Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is Dead at 56. Steve Jobs, the driving force behind Apple’s rise to become the leading product-based business of its time, has passed away, following a long battle with cancer. He was 56 years old. Jobs, who recently stood down as CEO of Apple, is credited as being one of the most innovative entrepreneurs of his generation and oversaw the launch of products including the iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Thursday, 05 July 2012

BEST OF THE WEB: How your resume helped LinkedIn's value grow $4.7 billion

Facebook’s dive on the sharemarket took everyone by surprise. But few have noticed LinkedIn shares have been skyrocketing – and it’s all thanks to its new recruitment strategy.
 

Thursday, 31 May 2012

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: No excuses for not backing up data

With all the free cloud storage products on the market now, businesses don’t have any excuse for refusing to back up their critical files.
 

Friday, 25 May 2012

How Apple is changing – the five ways Tim Cook is changing the tech giant

Having lunch with employees is just one of the changes Tim Cook is making at Apple, as the chief executive attempts to put his stamp on the technology giant.
 

Friday, 18 May 2012

If you want it, fight for it!

Belief in a cause and the will to fight for it can hold you in good stead as a business owner.
 

Monday, 19 March 2012

The new billionaires, old-school businesses

The recently released Forbes World’s Billionaires list showed there are many roads to riches, including the time-honoured methods of feeding and clothing people.
 

Thursday, 08 December 2011

BEST OF THE WEB: How Zynga put one tech veteran on the rich list

Zynga is about to go public, but chief executive Mark Pincus isn’t the only winner – the social gaming giant is about to put one veteran among the nation’s richest people.
 

Monday, 24 October 2011

Five anecdotes from the new Steve Jobs biography which help us understand where Apple is heading

Steve Jobs was ruthless, would often berate employees verbally and in front of others, wanted to destroy Android and may have wanted to have Apple start building television sets, a new biography on the Apple founder has revealed.
 

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Do you know what your business stands for?

There's a similarity between Steve Jobs and Gasp store's stroppy sales hipsters that we all could use.
 

BEST OF THE WEB: Finding value in the Twitter stream

A group of scientists are using Twitter data to make sense of all the information that is being thrown through the system by its users when major events occur.
 

Friday, 07 October 2011

The five best Steve Jobs anecdotes

With so many stories about Steve Jobs now being told, here are five of the best anecdotes that reveal a little more about how he ran the company.
 

Thursday, 06 October 2011

Apple founder Steve Jobs dies

Tech giant Apple has confirmed its former chief executive and co-founder Steve Jobs has died after a cancer battle that lasted for several years.
 

Tuesday, 04 October 2011

What to expect at Apple's iPhone press conference tomorrow

Apple is set to unveil a new iPhone product tomorrow, but whether it's a new device or just an upgrade is anybody's guess.
 

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Apple confirms iPhone-related press conference for October 4 – here’s what to expect

Apple has confirmed that it will hold a press conference on October 4 to possibly announce a new iPhone product after weeks of tips and rumours that have flooded the industry about the likelihood of the iPhone 5 hitting the shelves next month.
 

Friday, 23 September 2011

Apple to reveal iPhone 5 on October 4

Apple is set to reveal its iPhone 5 on October 4, according to a new report from All Things Digital, while sources have also disclosed that the new iPhone will go on sale a few weeks after the conference.
 

Monday, 05 September 2011

Why Google’s Eric Schmidt thinks mobile and the cloud will drive a new wave of entrepreneurial innovation: Palmer

Google's chairman believes that three trends above all other will shape the future – mobile, local and social.
 

Thursday, 01 September 2011

Microsoft's lost decade

Ten years ago Windows XP was released by an untouchable Microsoft. What happened next is a lesson for all businesses.
 

Think like Steve: Making your business like Apple

What has really driven Apple’s success is its ethos. In Apple’s case, that’s a brand of thinking that emphasises perfection, innovation and detail.
 

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Have the wisdom to resign

Just days after Apple chief Steve Jobs stepped down from his position, Australia saw another long-term tech chief executive resign – Vaughan Bowen of M2.
 

MY BEST TECH: Simon Carson

The general manager of online business directory TrueLocal loves the Apple product Steve Jobs used to call his hobby.
 

BEST OF THE WEB: The smartest people in tech you’ve never heard of

There's no doubt Silicon Valley has some of the smartest people around. But you've probably never heard of most of them.
 
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