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Daily Update for June 18, 2013

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple shortens Jony Ive's title to 'Senior Vice President, Design'

by Yoni Heisler (Jun 18th, 2013)

Well it's official now. With iOS 7 now out of the bag, Jony Ive's title at Apple has recently been changed to reflect his added responsibilities and increased influence across Apple's product line. Whereas he used bear the title of Senior Vice President of Industrial Design (as recently as June ...

Wired on Jony Ive, iOS 7 and the future of design

by Steven Sande (Jun 12th, 2013)

John Maeda took issue with Jony Ive's recently unveiled design scheme for iOS 7 in a Wired post this morning, and it's apparent that the writer -- a well-known academic in the design world -- isn't happy with the new, flatter iOS or the direction in which Apple seems to be pointing the world of ...

Tim Cook: Executive change-up at Apple has been great; Jony Ive has been 'really key' to iOS 7 design

by Yoni Heisler (May 29th, 2013)

In October 2012, Apple casually announced via press release a blockbuster shakeup at the executive level. Scott Forstall, who was arguably the face of iOS, was shown the door as Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi all assumed additional responsibilities within the company. The ...

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 ...

Jonathan Ive on Apple's design philosophy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2013)

Late last year, Tim Cook put Jony Ive in the position of heading up Apple's Human Interface (HI) design across the company's products. Known for his work on Apple hardware, the British designer has worked his way up the ranks at Apple. He was highly regarded by Steve Jobs, who called him his ...

Daily Update for February 18, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 18th, 2013)

Sir Jony Ive discusses design on Blue Peter show, receives Gold Badge

by Steven Sande (Feb 18th, 2013)

Blue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television program, broadcast on BBC since 1959, so it's not surprising that Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Sir Jony Ive was an avid viewer of the show as a child. Ive was recently a guest on Blue Peter where he talked about ...

BBC's Blue Peter honours Jony Ive with gold Blue Peter badge

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 15th, 2013)

The BBC's long-standing children's program, Blue Peter, has honoured Jony Ive with a gold Blue Peter badge, the show's highest accolade. The show has a tradition of inspiring and encouraging young children to design, create and make things. As reported by the BBC, a special gadget edition of ...

Jony Ive, Marissa Mayer, others attend all-star Silicon Valley dinner

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 18th, 2013)

Some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley got together last night...for pizza. As reported by Business Insider, Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia hosted the dinner that included Jony Ive and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer as well as the CEO's of Twitter, Yelp, Dropbox and Path. Google X director ...

Former Apple CEO John Sculley: Apple is well-run

by Mike Wehner (Dec 5th, 2012)

Although Tim Cook has been at Apple's helm for a while now, concern over his long-term guidance continues to permeate opinions of both shareholders and analysts. For his part, former Apple CEO, John Sculley, is confident in Apple's management. The Motley Fool reports that during a recent interview ...

Blast from the past: Jony Ive stars in 1997 Apple video sans white backdrop

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 19th, 2012)

OS X Daily uncovered an old clip of Jony Ive crooning about the 20th Anniversary Mac. The 20th Anniversary Mac was a limited edition Mac released in 1997 to celebrate Apple's 20th birthday. The short promo should look very familiar as it has the same talking-head style seen in current product ...

Jony Ive will design limited-edition Leica camera for charity

by Dave Caolo (Sep 18th, 2012)

Apple's own Sir Jony Ive will design a one-off camera for Leica, to be auctioned off for charity. That's right, only one unit will be produced. The announcement was made at a special event that Ive was supposed to attend. In the end, he couldn't make it, but the company went ahead with the ...

Jony Ive: Apple's goal isn't to make money

by Steven Sande (Jul 30th, 2012)

Speaking at the British Business conference running in London during the 2012 Olympics, Sir Jonathan Ive -- Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design -- told attendees that Apple's "goal isn't to make money." Instead, per the Daily Telegraph, he told attendees that the company's ...

Court rules Samsung can't show Sony's influence on iPhone; Apple reveals 2005 prototype

by Steven Sande (Jul 30th, 2012)

The battle royale begins in a California courtroom today, as jury selection begins in the case of Apple vs. Samsung. As part of the last-minute legal maneuvering before the trial started, Samsung attempted to show how certain iPhone prototypes were influenced by Sony designs. However, Judge ...