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AT&T reeled under the crush of iPhone 4S pre-orders. Verizon and Sprint seemed to be fine

Widespread reports of long waits, starting shortly after midnight Pacific time Spinning gears at Apple.com “2 hours of putting in my information and hitting refresh and I STILL don’t have an iPhone 4S.  AT&T, you failed again. Goodnight.” Eric (“gameric”) Gamero, … Continue reading

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Steven Colbert Drops The Sarcasm In His Steve Jobs Homage

Watch, just watch. Steven Colbert, America’s favorite persnickety alter ego, breaks face as he nears the end of tonight’s tribute to Steve Jobs, a man who most of us never met, but whose death a lot of us — for many … Continue reading

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Stephen Colbert Drops The Sarcasm In His Steve Jobs Homage

Watch, just watch. Stephen Colbert, America’s favorite persnickety alter ego, breaks face as he nears the end of tonight’s tribute to Steve Jobs, a man who most of us never met, but whose death a lot of us — for many … Continue reading

30th birthday video: Steve Jobs as a toddler, as a biker, as FDR

Rare images surface in a home movie made by his Apple co-workers in 1985 Jobs in short pants. Source: YouTube Alerted of its existence by some early Apple (AAPL) employees, Technologizer‘s Harry McCracken has unearthed a five-minute home movie made … Continue reading

IHS Names Brian Sweeney Senior Vice President-Global Sales

Dateline City:  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, today announced the appointment of Brian Sweeney as senior vice president-global sales. In this newly created role, Sweeney will have full responsibility for … Continue reading

IHS World Economic Outlook Conference to feature former White House Budget Director Peter Orszag, Council of Economic Advisors Economist Susan Collins, Peterson Institute Fellow Nicholas Lardy, and Council on Foreign Relations Expert Sebastian Mallaby

Dateline City:  LEXINGTON, Mass. LEXINGTON, Mass. (October 5, 2011) – Former White House Budget Director Peter R. Orszag, former Council of Economic Advisors Economist Susan M. Collins, Peterson Institute senior fellow Nicholas Lardy, and author and Council on Foreign Relations … Continue reading

From 411 to 35: Apple’s bumpy ride through the Fortune 500

The annual Fortune 500 list, which ranks U.S. companies by their gross revenue, has been tracking Apple (AAPL) since 1983, when it showed up at No. 411. Everybody knows that Apple was in a downward slide when Steve Jobs returned from … Continue reading

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The Entire World Commemorates Steve Jobs

“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson The thing about Steve Jobs’ quotes is that conceptually he never really said anything that Henry David … Continue reading

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Semiconductor Inventories Rise to Levels Reminiscent of 2008 Downturn

Dateline City:  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Inventories held by semiconductor suppliers in the second quarter of 2011 swelled to levels not seen since the start of the last downturn in early 2008, raising concerns over the near-term outlook for the chip … Continue reading

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Crowds Gather At Apple Stores To Remember “The Inventor Of Our Time” (TCTV)

As the news of Steve Job’s death spread last night, fans held spontaneous vigils at Apple stores around the globe. They came to pay tribute to a man they never met but who profoundly touched and changed their lives. We … Continue reading