Today Apple CEO Tim Cook shared some heartfelt remarks in a virtual commencement address to the graduating seniors at Ohio State, reports CNET. “Those of us who can look back on this time and remember inconveniences and even boredom can count themselves lucky.” “I hope you wear these uncommon circumstances as a badge of honor. Those who meet times of historical…
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Pixar CG Pioneers Pat Hanrahan and Edwin Catmull Share $1M Turing Award
The 2019 Turing Award, one of the highest honors in computing, was today awarded to Pat Hanrahan and Ed Catmull, founding members of Pixar who helped shape the future of computer graphics. From a report: The two will share a $1M prize and, of course, the satisfaction of receiving this prestigious award for doing something they clearly love. The award has…
Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Down, Capping His Career With Disney Plus’ Epic Launch
Disney CEO Bob Iger stepped down as CEO today, effective immediately. “Iger — who spent his entire career at the company and will leave with Disney’s titanic transition to streaming with Disney Plus as the legacy capping his tenure — will remain chairman of the Walt Disney Company until the end of next year, and Disney’s head of parks, Bob Chapek,…
Woz Remembers Steve Jobs’ Ambition to Change Humanity
The Bay Area Newsgroup reports on Steve Wozniak’s new interview with longtime Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki on Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. Woz reveals he’s still on the Apple payroll — he never left it — and he’s still receiving about $50 a week “out of loyalty. Because what could I do that’s more important in my life?” Woz also remembered how…
The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10
John Gruber: Ten years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the iPad on stage at the Yerba Buena theater in San Francisco. […] Ten years later, though, I don’t think the iPad has come close to living up to its potential. […] Software is where the iPad has gotten lost. iPadOS’s “multitasking” model is far more capable than the iPhone’s, yes, but…
Clayton Christensen, Father of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies At 67
Clayton Christensen, the business scholar who coined the term “disruptive innovation,” died of cancer treatment complications on Thursday at age 67. The Verge reports: You may not immediately recognize his name, but the tech industry — and every resulting industry — is built on the framework of technology disruption and innovation that Christensen devised. The crux of Christensen’s theory is that…
36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: On January 24, 1984, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh at Apple’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Cupertino, California, debuting the new computer equipped with a 9-inch black and white display, an 8MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 128KB of RAM, a 3.5-inch floppy drive, and a price tag of $2,495. The now…
Viral Tweets From Steve Wozniak and Ruby on Rails Creator Spur Investigation Into Apple Credit Card
An anonymous reader quotes the BBC:
A US financial regulator has opened an investigation into claims Apple’s credit card offered different credit limits for men and women. It follows complaints — including from Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak — that algorithms used to set limits might be inherently biased against women. New York’s Department of Financial Services has contacted Goldman Sachs, which runs…
Wired Remembers the Glory Days of Flash
Wired recently remembered Flash as “the annoying plugin” that transformed the web “into a cacophony of noise, colour, and controversy, presaging the modern web.” They write that its early popularity in the mid-1990s came in part because “Microsoft needed software capable of showing video on their website, MSN.com, then the default homepage of every Internet Explorer user.” But Flash allowed anyone…
Apple Has No Backbone
Apple, a company that loves to talk about its values, has this week demonstrated that when it comes to China — one of its biggest markets and where most of its iPhones and other products are assembled taking full benefit of low-cost labors — even the Steve Jobs-founded company lacks a backbone. The company has bowed down to Chinese pressure and…