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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Exclusive: Tim Cook e-mails Apple employees: “Apple is not going to change” — Tim Cook has already stepped up to reassure Apple employees that the company isn't going to change, according to an internal e-mail seen by Ars. Sent early Thursday to all employees in the company …
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Apple:
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple — Tim Cook Named CEO and Jobs Elected Chairman of the Board — Apple's Board of Directors today announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple's Chief Operating Officer, as the company's new CEO.
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Vic Gundotra / Google+:
Icon Ambulance — One Sunday morning, January 6th, 2008 I was attending religious services when my cell phone vibrated. As discreetly as possible, I checked the phone and noticed that my phone said “Caller ID unknown”. I choose to ignore. — After services, as I was walking to my car with my family …
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Apple:
Letter from Steve Jobs — To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: — I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. — I hereby resign as CEO of Apple.
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Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD:
Essay: Jobs's Departure as CEO of Apple Is the End of an Extraordinary Era — Steve Jobs' resignation as Chief Executive Officer of Apple is the end of an extraordinary era, not just for Apple, but for the global technology industry in general. Mr. Jobs is a historic business figure whose impact …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Steve Jobs and the sound of silence — Like many of my colleagues in Silicon Valley, I was having a fantastic day today. It is crisp in the shade, warm in the sun. The skies are a magical blue with puffy clouds floating like dreams. And when all seemed to be going well, an email in my inbox …
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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
Steve Jobs's Best Quotes — Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, the company he founded and turned into the largest technology company in the world. Although his tenure as CEO will be remembered for ushering in fundamental changes in the way people interact with technology …
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Bloomberg:
Wozniak, Kerner, Haverty on Steve Jobs Resignation — Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc., Lou Kerner, managing director at Wedbush Securities Inc. and Lawrence Haverty, a portfolio manager at Gamco Investors Inc., talk about Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs\'s decision to resign and the outlook for the company.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Resigned — Reading around the web an hour ago, looking for confirmation of the then-minutes-old news that Steve Jobs had resigned as CEO, I repeatedly encountered and bridled each time at use of the adjective “shocking” to describe the announcement. But my initial resentment was unwarranted.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Apple Patents Show Steve Jobs's Attention to Design
Apple Patents Show Steve Jobs's Attention to Design
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Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:
Apple posts new official executive organization chart
Apple posts new official executive organization chart
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Robert X. Cringely / I, Cringely:
Cupertino Two-Step — I was about to board an airplane Wednesday …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Analysts react to Steve Jobs resignation: Apple move expected, Cook a star, buy
Analysts react to Steve Jobs resignation: Apple move expected, Cook a star, buy
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Robert Scoble / The Next Web:
A front row seat to Steve Jobs' career, by Robert Scoble.
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:
Apple's Stock: Looks Like Jobs's Departure Was Priced In
Apple's Stock: Looks Like Jobs's Departure Was Priced In
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CmdrTaco / Slashdot:
Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda Resigns From Slashdot — from the steve-got-front-cutsies dept. — After 14 years and over 15,000 stories posted, it's finally time for me to say Good-Bye to Slashdot. I created this place with my best friends in a run down house while still in college.
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Josh Williams / Gowalla:
Going Forward — A little over two years ago we unveiled a new way to share and discover the world's most loved places. Little did we know that our product would inspire people in every country around the world to venture out and share their lives on the go.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook Announces f8 Developer Conference: September 22 — Facebook has just started sending out invitations to f8, its semi-regular developer conference during which it typically rolls out its most important features. — This year's event will take place on September 22 in San Francisco …
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Derrick Harris / GigaOM:
Verizon buys CloudSwitch to give itself a software play — Verizon is buying cloud computing startup CloudSwitch in a move that will give Verizon, as well as its cloud subsidiary Terremark, a software-development edge to complement its service-provider expertise.
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Owen Williams / Neowin.net:
Microsoft confirms Mango front facing cameras, Skype soon [Updated: Video proof!] — At Microsoft Tech Ed in New Zealand Microsoft has finally confirmed that front facing cameras (as well as support for them) is officially coming with the Mango update which is due to hit soon.
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Daniel Rubino / WPCentral.com:
Mango supports Internet Sharing/Mobile Hot Spot feature
Mango supports Internet Sharing/Mobile Hot Spot feature
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Skype Launches Third-Party App Directory — Skype appears to have launched a new app directory in the cloud, allowing users to access all the third-party apps for both consumers and businesses built on top of Skype's API. — The site is fairly simple in functionality for now …
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Music Search Startup SoundHound Partners With Spotify For Instant Streaming — Music search and discovery company SoundHound has inked a deal with digital music service provider Spotify to enable SoundHound users in Europe to instantly access the latter's catalogue (of over 15 million tracks).
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Nick Bilton / Bits:
Facebook Targets Instagram With Photo Filters — Get ready for the photo-filter wars to begin. — Facebook plans to add a series of photo filters to its mobile application in the coming months with the hopes of drawing off fans of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application.
Daniel Bailey / ConceivablyTech:
Mozilla Abandons Version Number Removal Plans — We have to admit that we are a bit late reporting this one and are somewhat puzzled how we could have missed this one. Mozilla said that that it will not be pursuing the idea of removing the browser version number from its usual location.
Tom Anderson / The Next Web:
How Google+ will succeed and why you'll use it whether you want to or not. — Editor's note: This is a guest post written by Tom Anderson, the founder & former President of MySpace. Follow him on Google, Twitter, and Facebook. — There's been more than a few “Google+ is doomed” articles as of late.
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Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
German Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction: upheld for the time being, ruling on September 9 — I changed plans a few days ago and didn't travel to today's court hearing in Düsseldorf on the Apple v. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Community design inringement case. After the suspension of the enforcement …
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
HP's Todd Bradley Talks About PC Unit's Future, and His Own (Video) — There are lots of competing theories about the ultimate fate of Hewlett-Packard's $41 billion Personal Systems Group. Spinoff? Sale? Nothing at all? They're all on the table. — The unit's head and likely CEO …
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Vlad Savov / This is my next:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Note, and Wave 3 launching at IFA on September 1st — Samsung's plans for this year's IFA trade show in Berlin have been unwittingly revealed early by the company's own teaser app for Android. A tipster of ours went digging around inside the Samsung Mobile Unpacked APK …
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