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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple’s CEO

Filed under: News by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
August 28, 2011

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CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, has stepped down, with Apple COO Tim Cook being his replacement, following a recommendation from Jobs’ himself. Steve will remain with the company as Chairman of the Board.

The following letter was published by Steve:

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

Goodbye Steve. Through your rule as head of Apple, personal computing, music, and smartphones have changed forever. Although we knew this day would inevitably come, we will still miss you and your iconic black turtleneck.

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Roundup: Apple’s WWDC 2011

Filed under: Downloads, Gadgets and Products, News, Roundup by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
June 26, 2011

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Apple had their annual WWDC at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco from June 6th through the 10th. There were over 5,200 attendees, over 120 sessions, and over 1,000 Apple engineers. Steve Jobs was there too and 3 main pieces of software were introduced: OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud.

Here’s an in-depth look of what you might have missed:

Mac OS X Lion
Apple iOS 5
Apple iCloud
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Apple iCloud

Filed under: Downloads, Gadgets and Products, News by Jerry Chen — 1 Comment
June 26, 2011

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The PC has been the digital hub for our digital life for over 10 years. We have been storing everything on our computers, including music, pictures, and documents, but when it comes to syncing all this to our portable devices, it can be quite a hassle. If you buy a song on your iPhone, its not there on your iPad and you would have to sync your iPhone and then your iPad just to get that song. Apple is trying to solve this problem with iCloud, a service that stores your content and wirelessly pushes it to all your devices.

Apple has gotten rid of MobileMe, instead, reworking Contacts, Calendars, and Mail from the ground up to support iCloud. iCloud also supports the App Store, iBooks, and Backup, syncing your purchase history and allowing you to redownload apps, resuming where you left off in a book, and allowing you to wirelessly back up to the cloud. In addition, documents, pictures, and music (iTunes) can also be stored in the cloud.

Apple is also offering an iTunes Match service. iTunes Match will scan and match all your ripped songs, upgrading matched songs to 256 kbps AAC DRM-free and uploading them to the cloud. This service will cost $25 per year.

Besides iTunes Match, everything else in iCloud will be absolutely free and include 5GB of free data for Mail, Documents, and Backup. iCloud is coming this fall. [via Apple]

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Roundup: iPad 2 Event

Filed under: Events, Gadgets and Products, News, Roundup by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
March 4, 2011

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Apple held a media event on Wednesday in San Francisco, and in addition to the announcement of the iPad 2, they also had plenty of other news:

  • iBooks, which launched less than a year ago, has reached 100 million book downloads.
  • Random House is bringing their books to the iBooks store.
  • Currently, there are 200 million iTunes accounts with credit cards and 1-click purchasing.
  • Developers have earned a total of over 2 billion dollars from the app store since its launch.
  • Recently, the 100 millionth iPhone was shipped.
  • 15 million iPads have been sold since 2010 and it has generated $9.5 billion in revenue in 2010.
  • There are currently 65,000 apps specifically designed for the iPad.
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Word Lens is an Augmented Reality Translator App

Filed under: Downloads, News, Other, Reviews by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
December 27, 2010

Augmented reality and optimal character recognition come together into one package, with Word Lens for the iPhone. Word Lens is an instant translation app that works with your iPhone’s camera; point at a sign and it will instantly be translated on screen.

The app is free, but language packs will cost you $4.99 each. We gave it a try, and although the app is not as perfect or accurate as the video, its still amazing to see what the future holds. [via iTunes]

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The Beatles Come to iTunes

Filed under: Gadgets and Products, News, Other by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
December 3, 2010

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Apple recently announced that the Beatles will finally be available in the iTunes store. The entire catalog will cost you $149 and includes the complete box set, iTunes LP content and a few videos. As an added bonus, you can watch the “Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964” video free for the rest of the year.

It looks like Steve and Yoko have finally worked out an agreement, but couldn’t this have come a little bit earlier? [via Apple]

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Top 5 Free iPhone Apps We’re Most Thankful For

Filed under: Deals, Downloads, Life, News, Other, Reviews, Roundup, Tips by Jerry Chen — 2 Comments
November 25, 2010

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Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks, and as we’re eating our meals, lets not forget those developers. So lets pay tribute to these people, who bring us the free iPhone apps we love.

Lets get started and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S.

1. Dropbox

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Dropbox, the service that allows you to access your files from anywhere, is also available on your iPhone. After installing Dropbox on your computer, you can put any files into the Dropbox folder and they will be automatically sync with Dropbox’s online service, allowing you to access your files online or on your iPhone. You start out with 2GB of free storage, but that’s plenty for a couple of documents. [via Apple]

2. Evernote

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A very robust notes service, Evernote is great at keeping you organized. In conjunction with their desktop application, Evernote allows you to create notes and add anything, from simple text to pictures or audio. Everything is synced between the mobile and desktop version, keeping you the ace of organization. [via Apple]

3. VLC

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Our favorite desktop media player is also available on your iPhone. VLC Media Player for the iPhone allows you to play video extensions not supported by Apple’s native video player. Video playback was smooth for us, even with formats such as WMV. [via Apple]

4. Pandora

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The online version of Pandora is good, but the iPhone app is even better. An online radio service, Pandora is a great place to listen to your favorite artists, totally free. It also helps you discover new songs.Navigations is smooth, plus, the app runs in the background, even after closing out of the app. [via Apple]

5. News360

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News360 is a great app for getting news. Gathering news from a variety of sources, News360’s app gives you a variety of topics to sort through. It’s also easy to share news with your friends. Navigating through different news stories is also easy, with a simple scrolling gesture. [via Apple]

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First Look at iOS 4.2

Filed under: Downloads, How To, News, Tips by Jerry Chen — Leave a comment
November 24, 2010

Apple recently released iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch and many features were added such as multitasking on the iPad, AirPrint, and AirPlay. Watch as we take a first look at the new update.

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