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Steve Jobs biopic to begin filming in May

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 15th, 2012)

The producer behind the independent film about Steve Jobs told Neowin that filming on the biopic will start in May in preparation for release in the fourth quarter of this year. The film will be shot in Los Angeles. Producer Mark Hulme said the film would focus on Steve Jobs' life between 1971 ...

Daily Update for April 5, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 5th, 2012)

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 ...

Walter Isaacson: "Apple will settle Google Android dispute"

by Steven Sande (Apr 5th, 2012)

Walter Isaacson, the author of the blockbuster bestselling biography of Steve Jobs, believes that the "less emotional" Apple CEO Tim Cook will settle the company's dispute with Google over the Android operating system for smartphones. In his book, Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs as telling Google ...

Daily Update for April 4, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 4th, 2012)

Ashton Kutcher prepares to play Steve Jobs

by Dave Caolo (Apr 4th, 2012)

Ashton Kutcher photo from Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com iPad publication The Daily reports that Ashton Kutcher is whole-heartedly preparing to play former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Producer Mark Hulme of Five Star Feature Films: "He is already meeting with folks that knew Steve Jobs. He's ...

Walter Isaacson on the leadership of Steve Jobs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2012)

Walter Isaacson, the author who wrote the Steve Jobs biography, penned a recent column for the Harvard Business Review focusing on the traits that made Jobs an excellent business leader. Isaacson spent many hours with the Apple CEO while writing this book and uses the insights he obtained to ...

Apple workers quite fond of CEO Tim Cook

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 30th, 2012)

Apple employees were happy when Steve Jobs was at the helm and now his successor is receiving the same adoration. According to Glassdoor's March 2012 list of the top 25 highest rated CEOs, Tim Cook takes the top spot with a 97 percent approval rating. This matches Steve Jobs's rating when he ...

Steve Jobs reportedly disliked "Siri" name

by Steven Sande (Mar 28th, 2012)

Network World's Yoni Heisler attended Technori Pitch in Chicago yesterday, and related a story about Siri that not only sheds new light on the name of Apple's intelligent assistant, but on Steve Jobs' low opinion of the name. Technori Pitch is a monthly meeting where Chicago-based startups can ...

Cupertino Chamber of Commerce gives Steve Jobs posthumous award

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

Cupertino honored Steve Jobs by posthumously awarding him the 2012 President's Award. The award was presented during the city's Chamber of Commerce STAR Awards ceremony this past Saturday, says a report in Patch. The annual STAR awards recognize citizens who are exceptional in their community ...

Apple approached Samsung in attempt to avoid litigation

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Last year Apple lawyer Richard Lutton said Steve Jobs contacted Samsung prior to any legal skirmish and tried to give Samsung the "chance to do the right thing." Spotted by The Verge, a recent filing by Apple in a California Federal Court confirms that Apple met with Samsung four times ...

Apple, Steve Jobs win patents for Shanghai Apple Store design

by Steven Sande (Mar 20th, 2012)

Apple is constantly adding patents to its portfolio of intellectual property, many of which are not directly associated with the design or operation of the consumer electronics products the company makes. Patently Apple reported today on a patent awarded to the company and late founder and CEO ...

iCEO is a plush Steve Jobs

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2012)

Throwboy's got a new pillow coming out soon, and as you can see above, it's in the shape of a plush Steve Jobs. I don't know -- some of you might say this is too soon after the late, great CEO's passage last October, but we certainly wouldn't have had a problem celebrating Steve in this way when ...

Steve Jobs memorial: A Dawn Redwood in Tompkins Square Park

by Steven Sande (Mar 9th, 2012)

In November of 2011, a Dawn Redwood tree was planted in Tompkins Square Park in the East Village section of New York City in memorial to Steve Jobs. The planting was done by workers for Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, and a one-line memorial has just been added to a plaque dedicating ...

Apple begins defense against possible ebook antitrust case

by Steven Sande (Mar 9th, 2012)

Apple is wasting no time beginning to defend itself against the possibility of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust action alleging that the company conspired with publishers to fix ebook prices. Last week, Apple requested that a class action suit alleging price-fixing on ebooks be thrown ...

Family, tech and the joy of Apple's iPad

by Steven Sande (Mar 2nd, 2012)

Apple aficionados often struggle to describe just what makes them love the company's products. In the case of GigaOM founder Om Malik, a recent experience in which he handed over his iPad 2 to his mother in India was the basis for a wonderful heartfelt story about what makes Apple products so ...