Apple CEO Tim Cook says Microsoft's first-ever laptop is 'deluded'

Apple's new "iPad Pro" might be remarkably similar to Microsoft's Surface tablet, but if Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook's takedown of the Redmond company's first-ever laptop is any indication, that's where the comparisons will stop. "It's a product that tries too hard to do too much," Cook said during a European tour to promote the new tablet's Wednesday release. "It's trying to be a tablet and a notebook and it really succeeds at being neither. It's sort of deluded." The Surface Book could… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC lines up Tim Minchin sitcom

Comedian and musician to play loudmouth cocktail pianist in pilot for 88 Keys, which will also star Fonejacker's Kayvan NovakComedian and musician Tim Minchin will star in his first sitcom as a loudmouth cocktail pianist in 88 Keys for the BBC.Minchin will co-star with Fonejacker's Kayvan Novak... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Doesn't Want to Pay the Feds' E-Book Lawyer $70,000 a Week

Apple lost its antitrust ebook trial this summer. Now it has to pay a court-appointed attorney more than $1,100 an hour to keep tabs on itself. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finger-friendly laptops aren't touching a chord with notebook buyers

If skyrocketing tablet sales and cute videos of babies that confuse magazines for iPads are any indication, touchscreens are the interface of the future. But there's just one problem with that portentous prediction: If it's true, laptop buyers are stuck with one foot in the past. The market... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft’s anti-Google merchandise is a new low

I like a joke as much as the next person -- maybe more, seeing as I’ve had a couple of humor books published in the UK -- but I prefer my jokes to be funny, rather than pathetic, which is why I’m not laughing at the news that Microsoft is now selling anti-Google clothing and other merchandise.... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Just How Important Is Jony Ive To Apple?

The iMac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. These wonder devices were not given to us from the mind of one man, but two. Now with Steve Jobs gone, Apple's most valuable asset is Jony Ive. Just how valuable? The company would have a hard time recovering if he left, says the man who wrote the book... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will states and consumers sue Apple over ebook prices?

This summer a judge ruled that Apple arranged a conspiracy with major publishers to raise ebook prices. Now Apple faces a class action lawsuit from plaintiff states and a consumer class. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AUDIO: Topsy and Tim on TV after 50 years

Cressida Cowell, author of the How to Train Your Dragon book series, and Greg Childs, former executive producer for CBBC & Cbeebies, discuss the re-introduction of classic children's TV. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BlackBerry Stops Looking For Buyers, Boots Out CEO

BlackBerry has abandoned plans to sell itself and has instead found about $1 billion in new funds that it will use to try to turn its business around. The company is also planning far–reaching changes to management and will remove both its CEO Thorsten Heins and some directors. Heins is replaced... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samsung Ativ Book 9 Lite review: It's like a laptop for your Galaxy phone

It’s no longer enough just to be constantly connected to the cloud. These days you must also be constantly connected to a slew of different devices. When I’m using my laptop, I’m also monitoring my phone. When I’m on my phone, I still like to view websites on my laptop. Websites are more... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK’s YUDU Sees Future in Apple’s iBooks Platform. Do You?

British multi-platform publisher YUDU is favoring publishing in the robust iBooks platform over stand-alone apps, which entail greater expense and risk. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martha Stewart's New CEO Choice Suggests Cuts Ahead

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's choice of former metals-industry executive Daniel Dienst to lead the company meant going outside the media business for a manager with operational experience -- one who can hopefully reshape the unprofitable company.Mr. Dienst, the former CEO of scrap-metal... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple's OS X Mavericks Surges Toward 6% Adoption: Report

Just 24 hours after Apple released Mavericks, its latest edition of Mac OS X, the company's operating system is skyrocketing in downloads, according to a new report by Chitika Insights. More On Apple Design Crazy, Fast Company's eBook Collecting The Oral History Of Apple Design All Of The Ways... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple unveils iPad Air tablet

Apple has released “the lightest full size tablet” onto the market in time for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Court appoints antitrust monitor in Apple ebook case

A federal judge has appointed a former U.S. prosecutor as the monitor who ensures that Apple Inc. complies with a ruling from the ebook antitrust case the company lost this year.     Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Gets Its E-Book Antitrust Monitor

A federal judge taps former federal prosecutor Michael Bromwich to keep an eye on Apple's antitrust compliance. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jim Vandehei Promoted to President and CEO at POLITICO

Jim Vandehei, co-founder of the D.C.-based online political reporting publication POLITICO, has been promoted to president and CEO. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fox's Distribution Head Mike Hopkins May Succeed Andy Forssell as Hulu CEO

Per a report from Bloomberg last night, Fox Networks president of distribution Mike Hopkins is close to being named CEO of Disney/21st Century Fox/Comcast joint venture Hulu. After founder Jason Kilar resigned in March (along with chief technology officer Tom Rich), svp of content and... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Files Expected Appeal of E-Book Injunction

"Apple also hereby appeals from any and all orders and rulings that were adverse to it." Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CEIR Names New President, CEO

Brian Casey has been named president and CEO of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR). Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd CEO Aims for $1 Billion in Revenue from Ebook Subscriptions

Scribd formally launched ebook subscriptions today and the company CEO said he believes the service could eventually produce $1 billion in annual revenue. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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