Tag: Steve Jobs

What a Difference a CEO Makes

Image via Wikipedia Steve Jobs.  And by contrast, Tony Hayward.  And the past and present CEO of Home Depot provide a lesson in contrast as well. In the past I hated going to Home Depot.  The sales people were invisible.  And when you caught one with the angry glare of death, s/he was most unwilling to assist you in any… Continue reading

Rather to the Point

The entire article is worth reading.  The viciousness of corporate America at work… Our future well being depends more on people like Steve Jobs who invent real products that can improve our lives, than it does on people like Jamie Dimon who invent financial products that do little other than threaten our economy.” [Source: Robert Reich (Apple Isn’t the Problem.… Continue reading

Funeral Planned…

Yes, I’ve ranted about my AppleTVs world without end!  Well, apparently, one of them was just completely messed up:  the hardware was bad.  Naturally, it wasn’t under warranty.  (I think Apple only has a 90 day warranty unless you spend the extra money on AppleCare.  I always do for computers but hadn’t for the AppleTV.) So, I bought a new… Continue reading

Sadly Ironic

Today Apple sold its 10,000,000,000th (that’s billionth) song at the iTunes Store—all in less than 7 years. The music industry can gripe all it wants, but Apple has made them a lot of money they would otherwise have lost to file sharing! Today’s Business Insider has this headline: Blockbuster Collapses: Shutting Down 500 Stores In Desperate Bid To Save $200… Continue reading

My Take on the iPad

Image by Getty Images via Daylife First:  Glad to see Steve Jobs looks much healthier than during his first appearance after his liver transplant. You know, I personally think Apple will have a devilishly difficult time beating what they accomplished with the iPhone.  It was transcendent, transformative technology that turned the mobile industry on its head–just as the iPod transformed… Continue reading

Fortune’s CEO of the Decade: Apple’s Jobs

The financial results have been nothing short of astounding — for Apple and for Jobs. The company was worth about $5 billion in 2000, just before Jobs unleashed Apple’s groundbreaking “digital lifestyle” strategy, understood at the time by few critics. Today, at about $170 billion, Apple is slightly more valuable than Google (GOOG, Fortune 500). Its market share in personal… Continue reading

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, Has Surgery for Cancer

Today Steve Jobs, 49, (Steve Wozniak and he co-founded Apple Computer in 1976) announced he underwent surgery today for cancer.  The news release was positive, stating he expected a full recovery without chemotherapy or radiation. For the full article, click here. I enjoyed reading, or hearing really, as I do Audible Books, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, by Alan… Continue reading