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Forstall ousting apparently met with “quiet jubilation” among Apple employees

Maybe Scott Forstall’s departure was a long time coming. Per GigaOm, employees at Apple are said to be extremely satisfied with the ouster of iOS software chief Scott Forstall, who had apparently worn out his welcome at the company. Sources familiar with the situation told GigaOm’s Om Malik that Forstall’s firing was met with a […]

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Apple assembles audio/video homage to Steve Jobs to celebrate former CEO’s passing

If you have a chance, head on over to www.apple.com today. Per AppleInsider, Apple has assembled its homage to co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away one year ago today as well as a letter from CEO Tim Cook. Users who visit the web site are greeted with a blank white website that simply plays the […]

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Apple exploring wireless headphone technology for “active” users

The wireless headphones you’ve been dreaming of…they could be en route. And if wireless headphones are the biggest concern in your life, that’s saying something. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday reveals Apple is investigating a unique set of headphones, […]

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Rare Steve Jobs speech from 1983 unearthed, complete with predictive technology comments and foreshadowing of future Apple technologies

Ok, now this is REALLY interesting. Per AppleInsider and the LifeLibertyTech.com blog, the full-length version of a “lost” Steve Jobs speech given at the Design Conference in Aspen was unearthed and posted to the web on Tuesday, illustrating some of the prescient insights the late Jobs offered as to how computers would one day be […]

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Picture: MacBook Pros galore helped Curiosity get to Mars

By the time I graduated from high school in 1996, I was one of two people in my school routinely carrying a notebook computer through the halls of Providence Country Day in East Providence, Rhode Island. I carried a PowerBook 150 and one of my best friends, Josh Ledgard, carried a white Toshiba notebook that […]