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What Could (Should?) Steve Jobs And Other Admired CEOs Do To Bolster Investor Confidence?
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What Could (Should?) Steve Jobs And Other Admired CEOs Do To Bolster Investor Confidence? Posted by: Peter Burrows on October 08 Once upon a time in America, financier J.P. Morgan had enough clout to pretty much buoy the economy by his lonesome. This time around, we’ve seen Warren Buffett step up with some epic, timely moves to bolster confidence in the financial system. And yet, as of this writing, stocks continue to plummet as panic engulfs financial markets around the globe. Clearly, the market could use more leadership from other admired business leaders, most of whom have remained silent to this point. And who is more widely ...
What Could (Should?) Steve Jobs And Other Admired CEOs Do To Bolster Investor Confidence?
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What Could (Should?) Steve Jobs And Other Admired CEOs Do To Bolster Investor Confidence? Posted by: Peter Burrows on October 08 Once upon a time in America, financier J.P. Morgan had enough clout to pretty much buoy the economy by his lonesome. This time around, we’ve seen Warren Buffett step up with some epic, timely moves to bolster confidence in the financial system. And yet, as of this writing, stocks continue to plummet as panic engulfs financial markets around the globe. Clearly, the market could use more leadership from other admired business leaders, most of whom have remained silent to this point. And who is more widely ...
What Was Steve Jobs' Most Important Macworld Keynote?
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What Was Steve Jobs' Most Important Macworld Keynote? Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 16 I suppose you’ve got to go with the first “Stevenote” , when a suit-and-tie wearing Jobs introduced the Mac in 1983. I wasn’t there, but people who were say it was the greatest tech-related theater they’ve experienced. It certainly set the blueprint for thousands of product intros by others(almost all of them pale imitations) that followed. For me personally, though, it’s hard to beat Jobs’ bravura performance upon retaking the helm in 1997. I hadn’t seen a Jobs keynote at that point. This one was remarkable for the many critical missions it accomplished—from ...
The Top 8 Stevenote Moments
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jobs Whether he’s telling us what mere mortals do and don’t need, assuring us that whatever he’s just showed us is “un-bel-liev-able,” or making the rare flub on stage, Apple’s CEO always puts on one hell of a show. In honor of what appears to be the end of an era with yesterday’s announcement that Steve’s Macworld keynotes have come to an end, here’s a tribute to some of the last quarter century’s greatest Stevenotes. Apple Sales Event, Fall 1983 Flushed with pride and wearing a huge grin, Steve tells the crowd that Apple is the only force that can ensure our future freedom from a drab IBM-dominated world, and previews the infamous1984 commercial. ...
What Was Steve Jobs' Most Important Macworld Keynote?
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What Was Steve Jobs' Most Important Macworld Keynote? Posted by: Peter Burrows on December 16 I suppose you’ve got to go with the first “Stevenote” , when a suit-and-tie wearing Jobs introduced the Mac in 1983. I wasn’t there, but people who were say it was the greatest tech-related theater they’ve experienced. It certainly set the blueprint for thousands of product intros by others(almost all of them pale imitations) that followed. UPDATE: This actually wasn’t a MacWorld, which should have been obvious to me when I first posted. This event, as reader David Needle reminded me, was an Apple event at De Anza college. For me personally, though, it’s hard to beat ...
mac.column.ted: Macworld Expo remembered
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Today's Featured Article Late-Breakers Late-Breakers Monday, December 29 2008 @ 06:00 AM PST mac.column.ted: Macworld Expo remembered Ted Landau December 2008 Some time has gone by since the announcement that Apple is pulling out of Macworld Expo, and I still can't shake the bad feelings. Officially, Macworld's Paul Kent is firm that Macworld will continue: "We look forward to many successful years of Macworld to come." And, of course, this year's Macworld Expo 2009 is still on track for January 5th. So it's a bit premature to be writing an obituary for the Expo. Still, a consensus ( myself included) has generally acknowledged that, even if ...
Diary date: Today's the day Microsoft saved Apple
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
The Mac world turned upside down on August 6, 1997, when shocked attendees at a Boston Steve Jobs keynote speech suddenly saw the visage of Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates staring down at them from a video screen.
Gates revealed his company had made a $150 million investment in Apple, an investment that helped secure the future of the once ailing computer firm. In exchange for the cash and a five-year commitment to support Office on the Mac, Apple agreed to drop a long-running lawsuit in which it alleged Microsoft copied the look and feel of the Mac OS for Windows and to make ...
12 Years Ago Today, Bill Gates Showed Up at a Stevenote [Apple]
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Remember this? When Steve Jobs had Bill Gates appear like the Wizard of Oz in a MacWorld keynote? Bill appeared to assure the world that Microsoft was going to keep developing Office for the Mac. It happened back on August 6, 1997. The video is pretty amazing to watch when we've got more recent and triumphant Apple keynotes to compare it to. When was the last time the crowd seemed ready to jump on stage and beat Steve up? [9 to 5 Mac via CrunchGear]
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12 years ago today, Steve Jobs and Apple made amends with Microsoft, sort of
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12 years ago today, Steve Jobs delivered a keynote in Boston where he announced a number of new initiatives with its ole’ rival Microsoft and an end to the legal battle over Apple’s allegations that Microsoft illegally copied the “look and feel” of the Mac OS. In the video below, a non-turtleneck clad Jobs announced that Microsoft and Apple had reached a cross licensing agreement whereby each would be free to license each others existing patents and any future patents filed for the next 5 years. In addition, Jobs noted that Apple would make Internet Explorer the default browser on the Mac (which resulted in a hilarious round of “boos” from the audience), and in ...
Apple Has Some Important Lessons to Learn
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We love Apple. We love its style. We love its vision. We love its marketing and PR. A generation of the world’s best designers cut their teeth on Apple computers, much as they might dislike admitting their sense of taste was shaped by a consumer electronics company.
In business, too, Apple has proven to be a visionary. Entrepreneurs ...
Bill Gates plants (wetter) smooch on Steve Jobs
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Bill Gates can't say enough about his BFF, CEO of the Decade Steve Jobs. In a CNBC interview on Thursday, Gates offered his considered opinion that Jobs saved Apple from almost certain doom. When Jobs returned to Cupertino, Gates told CNBC, "Apple was in very tough shape. In fact, most likely it wasn't going to survive." But with his "inspiration" and "great products and design" Jobs, in Gates's opinion, "made Apple back into being an incredible force in doing good things." Check out the full effusion here (after a short CNBC-supplied ad): But Gate's affection for Jobs and the products he helped create is no new infatuation - it's a lovefest that has ...
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