New Delhi: Steve Jobs admired Henry Ford. Therefore it shouldn't come as a big surprise that the Apple co-founder dreamed of designing a revolutionary car - the iCar. Speaking at Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored conference, J Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler said, "Steve's dream before he died was to design an iCar." Drexler added that has Jobs built the dream car "it would've been probably 50 per...
05:03 PM, May 19, 2012
Sorkin, who won an Oscar for his screenplay on Facebook film The Social Network and created TV drama 'The West Wing', said on Thursday that he would be looking for an element of tension or an obstacle in Steve Job's life on which to hang the movie. Movie studio Sony Pictures announced on tuesday that Sorkin would adapt Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography of the enigmatic genius behind the iPod and...
11:36 AM, May 19, 2012
New York: Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin hasn't yet figured out how to put the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on the silver screen, but he is certain its not going to be a straightforward biography. Sorkin, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of Facebook film 'The Social Network' and created TV drama 'The West Wing', said on Thursday he would be looking for an element of tension or an...
11:49 PM, May 18, 2012
Los Angeles: Steve Jobs' life will be brought to the big screen by Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin in a movie based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography of the enigmatic co-founder of Apple, maker of iPods and iPads. Sony Pictures Entertainment on Tuesday unveiled plans to put Sorkin, who wrote Facebook film 'The Social Network', behind the screenplay of what will be a major release for the movie studio. "There is...
07:13 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Ashton Kutcher is playing the lead role in Steve Jobs' biopic. Dressed as the late Apple founder, Kutcher looks impressive. Let's wait and watch whether he will be able to meet people's expectations or not. ...
04:34 PM, May 16, 2012
A never-seen-before interview with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will premiere next month. In the interview, Jobs speaks about how he pulled off a prank call to the Pope, saying he was US secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Jobs was interviewed by journalist Bob Cringely in 1995 for a Channel 4 series titled "Triumph Of The Nerds", the Daily Mail reported. The Apple founder - who died in October last year...
10:44 AM, Apr 30, 2012
New York: Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he's learning to shoulder more of Steve Jobs' role as a front man and leader. On a conference call with journalists and financial analysts late Tuesday, Cook showed some fire when talking about competitors,...
08:03 AM, Apr 26, 2012
New York: Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians. There's a constantly spinning mill of rumours about Apple products, most of which turn out to be untrue. What's unusual this week is that talk has revived of a smaller iPad model, an idea company founder Steve Jobs derided publicly a year before he died. Apple and its suppliers aren't commenting. Rumours of a smaller iPad, or "iPad mini" have percolated...
11:00 AM, Apr 20, 2012
London: Apple will become the world's first trillion-dollar company when its shares top $1,000 each, Wall Street analysts have predicted. The technology giant's shares were worth $633.38 last week as its stock price rose above Google's for the first time, the Daily Mail reported on Friday. Brian White, of Topeka Capital Markets, then claimed Apple's sky-high share price will hit four figures within 12 months - making the company worth...
09:04 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Had Steve Jobs been alive today, it would have been his 57th birthday. The man who shaped contemporary consumer technology died on October 5, 2011. He battled cancer and other health issues for several years and had a rare form of pancreatic cancer. The Silicon Valley icon, who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone, resigned as CEO of the world's largest technology corporation in August this year, handing...
02:03 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Consumers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. It is time for the hammer of prudence to shatter the rumoured 2048x1536 iPad 3 retina display and untangle the world from Apple's illusionary web of desire. Apple is no longer the rebellious athlete and resembles more of the looming Big Brother in the iconic 1984 Macintosh Super Bowl ad. Apple, quite like many other companies, wants...
12:07 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Mumbai: What have we done to deserve a CM who did his masters from University of California, Berkeley, reads Rene Descartes, enjoys sushi and listens to the Doors and Bob Dylan? Must have been something very good, says Malavika Sangghvi after she met Prithviraj Chavan on the last day of electioneering at his residence late in the night for an insightful interview, free from grandstanding and hollow promises. With an...
08:38 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Los Angeles: Diana Ross thinks she should receive a lifetime achievement Grammy for being a mother - not a music legend. The 67-year-old diva, who served as the leader of the Motown group The Supremes before striking gold on her own as a singer and actress, giggled at the notion of such an accolade while on hand to accept her trophy at Saturday's Grammy Special Merit Awards ceremony. "It's been...
11:16 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Los Angeles: The Trustees Awards at the 54th Grammy Awards ceremony which recognise contributions to the music industry in areas other than performance, were awarded to band leader Dave Bartholomew, jazz recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder and Apple impresario Steve Jobs. The Grammys honoured Jobs citing the late Apple boss' advancements that "transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books." Grammy organisers called him a "creative visionary" for...
08:53 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Washington: FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power and alienating some of the people who worked with him. In the FBI documents released Thursday, many of those who knew Jobs praised him, speaking highly of Jobs' character and integrity and asserting that he always conducted his business dealings in a reputable manner. They recommended him for a post during...
10:34 AM, Feb 10, 2012
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