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Rumor: Prior to passing, Steve Jobs left iTunes creator in charge of HDTV project

When Steve Jobs passed away, he put certain Apple employees in place to keep things going and make sure his final goals were realized. It looks like another has been discovered. According to Bloomberg, Jeff Robbin, an Apple vice president and engineer who helped create both iTunes and the iPod, is leading the company’s efforts […]

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Hardware News

Industrial designer Jonathan Ive left with additional power/privileges after Steve Jobs’ death

If you’re on your way out, leave someone behind to protect your ideals and legacy. And if that person is less than conventional but has created some of the coolest industrial designs of the past 13 years, all the better. Per the Associated Press, Apple’s widely praised design chief Jonathan Ive has no true boss […]

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Finance News

Apple posts $28.27 billion revenue, $6.62 billion profit for Q4 2011, still disappoints some analysts

You can offer evidence of something pretty amazing, but you’ll never win the entirety of your audience over all the time. In this vein, Apple released the financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter yesterday, reporting record sales of the Mac and iPad product lines as well as the company’s highest September quarter revenue and […]

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iPod News

iFixit posts 7th generation iPod nano teardown

It’s the new components that make the next generation of a device interesting. Once again, the cool cats at iFixit have pulled apart a new Apple gadget, the company releasing a teardown of the new 7th generation iPod nano. The new nano, which looks exactly like its predecessor, sports a 1.54-inch multi-touch display, a 240 […]

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Live Blog: Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” media event

Ok, here are the touch points so far, as noted via the cool cats at Mac|Life: – iOS 5 will be released on October 12th and continue to be free. – iOS 5 will function on the iPhone 3GS, 4, iPad, iPad 2, and the two recent generation iPod touches. – Contacts, calendar items and […]