Despite the shock which surrounded the exit of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the signs that the man responsible for bringing Apple to the top would be stepping down from duty have been lurking since he took a medical leave in January of this year, leaving Tim Cook in charge of proceedings immediately after resignation.
Yesterday, both investors and the Apple community was taken by shock when Steve Jobs unexpectedly announced that he would be stepping down from Apple after 14 straight years as CEO. Tim Cook, who was previously the company's Chief Operating Officer, took his place. His first order of business? Send all Apple employees an email promising not to change Apple's current philosophy.
In a month many had predicted to be dominated by news about the iPhone 5 and OS X Lion, Apple's board of directors has unexpectedly announced that Steve Jobs has stepped down from Apple as CEO and will be replaced by Tim Cook, Apple's current COO. Meanwhile, Jobs will be the chairman of the board.
Just when we were thinking we’ve seen it all - fake iPhones, iPads and MacBooks - East Asia outdoes itself and brings something new to the table. We saw this with the unbelievably authentic-looking fake Apple Stores and today, it has been discovered that there is a fake Steve Jobs biography available in the market.
According to well-known publisher Barnes & Noble, Steve Jobs' very own approved biography will be officially available on November 21st, 2011, instead of the previously announced date of March 23rd 2012. The reason for this change is unclear, but it brings us a few months closer to Jobs’ biography.
According to a new report published today, Apple will be holding a media event on September 7th to, reportedly, announce a new product.
Steve Jobs and his black turtleneck, blue jeans and sneakers have become a bit of a meme these days. We're racking our brains right now, and we can't actually remember a public appearance from the Apple CEO and co-founder where he hasn't been wearing his trademark outfit.
Just one day after showing off new products at WWDC, Steve Jobs headed back home to pitch the company's new campus in a Cupertino City Hearing. Apple, which has always been based in the city, is now Cupertino's largest tax payer, so as you might expect, all the lawmakers were loyal Apple fan boys.
If you're a regular reader of this site, you're probably aware that Apple's WWDC will take place next week, starting on Monday, June 6th. Apple is now dressing up the Moscone Center, a convention center where the conference will take place.
Apple is one of the most secretive companies on the planet. They don't (tend to) leak things, they don't tell anyone what's going on behind the scenes. But now Fortune has managed to get behind the curtain at the Cupertino outfit, and the stories coming out are intriguing.
