Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates

Epic Rap Battles of History today released a humorous video titled "Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates." The video satirizes the conflict between Apple and Microsoft, between the Mac and PC. The text of the song has some pretty "good" lines of why Apple avoids the company of Bill Gates. And, of course, HAL 9000 gave the heat. In today's world the computer HAL 9000 reincarnated as a personal assistant Siri. Look.

Apple employees are afraid of the Cook less than Steve Jobs

Author of the book Inside Apple and one of the permanent observers, Adam Lashinski Fortune wrote an article that reveals some secrets regarding Apple. In particular, he claims that the company's employees are afraid of Tim Cook's smaller than its predecessor, Steve Jobs. Lashinski believes that this situation may in the future adversely affect the business.

The author argues that the current Apple CEO openly behaves with investors prefer the corporate style of management, as well as more risk-averse than Jobs. As an example, results in a voice Lashinski assistant Siri, which was launched in a rather "raw" form, and still causes some criticism. According to a former insider Apple, Jobs, in contrast to the more tolerant Cook, "would have gone crazy from the Siri».

The article can also be noted Lashinski description of the relationship of Tim Cook to the Amazon. Apple CEO admits that the company is a competitor, but "a somewhat different type than the rest." Cook also said that "it will be sold a lot of Kindle» (tablets and "book readers").

In general, Tim Cook presented in the article as a man who honors the tradition of the specified predecessor, but it holds its own direction, leading to his company.

"Most of the Apple employees in more than satisfied with Cook. It often happens in the cafeteria, where communicating with different people during the break. Jobs also prefer to dine in the company's chief designer, Jonathan Ive. It would seem that the difference is small, but in fact it demonstrates that employees can easily communicate with the CEO of the company "- sums up Lashinski.

Steve Jobs has demanded that Google stop the recruitment of specialists Apple

The relationship between Apple and Google can never be described as simple and friendly. Fault to a number of objective and subjective reasons, and last week it became known about a conflict between the two companies, which was quickly resolved.

Reuters has published a letter from CEO Steve Jobs' Apple, sent in March 2007, Eric Schmidt, who was then a board member of Google, to stop the recruitment of one of the engineers, whose name was not specified, as well as put an end to active poaching of employees Apple.

"I would be very happy if your department recruitment would stop doing it" - says Jobs Schmidt.

It should be noted that the response to a message from Eric Schmidt was instantaneous. He immediately sent the appropriate instructions in this regard a number of top managers of Google, including personnel director, who in reply said that the officer who tried to entice the worker Apple, will be fired within an hour. An unnamed human resources manager, in turn, asked that his apologies were given to Jobs.

About this correspondence became known due to held in 2009 the U.S. Justice Department investigation over the practice of employees pereverbovki Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit Inc. and Pixar. It was then revealed that between Google and Apple acted on the tacit agreement to avoid such actions.

Apple would sue the company that issued the Steve Jobs doll

Apple is ready to sue the Chinese company In Icons, which released a 30-centimeter doll Corporation co-founder Steve Jobs.

"The American company threatened to sue the Chinese insisting that the image of the deceased head of the corporation belongs to her," - writes The Telegraph.

The publication notes that the doll is dressed in blue jeans, black sweater and sneakers. Included is also black leather belt, a pair of black socks, sunglasses, two apples (one of which nadkusano), ring, bar stool, which Jobs would sit during the presentation of their new products. As well as three pairs of realistic, detailed hands, representing three gestures, the most frequently used by Jobs.

Home sales dolls planned for February 2012. Previously, the retail price will be about $ 100. Online sales have already begun on the site eBay, where a tiny Jobs can be purchased for $ 135. Separately, you can buy a toy iPhone and the very first model of Mac.

Apple Inc. In Icons sent a letter recalled that the use of symbols without permission of the company, as well as image and name of its founder, is illegal. The reaction of the Chinese manufacturer is unknown.

Steve Jobs, along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded Apple v1976 year. In 1985 due to disagreements with other leaders, he left the company, but in 1997 he returned and took over as CEO. Under the leadership of Steve Jobs had released the most successful products Apple, including player iPod, iPhone and cmartfon tablet iPad. Steve Jobs died on 5 October 2011.

In Budapest, will be a bronze sculpture of Steve Jobs

The founder of Graphisoft wants to perpetuate the memory of Steve Jobs, in his time believed in his invention by installing a bronze statue in Budapest, the creator of Apple.

Boyar Gabor (Gabor Bojar) founder and CEO of Graphisoft first met with Jobs in 1984 on information technology exhibition in Germany. His company presented its first version of the software for three-dimensional modeling ArchiCAD-based computers at Apple, where and start a long term cooperation.

Hungarian sculptor Erno Anyone (Erno Toth) has created a nearly two-meter statue of Steve Jobs in his typical jeans, turtleneck, sneakers and sunglasses with rounded lenses. The monument depicts Jobs, speaking at one of his presentations at arm's length of which is remote, very reminiscent of iPhone.

A plaque will be made in the form of the iPad on the location for one of the winged phrases Jobs: "To create something great, it is necessary to love what you do."

The monument will be in the park Graphisoft, where several high-tech companies based in Hungary.

Even people who want to go to the heaven don’t want to die to get there...

Even people who want to go to the heaven don’t want to die to get there

He:

• was adopted
• wasted a lot of parent’s money for the university which he never finished
• visited some courses as a free student including courses in calligraphy and that’s why we have such a beautiful typography on our PC
• has a biological sister - writer Mona Simpson, didn’t know about her existence in childhood
• didn’t eat meat, only fish
• wanted to become a monk, his wedding was held by buddhist monk
• tried LSD at least once, in childhood, and said that it was the most important experience in his life
• having not enough radio components he called William Hewlett (HP) and ask some, after what William offered a job to the boy on holidays
• official documents show that Steve Jobs’s salary was 1 dollar a year, the fact is noted in Guinness World Records
• Made John Sculley leave Pepsi-Cola for Apple and then argued with him what made Steve leave Apple
• was big fan of the Beatles, Sebastian Bach and Barbara Streisand
• was driving Mercedes SL55 AMG and always parked in the places for invalids
• has become one of the youngest milliner in 25 years after the launch of Apple II in 1977
• leaded the list of the most hated directors several times in press
• worth to go to the heaven after all he has done for the world, isn’t he?