Bloomberg reports that Apple’s $100 million plan to bring some Mac production back to the United States is likely to be a very modest operation at the outset, with some economists and industry experts projecting that the effort will create approximately 200 jobs. The investment “sounds like a 200-job operation with about a million-unit output,” [...]
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Apple’s Initial Investment in U.S. Mac Production Estimated to Create 200 Jobs
Posted by Gary on December 8, 2012
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USPTO: ‘Steve Jobs’ iPhone patent may be invalid
Posted by Gary on December 8, 2012
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Preliminary ruling first step to possibly invalidate the patent In a ruling issued Monday and made public today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a preliminary ruling declaring a key Apple iPhone patent invalid. All 20 claims of US Patent Number 7,479,949, also known as “The Steve Jobs Patent” covering a [...]
Apple wins patents for iPhone & iPad designs by Steve Jobs & Jony Ive
Posted by Gary on December 5, 2012
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Apple on Tuesday secured ownership of a number of key design-related patents covering the iPhone 4, credited in part to Steve Jobs, as well as the L-shaped MagSafe charging connector, and the iPad with Smart Cover. Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, is among those credited in U.S. Patent D671937, entitled simply “Electronic Device.” It covers [...]
First Official Press Shot of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs Released, ‘jOBS’ to Premiere at Sundance
Posted by Gary on December 4, 2012
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Along with an announcement that the Ashton Kutcher-led jOBS [sic] will premiere this winter at the Sundance Film Festival, the festival has also released the first official image of Kutcher as Steve Jobs. From Vanity Fair magazine: Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival, which, just moments ago, announced that jOBS—weird capitalization choice theirs, not ours—would [...]
First Official Press Shot of Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs Released, Movie to Premiere at Sundance
Posted by Gary on December 4, 2012
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Along with an announcement that the Ashton Kutcher-led jOBS [sic] will premiere this winter at the Sundance Film Festival, the festival has also released the first official image of Kutcher as Steve Jobs. From Vanity Fair magazine: Courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival, which, just moments ago, announced that jOBS—weird capitalization choice theirs, not ours—would [...]
Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs Biopic: Three 30-Minute Scenes Taking Place Before Three Product Launches
Posted by Gary on November 16, 2012
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Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter of the movie based on Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs biography, has shared some details behind the structure of the upcoming film. Speaking from The Daily Beast’s Hero Summit, Sorkin disclosed that the entire movie “is going to be 3 scenes, and take place in real-time.” Further, each of the three 30-minute scenes [...]
Pixar renames main studio ‘The Steve Jobs Building’
Posted by Gary on November 7, 2012
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Building designed by Jobs bears his name Pixar is renaming its main studio after Steve Jobs as a permanent tribute to the Apple CEO. An image of the entrance for what is now known as “The Steve Jobs Building” has appeared on Twitter, posted by Pixar employee Junn Lee, and follows the end credits of [...]