Latest articles on Steve Jobs

This wasn’t in the Jobs description

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Oct 2013

Steve Jobs died two years ago this month. They should have waited a few more years before releasing Jobs.

Apple lacks imagination with ‘meh’ iPhone 5S

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Sep 2013

Once a company renowned for breaking new ground, Apple is turning into a typical American corporation, writes Aditya Chakrabortty.

Ashton Kutcher channels Steve Jobs to give advice at teen awards

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2013

Ashton Kutcher, who stars as Steve Jobs in the "Jobs" biopic, has decided to use his status to impart worldly advice at the Teen Choice Awards.

Steve Jobs biopic featuring in upcoming Sundance Festival

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Dec 2012

A Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, "jOBS", will be the closing night film at the 2013 Sundance film festival.

Apple’s map flop and the battle for mobile control

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Sep 2012

Renowned perfectionist Steve Jobs would likely not have been pleased with Friday's launch of the new iPhone 5 in North America and other countries.

Apple victory could harm Google but benefit RIM and Microsoft

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Aug 2012

Apple's victory in a landmark US patent case against Samsung could reshape the mobile sector and slow the momentum of Google and its Android system.

Apple’s Cook shares $98-billion cache

Article Poornima Gupta - 19 Mar 2012

Apple's Tim Cook fulfilled a desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45-billion over three years.

iPad, therefore I love computers

Article Ben Kelly - 10 Feb 2012

The tablet has revolutionised the way its enthusiastic users work, live and play.

‘Steve Jobs’ is most used name in media for 2011

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Nov 2011

"Arab Spring" and "Royal Wedding" have been deemed the top phrases of 2011, while late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the year's top name.

‘Steve Jobs swore to destroy Android’

Article Charles Arthur - 22 Oct 2011

Steve Jobs was furious at what he saw as outright copying of Apple's ideas in HTC's Android phones, claims his biography.

Apple sales rise, but fail to soar

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Oct 2011

Weaker iPhone sales than expected have prompted questions over the decision of Apple to release its latest smartphone model when it did.

Malaysian Buddhists hold Apple ritual for Jobs

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Oct 2011

A Buddhist temple in Penang has held a religious ritual in which mourners bit an apple to hasten Apple visionary Steve Jobs's reincarnation.

Steve Jobs’s cause of death released as Apple mourns

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Oct 2011

The official cause of death for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been made public, even as pre-orders for the new iPhone 4S broke new records.

Steve Jobs: A genius to the end

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2011

Many believed the technical and business wizard would not, indeed could not, die, writes <b>Alistair Fairweather</b>.

Steve Jobs: ‘Death is very likely the single best invention of life’

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Oct 2011

As Apple chairperson, inventor and entrepreneur, Steve Jobs made an unprecedented impact on the world's consumer electronics markets.

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