Top Items:
Associated Press:
Jobs questioned authority all his life, book says — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new biography portrays Steve Jobs as a skeptic all his life - giving up religion because he was troubled by starving children, calling executives who took over Apple “corrupt” and delaying cancer surgery in favor of cleansings and herbal medicine.
RELATED:
Marcus Baram / The Huffington Post:
Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency' … In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, “Steve Jobs,” author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite …
Discussion:
CBS News, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, App Advice, CNET News, Business Insider, Techie Buzz, Bloomberg, iClarified, Fortune and MacStories
CBS News:
Biographer: Jobs refused early and potentially life-saving surgery — Apple CEO Steve Jobs refused to allow surgeons to perform what could have been life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer, says his biographer Walter Isaacson. In one of his deepest discussions with him …
Discussion:
Examiner, New York Times, Ars Technica, Mercury News, MacRumors, VentureBeat, TiPb, AppleInsider, CNET News, ABCNEWS, Globe and Mail, Business Insider, Electronista, MacNN and MacDailyNews
CBS News:
Steve Jobs met his biological father before he knew he was his real father, biographer says — In one of the most ironic revelations about the complex personality and life of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, his biographer says in the 1980s Jobs actually met a man a few times who unbeknownst to either was his biological father.
Discussion:
VentureBeat and CNET News
Michael Liedtke / @liedtkesfc:
The AP obtained a copy of the new Steve Jobs bio and it leaves little doubt about the sense of betrayal Jobs felt with Google's Android
Discussion:
Search Engine Land, VentureBeat, @liedtkesfc, 9to5Mac, @liedtkesfc, @liedtkesfc, @liedtkesfc, @liedtkesfc, @liedtkesfc, The Loop, @jswartz652 and @liedtkesfc
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
A New Look for Gmail — A video from Google's YouTube channel (update: the video is now private, but there's a mirror here) introduces a new Gmail interface. It's based on the Preview theme that's already available in Gmail, but there are many other changes: an action bar that uses icons instead …
Discussion:
Computerworld, Engadget, VentureBeat, Wired, Mashable, Redmond Pie, PC Magazine, gHacks Technology News, SiliconFilter, TechCrunch, Techland, Business Insider, The Next Web, ReadWriteWeb, Lifehacker, 9to5Google, Electronista, Softpedia News and WebProNews, Thanks:steverubel
RELATED:
Matt Lynley / Business Insider:
CONFIRMED: Google Redesigns Gmail, Here Are The Leaked Features — Updated: Google has contacted us and confirmed that the video is indeed real. — “Oops, you weren't supposed to see that,” Google's Andrea Freund said. “Stay tuned, we'll be sharing more info on Gmail's new look soon.”
Discussion:
CNET News and Neowin.net, Thanks:logicalmoron
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Revenue Up 7% To $17.37B, Earnings At $0.68 Per Share — Microsoft just reported its first quarter 2012 earnings today with revenues of $17.37 billion, an 7% increase from the same period of the prior year. Microsoft's operating income was $7.20 billion, its net income was $5.74 billion …
Discussion:
Ars Technica, SlashGear, Neowin.net, The Tech Trade, eWeek, paidContent, Engadget, AllThingsD and Between the Lines Blog
RELATED:
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Microsoft Beats On Revenue, Says Businesses Are Still Buying PCs
Discussion:
New York Times, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, WinRumors and Gizmodo
Mark Gongloff / MarketBeat:
Microsoft Earnings Meet Forecasts, Stock Falls
Discussion:
Tech Trader Daily
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Anyone with a Smart Cover can break into your iPad 2 — Talk over an iPhone 4S security flaw regarding Siri working from the Lock screen has made the rounds the past few days, but this “security flaw” is not so much a flaw, but an indented feature from Apple.
Discussion:
Electronista and iSource
Feross Aboukhadijeh / Feross.org:
HOW TO: Spy on the Webcams of Your Website Visitors — Update (10/19): CNET says that Adobe is working on a fix and it could be ready by end of week. — Update (10/19): Adobe emailed me and said “our product team is wrapping up their investigation and is now working on a fix, which should not require a Flash Player update”.
Discussion:
The Register, BetaNews, SecurityNewsDaily, Gizmodo Australia, Gizmodo, InfoWorld, Help Net Security and Softpedia News
RELATED:
Rob Crossley / Develop:
Sources point to 2013 launch for ‘Xbox Next’ — Several projects already underway for new Microsoft system — Microsoft and industry partners are working towards a 2013 launch of the next generation Xbox, Develop understands. — Multiple sources across the industry …
Discussion:
CNET News, Ubergizmo, WinRumors, Neowin.net, Gizmodo Australia, Redmond Pie, ForeverGeek, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, VG247, WinBeta, Electronista, Destructoid, TG Daily, Inc Gamers and MCV: Home Stream
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple airs its first amazing iPhone 4S Siri commercial — Apple has aired their first television commercial about the iPhone 4S and it is amazing. The commercial is about the iPhone 4S Siri voice command feature and the ad goes through a few real-world uses of the feature. Some Siri examples from the commercial:
Discussion:
Engadget, MacRumors, TUAW, The Next Web and Electronista
Alan Green / Official Google Reader Blog:
Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up — In the next week, we'll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we're going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google's other products) that we hope you love.
Comic Book Movie:
The Avengers Cinematographer Reveals Some Scenes Were Filmed with An iPhone — Seamus McGarvey, the man behind the camera on Marvel & Joss Whedon's superhero flick dishes on the film, revealing there's scenes filmed with an iphone! Check it out! … Marvel's The Avengers is the Super Hero team …
Discussion:
TiPb, The Next Web, everythingiCafe, iftn.ie, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com and Geekosystem
Steve Clayton / TechNet Blogs:
Microsoft Research shows Holodesk — In the last few months we've seen some pretty great applications of natural user interface (NUI). It seems fair to say that NUI is becoming more widely used and accepted in its various forms. But not being ones to sit back and relax …
Discussion:
Geek Beat Technology News, Digital Trends, Engadget, Geek.com, WinRumors, Electronista, Neowin.net, The Register and Techland
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Al Gore: Steve Jobs wanted Apple to follow its own voice not ask what he'd do — Al Gore paid tribute to Steve Jobs whilst speaking the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong this morning, explaining that the former Apple CEO wanted to company to follow its own direction in his absence.
Discussion:
AppleInsider, AllThingsD and Bloomberg
RELATED:
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Al Gore on Steve Jobs: He's The Kind of Guy That Comes Along Once Every 250 Years
Discussion:
Digits
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
RIM facing mass defection over BlackBerry blunders — RIM may believe its BlackBerry outage compensation is “a pretty comprehensive set of efforts” but it may not be enough to staunch the flow of users ditching the platform, according to new research. A full 30-percent of large scale BlackBerry users plan …
Discussion:
InfoWorld, GottaBeMobile and Datamation.com
Alex Heath / Cult of Mac:
AT&T: We're Seeing “Tremendous, Tremendous Demand” for the iPhone 3GS — Apple recently revamped its iPhone lineup with a 8GB iPhone 4 for $99 and a free iPhone 3GS with a two-year contract on AT&T. The iPhone 4S was made available on AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint at the regular $199 starting price.
Discussion:
MacRumors
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
HP's Chief Strategy And Technology Officer Shane Robison To Step Down Nov. 1 — HP has just announced that its executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer Shane Robison will be retiring, effective Nov. 1. — Robison, an 11-year HP veteran, also served as a member of the company's Executive Council.
Discussion:
Business Wire, PC World, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily, Reuters, @jniccolai and Electronista
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Slowing iPhone Demand Hits Profit at AT&T — AT&T, the nation's biggest telecommunications company, reported third-quarter results Thursday that just met analysts' expectations, amid growing competition from rival wireless carriers Verizon and Sprint. The company posted a profit of $3.6 billion …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, AT&T, IntoMobile, ITworld.com, SlashGear and mocoNews
RELATED:
AT&T:
AT&T Activates One Million iPhone 4S'
Discussion:
BGR, L.A. Times Tech Blog, iPhone, MacRumors, GottaBeMobile, iSource, NBC Bay Area, TUAW, Electronista, GigaOM, GeekWire, eWeek, Computerworld, App Advice, Pulse2, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Between the Lines Blog and iLounge
Yun-Hee Kim / Wall Street Journal:
Samsung Beats Apple in Smartphone Shipments — HONG KONG—Samsung Electronics Co. shipped more than 20 million smartphones in the quarter ended Sept. 30, a person familiar with the situation said Thursday, beating market leader Apple Inc. as well as Nokia Corp., the world's biggest cellphone maker by volume.
Discussion:
Examiner, AppleInsider, CNET News, BGR, Droid Life, AndroidGuys, IntoMobile, PhoneArena, iPhone Buzz, Techie Buzz, GigaOM, 9to5Mac, Android Community, MobileBurn.com, FierceWireless, Digits and SlashGear, more at Mediagazer »
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Considers a New iOS Device Design for Easier Repairs — On October 20, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a variety of new iOS concept designs that will accommodate easier repairs. — A New Kind of Construction for iOS Devices is Being Considered
Discussion:
Gadget Lab and Gizmodo UK
