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Dopo l’iPod e l’iPad pare che Steve Jobs sia stato chiamato da Bersani per creare la nuova creatura: l’iPd

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Il culto di Steve Jobs ha portato anche a un libro dal titolo: The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

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Via Techcrunch

Q: Has your opinion of e-readers changed?

A: I’m sure there will always be dedicated devices, and they may have a few advantages in doing just one thing. But I think the general-purpose devices will win the day because I think people just probably aren’t willing to pay for a dedicated device. You notice Amazon never says how much they sell; usually if they sell a lot of something, you want to tell everybody.

We don’t see that it’s a really big market at this point. And in the future, the more general-purpose devices will tend to win the day.

I’m not sure that Amazon, as an example, really cares that much about being in the hardware business. If I were Amazon, I’d love selling stuff where I didn’t have to have a warehouse, didn’t need UPS.

Translation: We’re making a tablet, and eBooks will be a part of those.

Jobs isn’t saying Apple isn’t interested in eBooks, he’s saying that Apple isn’t interested in making a stand-alone eBook reader. And they shouldn’t be. While the devices will exist for a while, eventually the thought that this won’t be a functionality wrapped into other devices is silly. Why carry around multiple devices when you can carry around one? That’s kind of Apple’s thing, isn’t it?

Bentornato sulla scena Steve !

Via WSJ

Just a few months after Steve Jobs had a liver transplant, the Apple Inc. chief executive is once again managing even the smallest details of his company’s products, this time focused on a new tablet device.

Since his return in late June, the 54-year-old has been pouring almost all of his attention into a new touch-screen gadget that Apple is developing, said people familiar with the situation.

Those working on the project are under intense scrutiny from Mr. Jobs, particularly with regard to the product’s advertising and marketing strategy, said one of these people. The people familiar with the matter declined to give details on the tablet or disclose when the device would come out.

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Paparazzato, ma pare in buone condizioni Via Maccity

Veste l’inconfondibile tenuta jeans, dolcevita nero e scarpe da ginnastica attraversa il passaggio pedonale proprio di fronte al campus di Apple in Cupertino. La barba ne camuffa un pocola magrezza, se possibile ancora più accentuata rispetto alle ultime immagini pubbliche che risalgono alla presentazione dei MacBook unibody del 14 ottobre 2008. Ecco come appare Steve Jobs nella prima fotografia messa in circolazione dopo il suo intervento. A diffonderla il sito TMZ, una testata internet specializzata in “paparazzate” e che ha al suo attivo una serie di scoop notevoli. Fu proprio TMZ a dare per primo la notizia della morte di Michael Jackson, ad esempio.

Nella foto a lato di Jobs è visibile un’altra persona che potrebbe anche essere Jonathan Ive, purtroppo la qualità dell’immagine e la ripresa solo di profilo non permettono di essere completamente sicuri sull’identità dell’accompagnatore di Jobs.

Ricordiamo che le fonti ufficiali hanno riferito che Jobs è tornato al lavoro a fine del mese di giugno e alcune sue dichiarazioni pubbliche riportate nei comunicati stampa ne hanno testimoniato la ripresa del pieno del suo incarico. Fonti ufficiose riferiscono che però attualmente l’amministratore delegato di Apple sarebbe impegnato in una sorta di part time per permettergli di recuperare dell’intervento di trapianto del fegato che ha subito qualche mese fa.

Via Reuters: bentornato

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs was at the company’s headquarters on Monday, underscoring speculation the pancreatic cancer survivor may have returned to work.

Jobs, who has been on medical leave since January, was seen by a Reuters reporter leaving the Apple campus in Cupertino, California dressed in his trademark black turtleneck and jeans. He walked out chatting with another person before climbing into a black car that then drove off.

Speculation has mounted that Jobs could be back at work soon, fueled in part by a Wall Street Journal article last weekend that said the CEO had a liver transplant two months ago.

Joh Gruber racconta antefatti e post facti sullo scoop del WSJ sul trapianto di fegato a Steve Jobs (auguri Steve)

Friday night around midnight, The Wall Street Journal published a report headlined “Jobs Had Liver Transplant”1 by Yukari Iwatani Kane and Joann S. Lublin. It stated:

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially.

What’s intriguing about this story is not the question of whether Jobs actually had a liver transplant. I do not doubt that (although I’d like to see better sources for it). What is intriguing is the question of who leaked this information to the Journal and why.

Via ValleyWag

Steve Jobs is set to return to Apple on schedule at the end of June, “people familiar with Apple” tell the Wall Street Journal. He might also end up at the company’s developer’s conference next week, the paper said.

Writes the Journal:

Two people who do business with Apple said senior Apple managers have told them the company is now trying to coordinate Mr. Jobs’s return with a product launch or public event.

The prospect of a public return by Apple’s CEO, following a six-month medical leave, will no doubt help build buzz for the company’s developer event, where Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone into a barrage of free publicity.

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Una lettera ad Obama Via Techcrunch

As you well know, if GM and Chrysler fail, the US auto industry will suffer a fatal blow – along with our entire economy. We must find a way to not only save the industry, but also make it competitive in the global marketplace. Cars are part of our national fiber, based on an industry that includes a massive ecosystem of vehicles and parts that stretch across our people and economy. However, bailing out the US car makers and investing tax payers’ money in inferior products is no solution. We must strive for a level of competitiveness in the auto industry similar to that which we have attained in the Information Technology industry. Our country’s leadership in the auto industry lies in developing future cars that are more like computers with wheels than mechanical sleighs addicted to dinosaur juice. The future of the automotive industry will be defined by electronics and software. The good news is that there is no country with more talent and capability in this arena than the United States.

Now the suggestion: Draft Steve Jobs (his health willing) to run a combined GM and Chrysler. After all, who has done a better job developing and marketing products consumers want to buy? Who has been more successful keeping the US ahead of other nations in competitive, technology-based markets? Mr. Jobs has also done right by his shareholders. GM and Chrysler have far too many product lines, most of which are uncompetitive. To compete in the global auto industry, they must develop Macs, iPods and iPhones with wheels. Rather than pouring billions of dollars into these failed companies, why not replace the current management with people capable of changing the way cars are designed, manufactured, powered and sold? I believe Mr. Jobs is the best choice to lead this effort.

Steve jobs ha mandato una mail ai dipendenti Apple in cui precisa di abbandonare Apple fino a fine giugno, salvo che per le decisioni oiù importanti e che le sue condizi0ni di salute sono più complesse del previsto

I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.

In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.

I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan. I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.

Per essere cinici in un momento del genere: le azioni Apple hanno perso di botto il 10%, qualcuno ha valutato il valore dell’uso dell‘aggettivo complesso in 6 bilioni di dollari . Vendere Apple ieri aveva un senso, oggi è da idioti ?