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#AppleEvent: the highs, the lows and the memes from Apple’s iPhone X launch

Today at its headquarters in Cupertino, Apple announced a refreshed product lineup including a number of new iPhones, a new Apple TV and a…

Want to play with a bit of geek history? Apple II OS now open to public

Retro tech lovers, you have our full permission to geek out after reading this: the operating system that ran the iconic Apple II is…

Ashton Kutcher joins Lenovo as product engineer, no seriously

So it looks like the trend for Hollywood celebs taking on roles at large tech companies isn’t about to slow down any time soon….

The man who missed the boat: how do we judge Steve Ballmer’s legacy?

Like so many big tech companies, Microsoft started out as just a couple of guys in a garage. Back in the 1970s Bill Gates…

Does Steve Jobs deserve a giant statue? One Indiegogo campaign thinks so

Steve Jobs deserves praise for a lot of things, including bringing Apple back from the brink of demise and making otherwise marginal technologies really…

Oracle’s Larry Ellison thinks Apple is screwed without Steve Jobs

Anyone who thinks Apple’s been struggling since founder CEO Steve Jobs’ exit and ultimate death is in pretty good company. In an interview with…

Ashton Kutcher channels Steve Jobs at Teen Choice Awards [video]

It looks like playing late Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs has rubbed off a little on Ashton Kutcher. During his acceptance speech at…

Given a little more energy Steve Jobs would’ve built an Apple car

This is interesting. Tucked away in Nick Bilton’s New York Times article about Apple potentially building an iWatch is a revelation that Steve Jobs…

Steve Jobs was not into streaming music says Beats Audio founder

Beats Audio CEO Jimmy Iovine apparently tried for years to entice Steve Jobs into the concept of music subscription and music streaming. Jobs on…

Apple’s Spaceship campus will only be ready in 2016

Apple’s plans for its new 260 000 square metre campus in Cupertino have hit some snags courtesy of an environmental impact report, according to…

What Steve Jobs can teach us about hacking charisma

Olivia Fox Cabane makes her living by teaching people the skills needed to be charismatic, influential and persuasive. During her career, she’s been invited…

Aaron Sorkin confirmed as writer for Steve Jobs biopic

Sony Pictures has signed off on a big screen adaptation of Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Job’s authorised biography. Aaron Sorkin, the man tasked…

Even Apple loved Ghostbusters in 1984 [Video]

Ghostbusters has always been awesome but back in 1984 it was even cooler than Apple. That’s why the Cupertino-based tech giant parodied the movie’s…

Steve Jobs plays FDR in long lost ‘1984’ sequel [Video]

Apple’s ‘1984’ campaign is one of the most iconic in advertising history. It launched the perception that Apple computers were for rebels. It was…

Digital wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft [Infographic]

I’ve been listening to Charles Arthur every Tuesday on the Guardian pod-cast, Tech weekly, for the past year. Arthur would mention his upcoming book…

Designer of viral Steve Jobs silhouette image lands Coca Cola deal

Hey, remember that kid who designed the iconic Apple logo incorporating Steve Jobs’ silhouette after the tech icon’s death? He’s back. Hong Kong-based design…

Ashton Kutcher to star in Jobs biopic?

Is Ashton Kutcher set to star in a biopic of Steve Jobs? If an article from Variety magazine is to be believed, then the…

Apple stock goes past $500, one share now more valuable than an iPad

Apple shares went past the US$500 mark for the first time. That means a single share in Apple is now more expensive than an…

When the tech market cries ‘unfair’, look behind the numbers

Share prices are the barometer of market sentiment about companies, but when investors complain that the market is being “unfair”, one needs to look…

Steve Jobs biography tops Amazon’s 2011 best-seller list

Despite being a late entry into this years book market, the 630 page authorised biography of Steve Jobs has emerged as Amazon’s most bought…

Facebook, Twitter unveil top trending topics of 2011

Status updates are at the very heart of the Facebook experience. They’re how its 800-million strong community shares thoughts, emotions and ideas. Now the…

Steve Jobs: Being an asshole is okay when you’re a genius

He was adopted and resented the rejection by his birth parents, but abandoned a daughter of his own born out of wedlock. Steve Jobs…

Win the Steve Jobs biography

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED Memeburn together with Penguin are giving away three copies of the new Steve Jobs biography, written by acclaimed biographer Walter Isaacson. Want…

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