Monday 24 October 2011

Jobs Made Sure Jonny Ive Was Subordinate To No One At Apple    [ 24-10-2011 19:05 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: AppleInsider     Translation by: Paul Smith     

With the release of Walter Isaacson's official Steve Jobs biography growing ever nearer the juicy bits have been steadily leaking out in the press and onto the blogosphere. The latest concerns Jobs' long time friend Jonny Ive. Ive is Apple's head of design and one of the figures at the company that people have consistently said is a major player whose input will detremine the long term success of Apple in the wake of Jobs' death.

This level of importance is underlined when we read about Jobs' description of Ive as his 'spiritual partner'. Jobs told Isaacson that he had created a system to allow Ive as much freedom at the company as possible, indeed Ive had more operating power at Apple than anyone else except Jobs himself. If that arrangement continues it should help to alleviate some of the concerns felt by those wondering how Apple's design genius will fare in the post Jobsian Apple.

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Video: BlackBerry PlayBook With Android Apps Demo    [ 24-10-2011 16:26 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: MacBerry     Translation by: Paul Smith     

The BlackBerry PlayBook hasn't exactly been setting the world alight, but it's popularity may change thanks to a new killer feature: Android. No this isn't simply a case of someone cramming an Android build onto a PlayBook, rather it's the Android app player. Essentially the PlayBook runs as normal except that Android can be run on it an used to play Android apps. So the best of both worlds (even if one of those worlds has a lot more to offer than the other). Check it out in the video below.

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Video: A Celebration of Steve's Life    [ 24-10-2011 14:58 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: Apple     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Apple have posted up a video of their 19th October event to celebrate the life of Steve Jobs. It's a long video at 80 minutes, but there's a lot in it. Eulogies came from Tim Cook and Al Gore, and whilst both were touching and relevant the most impressive of all came from Jonny Ive, Apple's lead designer, and one of Steve's closest friends. Ive's speech was heartfelt and at times moving, but also touched with some humour, which perhaps lent it all the more pathos. Anyway, enough from me, head on over to Apple and watch the video.

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