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New iPhone OS Allows Multitasking*

*As long as you aren't using an iPhone 3G

(Newser) - iPhone OS 4 will at long last allow iPhone users to multitask—as long as they’re using the latest version of the device. Just double-click the home button and you’ll see a list of apps you can switch between. It’s not precisely true multitasking—apps can only...

Fans Swoon as Steve Jobs Returns Emails

Apple world abuzz after CEO answers customer queries

(Newser) - At least a dozen Apple customers have been stunned to find themselves the recipients of emails from Steve Jobs himself over the last few weeks. The ultra-succinct replies (ranging from "no" to "yep" to "Software fix coming soon. Sorry for the bug.") sent by the...

Steve Jobs: 'I Almost Died' Waiting for New Liver

Apple CEO backs Calif. bill to boost donor ranks

(Newser) - Steve Jobs made some rare public comments today about the liver transplant that saved his life, saying, “I almost died” while waiting in California’s inadequate system. The Apple chief, 55, appeared with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at an event to push a bill that would make state drivers agree...

Biggest Oscar Moment for Some: iPad Ad Debut

But nothing we haven't seen before in 30-second commercial

(Newser) - The Apple iPad made its television debut last night with a 30-second commercial on the Academy Awards telecast, which you can view above. The keen eyes at Mashable caught CEO Steve Jobs on the red carpet, and the spot "explains" why he was there. Alternatively, the Detroit Free Press...

Usually Reticent, Steve Jobs OKs Official Biography

Former Time editor Walter Isaacson will write book with Jobs' help

(Newser) - After a raft of unauthorized biographies that supremely irked Steve Jobs, the Apple honcho is finally cooperating on an account of his life, starting when he was a wee Steve Jobs. Sources say that former Time managing editor and accomplished biographer Walter Isaacson will pen the book, and the New ...

Steve Jobs: Google's 'Don't Be Evil' Is BS

Apple CEO slams Adobe, Google at company town-hall

(Newser) - Steve Jobs had some harsh words for Adobe and Google at a town hall-style meeting following the iPad's launch last week, Apple workers say. "We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business," Jobs said in reference to Google, a source tells Wired . "Make...

McGraw-Hill's New Lesson: Don't Cross Steve Jobs

Publisher on the outs after CEO leaks news on TV

(Newser) - McGraw-Hill has been in the publishing biz for more than a century, but it got schooled in a modern business lesson yesterday: Beware the wrath of Steve Jobs. In his big iPad announcement, Jobs showed a slide of the publishers working with Apple on the new gizmo, but it had...

iPad Looks Like a Winner
 iPad Looks Like a Winner 
opinion
Jan 27, 2010 4:47 PM CST

iPad Looks Like a Winner

It's a 'dream screen for reading and watching,' says David Pogue

(Newser) - First things first: Apple hasn't given the iPad to any tech reviewers yet, so David Pogue warns against paying much attention to "hyperventilating" bloggers who love it or hate it. (Go here for an example.) Still, this thing shows definite promise, he writes. "It looks like Apple...

Apple Unveils the iPad
 Apple 
 Unveils 
 the iPad 
starts at $499
Jan 27, 2010 1:48 PM CST

Apple Unveils the iPad

Steve Jobs reveals the long-awaited tablet computer

(Newser) - It's out, finally. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad today, a tablet-style computer that resembles the iPhone, but larger. "It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone," Jobs said at the device's highly anticipated debut in San Francisco....

Apple Tablet Announcement Could Break Twitter

Some tweets already going out 4 to 5 minutes late

(Newser) - Twitter is already buckling under the weight of the massive buzz around Apple’s tablet. Ahead of the expected 1pm announcement, some tweets are already taking 4 to 5 minutes to post, Mashable reports. That sort of undermines Twitter’s “real-time” news appeal, on a day that promises a...

State of the Union, Steve Jobs-Style

Consummate pitchman shows Obama how it's done

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s State of the Union address is scheduled for January 27, the same day Steve Jobs will unveil his “latest creation.” Coincidence? Of course not! Jobs is delivering the speech, and Slate has a early draft:
  • “We made a stimulus package. It had the most
...

Apple Really Does Want to Save Old Media

Tablet aims to reinvent newspapers, mags as iPod did music biz

(Newser) - Apple thinks its new tablet could revolutionize print media and television the way the iPod revolutionized the music business. The company has been in talks with top book, magazine, and newspaper publishers, the Wall Street Journal reports, as well as television companies, to bring their content to the device. Unlike...

Apple to Unveil 'Latest Creation' on Jan. 27

 Apple to Unveil 
 'Latest Creation' 
 on Jan. 27 
whatever could it be?
Jan 18, 2010 12:27 PM CST

Apple to Unveil 'Latest Creation' on Jan. 27

Press invited to event and hope to see long-rumored tablet

(Newser) - You might not be on the invite list to grab a first look at what will likely be Apple’s rumored tablet device, but the Wall Street Journal is. The paper reports that it just received an invite to the Jan. 27 San Francisco event where the computer maker will...

How Steve Jobs Avoids Tiger's Predicament
How Steve Jobs Avoids Tiger's Predicament
ER, FAKE STEVE JOBS
Dec 2, 2009 11:00 PM CST

How Steve Jobs Avoids Tiger's Predicament

'I just can't stand other people,' Apple chief might say

(Newser) - We’ve all got an opinion on the Tiger Woods saga, but now comes one that really matters: Steve Jobs’. Or, actually, the blogger known as Fake Steve Jobs , who fills us in on why the Apple chief would never be in such a mess: “The reason I’ve...

Now in Halls of Power: Jeans




 Now in Halls of Power: Jeans 


Oct 29, 2009 4:43 AM CDT

Now in Halls of Power: Jeans

Denim goes from workwear to choice of the business classes

(Newser) - Jeans used to be the uniform of teen rebels but they're now the pants of choice for world leaders and top execs trying to signal that they're serious but modern. "Dad jeans" and stonewashed denim are still no-nos in the halls of power, but crisp, pressed "power jeans"...

Disney Reinventing Stores as 'Imagination Parks'

Apple's expertise will help transform shopping into entertainment

(Newser) - Disney has unveiled ambitious plans to bring the theme park to the shopping mall by turning its network of stores into interactive "Imagination Parks." The overhaul—designed using the expertise of Steve Jobs and his Apple Stores team—will cost some $1 million per store and focus...

Most Influential Man of 2009 Is... Don Draper?

The winner isn't even real, and Usain Bolt leaves Obama in his dust

(Newser) - The most influential man of 2009—at least in the eyes of AskMen.com readers—isn't actually a man. He's a fictional creation, none other than Don Draper of Mad Men. "In a turbulent 2009, men are seeking the stability of tradition in the masculine qualities that they imagine...

Goodbye, iPod; Hello, Portable Computer

Single-purpose devices' days are numbered: Manjoo

(Newser) - After yesterday's announcement that the iPod Nano now has a video camera, Apple's future direction is clear, writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate. Eventually, every iPod will be what Steve Jobs calls a “general-purpose device,” aka a small computer—a music player/phone/camera/web browser/GPS. Sure, Apple still sells dedicated music...

New iPod Nano Has Camera, Mic, and Radio

Touch, Classic get capacity upgrades

(Newser) - Sure, Steve Jobs stole all the headlines at Apple's shindig today, but there was some product news, too: The new version of the iPod Nano adds a video camera, microphone, and FM tuner, CNET reports. The new Nano also has a slightly larger screen, which is now 2.2 inches...

Jobs Takes Stage at Apple Event, Talks Health, iPods

Some talk of cancer, but mostly tech

(Newser) - Perhaps as much speculation has surrounded the possible attendance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the company’s product event today as what the event will actually be about. The first question is answered, Bloomberg reports: Jobs has made his first public appearance since having a liver transplant during a...

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