4. Categories

      Key Topics: Applications, Business Models, IP Telephony, Marketing, Mobility, Unified communications

  5. About Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc, and is the co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and was its CEO until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006. and a member of its Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Steve Jobs is listed as Fortune Magazine's most powerful businessman of 2007 out of twenty-five other top businessmen.

    Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the myths of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of design while understanding the crucial role aesthetics play in public appeal. His work driving forward the development of products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted following.

    Together with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped popularize the personal computer in the late '70s. In the early '80s, still at Apple, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven GUI. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business markets. NeXT's subsequent 1997 buyout by Apple brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he has served as its chief executive officer since shortly after his return.

  7. Quotes

    1. “ It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud... It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it. ”
      In Apple shouldn't bother with TV...
    2. “ Jobs never said he understood the customer, but instead he tried to learn what they are trying to do, and that was his genius. ”
      In Clay Christensen on Steve Jobs & the trouble with venture capital
    3. “ With quarterly revenue growth of 83 percent and profit growth of 95 percent, we're firing on all cylinders. ”
      In Apple Earnings Q2 ’11: $24.67B Revenue; 3.76M Macs, 18.65M iPhones, 4.69M iPads Sold
    4. “ It's very likely that this is the most accounts with cards anywhere on the Internet. ”
      In Apple iTunes Has 200 Million Accounts
    5. “ I'm vertical, I'm back at Apple and loving every minute of it. ”
      In Apple without Jobs: Who's next?
    6. “ We're amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting. ”
      In Mac App Store Delivers 1 Million Free And Paid Apps On First Day.
    7. “ The App Store revolutionized mobile apps. ”
      In Mac App Store opens on January 6
    8. “ Their manufacturers will learn the painful lesson that their tablets are too small and increase the size next year, thereby abandoning both customers and developers who jumped on the seven-inch bandwagon with an orphan product. ”
      In Rival Tablets Not Dead, No Matter What Apple Says
    9. “ We think the current crop of seven-inch tablets are going to be DOA — dead on arrival. ”
      In Jobs savages 7-inch tablet competition
    10. “ Google likes to characterize Android as open and iOS as closed. We think this is disingenuous. ”
      In Steve Jobs: “Open Systems Don’t Always Win”

  8. Quotes about Steve Jobs

    1. “ Every time Steve Jobs decides to launch a new product/device/service, the entire world, the common individual in the street included, passionately discusses it for days. ”
      In Apple Will Laugh At The Operators' App Store
    2. “ Who, in his right mind, expects Steve Jobs to let Adobe (and other) cross-platform application development tools control his (I mean the iPhone OS) future? ”
      In Apple Alone Is Dumber Than Everybody
    3. “ Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, then Apple will have to make a strategic decision on whether to open up the platform. ”
      In Netgear CEO says 'closed' Apple is doomed