobile-phone handset business, with 7,000 of them expected to be in Japan. The company reportedly had 115,840 employees as of March so there should be a few folks left around to keep the lights on and maintain ventures like its new JV with NTT Docomo, Panasonic, Samsung and Fujitsu, the NEC Lenovo PC alliance, and its recently announced work on the Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer. Still, we’ll have to wait and see how the cuts affect upcoming cellphones, like any potential successors to its super-slim MEDIAS N-04C seen above.
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Gates sent dying Jobs a letter he kept bedside
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An interview with with Microsoft’s Bill Gates in The Telegraph is just the latest to show he and the late Steve Jobs had a strong relationship at the time of the Apple icon’s death.
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Steve Jobs, Superhero
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on January 28, 2012
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When I was a kid, I read tons of superhero comic books. I fantasized about superpowers, but the storylines about heroes with massive Achilles’ heels really held my attention the most. They saved the world but had screwed up personal lives, made lots of mistakes, and often acted like complete assholes. In retrospect, I related to their flaws. And, probably not coincidentally, my favorite characters exhibited core weaknesses I had experienced: Spider-Man (immaturity), Iron Man (overconfidence/hubris), and Wolverine (rage). Ironically, when the character’s weakness comingled with the superpower, it would often spur them to succeed against impossible odds.
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Keen On… Caleb Melby: The Zen of Steve Jobs (TCTV)
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on January 26, 2012
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Walter Isaacson has unleashed a torrent of new books about Steve Jobs and Apple. But nobody has written anything quite like Caleb Melby’s The Zen of Steve Jobs, a graphic novel that charts Jobs’ relationship with a Buddhist priest called Koby Chino Otogawa. The book is a both a visual and textual delight and I couldn’t resist inviting Melby, who also writes for Forbes, into our New York City studio to talk about Zen and the art of Steve Jobs.
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Blog – Manufacturing is Key to Innovation as Well as Jobs
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on January 26, 2012
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Obama: America Should Support The Next Steve Jobs
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on January 25, 2012
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In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama laid out a blueprint for economic recovery, with numerous references to the technology sector. “An economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country,” the President said, with Steve Jobs’ wife (and Instagram’s Mike Krieger) in attendance, That means women should earn equal pay for equal work. It means we should support everyone who’s willing to work; and every risk-taker and entrepreneur who aspires to become the next Steve Jobs.”
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Jobs’ wife, Instagram’s founder among State of the Union guests
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on January 24, 2012
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The guests suggest a focus on technology, a recurring theme for President Obama during past State of the Union addresses.
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Jobs’ seat on Disney board not to be filled by widow or Trust
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on January 22, 2012
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Neither Steve Jobs’ widow nor a representative of his trust will be on the ballot when Disney shareholders vote on re-electing the company’s board, says a report. The Jobs Trust is Disney’s largest shareholder.
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Steve Jobs action figure pulled from market
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on January 18, 2012
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Steve Jobs Immortalized in New Comic Book Bio
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on January 13, 2012
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Apple Threatens Steve Jobs Doll Maker With Lawsuit
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on January 6, 2012
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redletterdave writes “Apple has allegedly threatened to sue Chinese company ‘In Icons’ over its eerily realistic 12-inch action figure of Steve Jobs, the company’s late founder and CEO. The 1:6 scale model, which was said to be distributed by DiD Corp. in late February, comes with the clothes and accessories popularized by Jobs, such as the black faux turtleneck, blue jeans and sneakers. The figurine is packaged in a box that looks like Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs’ biography cover, and also comes with a ‘One More Thing…’ backdrop, as well as two red apples, including one with a bite in it. To make it extra creepy, the doll’s realistic head sculpt features Jobs’ famous unblinking stare. Apple reportedly wrote ‘In Icons’, telling the Chinese manufacturer that any toy that resembles Apple’s logo or products, or Job’s name or appearance, is a ‘criminal offense.’ Attorneys believe a Steve Jobs action figure released after his death violates the ‘right of publicity,’ which is a state law that protects one’s image, voice, photograph, identity or signature from being used commercially without consent. Furthermore, California’s Celebrity Rights Act in 1985 protects a celebrity’s personality rights up to 70 years after their death.”
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