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What Apple's New 'Spaceship' HQ Looks Like

Proposed facility would hold 12K

(Newser) - Apple’s proposed new headquarters would hold 12,000 employees, sit on 150 acres of land, and look "a little like a spaceship.” That’s how CEO Steve Jobs described it to the Cupertino City Council during a presentation of the tech giant’s plans, the Los ... More »

Steve Jobs Pitches 'Spaceship' Apple HQ

Makes surprise appearance at Cupertino council meeting

(AP) - What medical leave ? Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance at a Cupertino City Council meeting yesterday to announce plans for a major Apple expansion: a spaceship-like structure that would house an estimated 12,000 employees. Jobs presented renderings of a proposed 150-acre Northern California campus built around a massive... More »

Steve Jobs Unveils iCloud, New iOS

Apple also unveils new version of Mac OS

(Newser) - Steve Jobs took a break from his medical leave to show off some major new Apple software today, including its hotly anticipated new cloud computing service. The service, predictably dubbed “iCloud,” lets users keep all manner of data online, including books, apps, and music, syncing it all across... More »

Apple Peeved Over Steve Jobs Obituary

Apple boss not dead, will present today at WWDC

(Newser) - Steve Jobs is not dead—in fact, he’ll be presenting for Apple at the Worldwide Developers Conference today. But the AP has been updating his obituary just in case, and Apple apparently isn’t happy about it, sources tell the New York Post's Page Six . Over the past... More »

Steve Jobs Will Return to Give Apple Keynote

CEO will return from medical leave to unveil Lion software, new iPhone

(AP) - Apple is bringing out the big guns—CEO Steve Jobs will take a break from his medical leave to deliver the keynote speech at next week's Apple conference. Apple shares immediately rose on the news. The speech will feature Apple's new Mac software, Lion, and the next version... More »

Apple Earnings Nearly Double

Even if iPad sales didn't meet expectations

(AP) - Apple today reported another exceptional quarter, nearly doubling its net income and far exceeding analyst estimates on the strength of the seemingly unstoppable iPhone. However, sales of Apple's big new product, the iPad tablet computer, came in below expectations. The second version of the tablet launched three weeks before... More »

Steve Jobs' Official Bio Due Next Year

iSteve: The Book of Jobs penned by former CNN exec Walter Isaacson

(Newser) - The rumors are true: The first authorized biography of Steve Jobs is on its way. iSteve: The Book of Jobs, by Walter Isaacson, is being written with Jobs' cooperation—unlike earlier books on the Apple CEO. Isaacson, an ex-exec at CNN and Time magazine and author of biographies of Benjamin... More »

Steve Jobs Re-Elected to Disney Board

Despite health fears after he missed 75% of meetings in 2010

(Newser) - Disney shareholders have re-elected Steve Jobs to the company's board of directors despite an advisory firm's concerns about his poor health. The Apple chief—who owns more than 7% of Disney stock and has been on the board since Disney acquired Pixar in 2006—missed nearly three-quarters of board meetings... More »

No, Bon Jovi, Steve Jobs Isn't Killing Music

Digital changes aren't all bad

(Newser) - Jon Bon Jovi has accused Steve Jobs of personally "killing" the music industry, but Bon Jovi is just engaging in silly "nostalgia grief," writes Keith Staskiewicz at Entertainment Weekly . In his interview with the London Sunday Times, Bon Jovi fetishizes the experience of a physical record. Because... More »

Don't Bet Against Jobs' Successor

Steve Jobs too much of a control freak not to have succession plan

(Newser) - Ever since Steve Jobs took his medical leave of absence, Apple stock has been criminally underpriced, argues Eric Jackson of Bloomberg . “That assertion may seem absurd,” he allows, given that Apple’s market value is second only to Exxon Mobil’s, but “it should be much higher,... More »

Steve Jobs Himself Introduces New iPad

Apple CEO makes surprise appearance

(AP) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been on indefinite medical leave , unveiled the second generation of the iPad himself in San Francisco today. Jobs walked on stage to a standing ovation, wearing his signature black mock turtleneck, blue jeans, and wire-rimmed glasses. "We've been working on this product for... More »

Gordon Brown Blocked Jobs Knighthood Over Snub

Apple boss reportedly turned down invite to speak at Labour conference

(Newser) - Steve Jobs came thiiiis close to being an honorary knight—before then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown stepped in and put the kibosh on his nomination, one former lawmaker tells the Telegraph . What had Jobs done to earn the honor? Why make nifty-looking gadgets, of course! More »

Apple Fends Off Call for Succession Plan

Steve Jobs doesn't attend shareholder meeting

(Newser) - Apple today fended off a call from a group of big investors to reveal publicly its plans to replace Steve Jobs when he eventually hangs up his turtleneck for good. The resolution, introduced by a major labor pension fund, was voted down at the company’s shareholder meeting today, Fox... More »

Control-Freak Apple Headed for Backlash

No longer an upstart, Apple needs more openness to succeed long-term

(Newser) - Steve Jobs' Apple has gone from underdog geek favorite to the No. 2 company in the world (behind petro-behemoth Exxon Mobil), and the new big dog is facing some backlash for its control-freak ways and "highly closed" approach. Apple's stranglehold is giving app developers, publishers, and service providers fits,... More »

Steve Jobs Has Weeks to Live: Enquirer

'Skeletal' Apple CEO seen leaving cancer clinic

(Newser) - The claim to take with a grain of salt: Steve Jobs may have just 6 weeks to live, says the National Enquirer. The claim that seems a little more backed up: Jobs was spotted leaving the same California clinic where actor Patrick Swayze sought treatment for cancer in his final... More »

Steve Jobs Working Hard—From Home

He's still involved at Apple despite medical leave, say insiders

(Newser) - It's been nearly a month since Steve Jobs left active duty at Apple for another unspecified medical issue, but the CEO remains actively involved in leading the company, the Wall Street Journal reports. He's just doing so from home. Insiders tell the newspaper that Jobs is hosting meetings there and... More »

Apple's Revenue Surges on Brisk iPad Sales

But Steve Jobs news overshadows earnings report

(AP) - Apple said its net income for the most recent quarter rose 78% as holiday shoppers snapped up more iPads than analysts anticipated. The company sold more than 7 million iPads, about a million more than expected. It also sold more than 16 million iPhones in the quarter. The rosy news... More »

Fake Steve Jobs: Leave Jobs Alone

No, the public doesn't have the right to know and this isn't a teaching moment

(Newser) - Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence, and we should all just ... let him be absent, writes the guy who's spent the better part of the last few years tweaking the Apple guru. None other than Fake Steve Jobs, aka Dan Lyons, has put his blog on hiatus... More »

Steve Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

Tim Cook to take over operations

(Newser) - Apple's board has granted Steve Jobs a medical leave of absence, the company announced today. Jobs promised that he would "continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company," but Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will take over the company's day-to-day operations. Cook has... More »

Apple Pushes Back Launch for Murdoch's 'The Daily'

Company wants to perfect subscription tech

(Newser) - We know you're all anxiously awaiting the Steve Jobs/Rupert Murdoch buddy comedy , but it looks like you'll have to wait: the moguls have pushed back their launch event for The Daily, Murdoch's new tablet-only tabloid. The delay is reportedly Apple's doing; it wants more time to perfect the iPad's subscription... More »

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