http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:47:14 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/fbi_file_on_steve_jobs_reveals_he_was_considered_for_white_house_position/ The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has released its 191-page file on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, revealing he was considered for an appointment to the White House in 1991, and that there was a ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/09/fbi_file_on_steve_jobs_reveals_he_was_considered_for_white_house_position/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/former_apple_product_manager_recounts_how_jobs_motivated_first_iphone_team/ When late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs assembled his first iPhone development team, he wasn't focused on conceiving a device that would run all sorts of apps and media but instead laid out a simple mis... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/03/former_apple_product_manager_recounts_how_jobs_motivated_first_iphone_team/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/tim_cook_exposes_the_lie_that_steve_jobs_ignored_philanthropy_/ Speaking to employees, Apple's chief executive outlined how the company has participated in corporate philanthropy for years, a subject the company didn't aggressively boast about in public under Stev... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/tim_cook_exposes_the_lie_that_steve_jobs_ignored_philanthropy_/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:57:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/new_sony_ceo_looking_to_shift_to_apple_like_integration_of_hardware_software/ Kazuo Hirai, Sony's newly-announced President and CEO, has ambitious plans for the consumer electronics giant that entail strategies that are often strongly associated with Apple: centralized top-down... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/02/new_sony_ceo_looking_to_shift_to_apple_like_integration_of_hardware_software/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/01/steve_jobs_inspired_best_buy_to_switch_from_celebrities_to_inventors_for_super_bowl_ad/ The numerous tributes to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after he died last October prompted big-box retailer Best Buy to change its Super Bowl advertising strategy from using celebrities to spotligh... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/01/steve_jobs_inspired_best_buy_to_switch_from_celebrities_to_inventors_for_super_bowl_ad/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/27/steve_jobs_asked_google_to_stop_poaching_apple_workers/ As part of a civil suit involving the employment practices of seven major tech firms, a court filing was unveiled on Friday that includes an email which late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs personally sen... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/27/steve_jobs_asked_google_to_stop_poaching_apple_workers/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:56:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/27/before_he_died_steve_jobs_kept_a_letter_from_bill_gates_by_his_bed_/ In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates reveals he wrote a letter to Steve Jobs before he passed away, and the letter apparently meant so much to Jobs that he kept it at his bedside. Gates... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/27/before_he_died_steve_jobs_kept_a_letter_from_bill_gates_by_his_bed_/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/25/bill_gates_discuses_steve_jobs_apples_ibooks_the_future_of_education/ In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates discusses conversations he would have with the late Steve Jobs, and also shares his thoughts on the future of education in the wake of Apple's iPad tex... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/25/bill_gates_discuses_steve_jobs_apples_ibooks_the_future_of_education/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:37:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/president_obama_points_to_steve_jobs_ingenuity_in_state_of_the_union_address_/ U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as an example of America's best and brightest during the State of the Union address on Tuesday, which was attended by Jobs' widow... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/president_obama_points_to_steve_jobs_ingenuity_in_state_of_the_union_address_/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:18:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/steve_jobss_widow_attending_tonights_us_state_of_the_union_address_/ Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, will be in attendance as an official guest at tonight's State of the Union address by U.S. President Barack Obama. Jobs will be a... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/steve_jobss_widow_attending_tonights_us_state_of_the_union_address_/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/book_details_apples_packaging_room_interests_in_advanced_cameras_/ Apple has a secret room devoted solely to designing product packaging and what users experience when opening a new product, a new book reveals. It also gives details on Steve Jobs's interest in a star... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/24/book_details_apples_packaging_room_interests_in_advanced_cameras_/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/commercial_airliner_named_in_honor_of_steve_jobs/ A Virgin America Airbus A320 now has the quote, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" emblazoned on its fuselage directly beneath the cockpit in tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The Burlingame, C... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/commercial_airliner_named_in_honor_of_steve_jobs/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:24:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/22/apples_overseas_manufacturing_operations_offer_much_needed_flexibility_not_just_savings/ An in-depth report on Apple's manufacturing operations details the gains in flexibility, diligence and skilled labor availability that the company gains from producing its devices overseas, while offe... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/22/apples_overseas_manufacturing_operations_offer_much_needed_flexibility_not_just_savings/ Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/20/apples_digital_textbooks_with_ibooks_2_were_vision_of_steve_jobs_/ Apple's newly unveiled textbook initiative for the iPad with iBooks 2 was a project spearheaded by the late Steve Jobs before his death. Speaking with Peter Kafka of All Things D, McGraw-Hill CEO T... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/20/apples_digital_textbooks_with_ibooks_2_were_vision_of_steve_jobs_/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/17/episodic_tv_patent_credited_to_steve_jobs_could_be_used_for_rumored_apple_tv/ Among a batch of new intellectual property granted to Apple by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was a patent regarding a method of organizing episodic content, with the filing being credited to Ap... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/17/episodic_tv_patent_credited_to_steve_jobs_could_be_used_for_rumored_apple_tv/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:42:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/17/ios_chief_scott_forstall_called_apples_ceo_in_waiting_/ Though Apple just went through a major regime change in 2011, a new book declares that the company's senior vice president of iOS Software, Scott Forstall, is its "CEO-in-waiting." That title was b... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/17/ios_chief_scott_forstall_called_apples_ceo_in_waiting_/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:34:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/16/legal_pressure_from_apple_prompts_cancelation_of_steve_jobs_action_figure_/ An action figure from Hong Kong designed to look like late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been canceled, after Apple's legal team and the Jobs family threatened the company behind the toy. In Icon... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/16/legal_pressure_from_apple_prompts_cancelation_of_steve_jobs_action_figure_/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:44:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/13/former_apple_ceo_john_sculley_says_he_never_fired_co_founder_steve_jobs/ Former Apple Chief Executive John Sculley has said in recent interviews that the late Steve Jobs was never fired from the company he helped found, an assertion that runs counter to Jobs' own public cl... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/13/former_apple_ceo_john_sculley_says_he_never_fired_co_founder_steve_jobs/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/05/apple_trying_to_stop_sale_of_steve_jobs_action_figure/ Apple's legal team has set its sights on preventing a new lifelike figurine, designed to look like late Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, from being sold for $99. The 12-inch figurine was set for r... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/05/apple_trying_to_stop_sale_of_steve_jobs_action_figure/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:14:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/31/inside_apples_2011_steve_jobs_achievements_battles_and_crises/ For Apple, 2011 marked a year of incredible accomplishments, capping a decade of deftly executed strategies including the development of Mac OS X, ten years of the iPod and the ten year anniversary of... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/31/inside_apples_2011_steve_jobs_achievements_battles_and_crises/ Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:33:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/apple_design_chief_jonathan_ive_awarded_knighthood/ Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, has been named a Knight Commander of the British Empire in the U.K.'s 2012 New Year Honours list, an honor he has described as "absolu... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/apple_design_chief_jonathan_ive_awarded_knighthood/ Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/steve_jobs_love_affair_with_japan/ Late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs was somewhat well-known for being a Japanese Zen Buddhist, but few knew how deep his infatuation with Japan ran and how it helped shape who he was and the comp... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/steve_jobs_love_affair_with_japan/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:43:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/rare_photo_pictures_young_rebellious_steve_jobs_flipping_ibm_the_bird/ A photo captured nearly 30 years ago and brought to light this week shows a shaggy-haired Steve Jobs, clad in blue jeans and a leather jacket, expressing his affection for then rival IBM while walking... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/rare_photo_pictures_young_rebellious_steve_jobs_flipping_ibm_the_bird/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:22:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/hidden_stanford_archive_houses_largest_collection_of_apple_historical_materials/ When Apple's financial hardships forced the company to abandon plans for its own corporate museum back in the late 1990s, the company elected to turn over its trove of materials to Stanford University... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/30/hidden_stanford_archive_houses_largest_collection_of_apple_historical_materials/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/29/apple_headlines_8_of_wsjs_10_most_read_corporate_articles_in_2011/ Apple came up as a frequent hot topic in business news this year, as evidenced by the fact that eight of the ten most-read corporate articles from The Wall Street Journal in 2011 were about the compan... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/29/apple_headlines_8_of_wsjs_10_most_read_corporate_articles_in_2011/ Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:55:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/23/rumor_apple_wants_to_launch_ipad_3_on_feb_24_birthday_of_steve_jobs/ A new rumor from the Far East claims Apple is looking to launch a third-generation iPad next year on Feb. 24, which is the birthday of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The rumor comes from a report iss... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/23/rumor_apple_wants_to_launch_ipad_3_on_feb_24_birthday_of_steve_jobs/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:43:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/22/1976_letter_calls_21_year_old_steve_jobs_a_hard_bargaining_secretive_joker/ Before he became one of the most recognizable people in the world, a 21-year-old Steve Jobs was met with skepticism in Silicon Valley when he was starting Apple. In a handwritten note, Mike Rose, w... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/22/1976_letter_calls_21_year_old_steve_jobs_a_hard_bargaining_secretive_joker/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:17:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/21/steve_jobs_awarded_posthumous_grammy_memorial_statue_unveiled_in_hungary/ The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is a posthumous recipient of a Special Merit Grammy award, while a software company in Budapest, Hungary has taken the wra... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/21/steve_jobs_awarded_posthumous_grammy_memorial_statue_unveiled_in_hungary/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:01:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/21/apples_15_years_of_next/ Fifteen years ago, Apple announced plans to acquire NeXT Software, a move that would ultimately bring Steve Jobs back to the company he cofounded twenty years earlier. In the decade and a half sin... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/21/apples_15_years_of_next/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:33:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/15/apple_accounts_for_three_of_googles_top_ten_2011_searches/ Three Apple-related search terms were included in Google's Zeitgeist 2011, with Steve Jobs, the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 all ranking as one of the top ten fastest-rising global queries recorded by the inte... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/15/apple_accounts_for_three_of_googles_top_ten_2011_searches/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/15/steve_jobs_refused_to_talk_philanthropy_with_biographer/ Though very few subjects were off-limits to biographer Walter Isaacson, one subject Apple co-founder Steve Jobs declined to talk about was what he planned to do with his wealth after he died. Isaac... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/15/steve_jobs_refused_to_talk_philanthropy_with_biographer/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:56:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/14/steve_jobs_initially_hated_apples_think_different_campaign/ Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' first reaction to the "Think Different" ad campaign was less than welcoming, calling it "crap" before ultimately changing his mind and running the now iconic series. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/14/steve_jobs_initially_hated_apples_think_different_campaign/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:56:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/14/steve_jobs_loses_to_the_protester_as_times_2011_person_of_the_year/ Time magazine announced on Wednesday its annual "Person of the Year," awarding the title to "The Protester." Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was recognized in a "Fond Farewell" from the magazine, whi... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/14/steve_jobs_loses_to_the_protester_as_times_2011_person_of_the_year/ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:13:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/13/apple_founding_documents_sell_for_1_6_million/ The original contract from 1976 that Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne signed to formally found the Apple Computer Company was sold at auction for more than ten times its estimated value. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/13/apple_founding_documents_sell_for_1_6_million/ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:10:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/06/apple_submits_updated_renderings_plans_for_cupertino_spaceship_campus/ Newly submitted renderings of Apple's proposed 13,000-employee mega-campus in Cupertino, Calif., depict a roof with a dark-grey material, a jogging path and modest changes to the ancillary fitness cen... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/06/apple_submits_updated_renderings_plans_for_cupertino_spaceship_campus/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:36:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/06/steve_jobs_biography_is_amazons_best_selling_book_of_2011/ After only weeks of availability, Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs has become Amazon's best-selling title of the year 2011. Simply entitled "Steve Jobs," the biography moved to ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/06/steve_jobs_biography_is_amazons_best_selling_book_of_2011/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/02/syria_bans_apples_iphone_in_attempt_to_silence_protesters/ Government authorities in Syria have reportedly banned the use of Apple's iPhone, as the country tries to quell protesters who seek to oust President Bashar Assad. The Syrian Finance Ministry's Cus... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/02/syria_bans_apples_iphone_in_attempt_to_silence_protesters/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:38:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/28/apples_founding_contract_expected_to_bring_150000_at_auction/ The signed contract that established what would become the world's most valuable tech company is one of the highlights of an upcoming auction, and is estimated to sell for at least $100,000. It was... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/28/apples_founding_contract_expected_to_bring_150000_at_auction/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:49:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/23/steve_jobs_wife_to_manage_trust_of_4_6_billion_in_disney_shares/ Laurene Powell, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, will manage a $4.6 billion trust containing the 138 million shares of the Walt Disney Co. that Jobs acquired when he sold Pixar in 2006. In... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/23/steve_jobs_wife_to_manage_trust_of_4_6_billion_in_disney_shares/ Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:08:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/23/uspto_exhibit_shows_jobs_cultural_influence_through_patents_trademarks/ The USPTO has built an exhibit highlighting the many patents and trademarks of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, showcasing the tremendous influence the tech guru had on the industry and the world. The ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/23/uspto_exhibit_shows_jobs_cultural_influence_through_patents_trademarks/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:49:00 GMT