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Jony Ive named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 18th, 2013)

Time magazine's annual list of the top 100 most influential people in the world is out and Apple design guru Jony Ive made the list. Ive's write-up in the magazine was penned by none other than U2 frontman Bono, who you might remember had a particularly close relationship with Steve Jobs and a ...

Bono compares Steve Jobs to Elvis

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 7th, 2011)

U2 lead singer Bono paid tribute to Steve Jobs with kind comments for the man who turned the music industry upside down with the iPod and iTunes. Bono called Jobs "the hardware/software Elvis" and described him as a man who was "only interested in doing truly great things." Speaking of his ...

U2's Bono has kind words for Steve Jobs

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 2nd, 2011)

U2's Bono has expressed thanks for Steve Jobs's "invaluable" support in fighting AIDS in a letter to the editor of The New York Times. Bono contacted the editor after The Time's Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote a link-bait column titled "The Mystery of Steve Jobs's Public Giving." In the column Sorkin ...

Apple to ink deal with Bono for RED iPods, MacBooks and iMacs?

by David Chartier (Sep 12th, 2006)

Think Secret is reporting that Apple might be working on a deal with Bono to produce some red products to help promote and support the U2 philanthropist's RED, an AIDS awareness charity. The idea is that RED cuts deals to produce exclusively red items from which a portion of the sale is donated to ...

Mad TV - Apple's iPad

by David Chartier (Jun 16th, 2006)

Mad TV has produced one of the raunchier iPod spoofs we've seen to date (meaning: probably not safe for work) in the form of an advertisement of, how shall we say, pads for women who 'think different'. The 'iPad' ad wins bonus points for coming complete with a spoof of the iPod silhouette ads and a ...

Bono gives Bush iPod

by Scott McNulty (May 16th, 2006)

President Bush has an iPod. This isn't exactly breaking news here on TUAW, however, according to this Rueters story Bono gave President Bush an iPod. It isn't clear what model iPod it was, but I imagine it was one of the video enable iPods that the President wanted. The article also lists a number ...

YAASEH, or: Yet Another Apple Special Event Hoax

by David Chartier (Feb 15th, 2006)

Apparently someone doesn't know how to enter our Create a Feb. 22 Apple Invite contest, as yet another Apple special event hoax launched this morning and was promptly debunked. This time around, the event involved Steve and Bono at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco, March 1st, and the ...