We’ve found that Siri generally works pretty well, but the beta voice-control application certainly has its flaws. Those flaws, however, may provide a glimpse at the changes in how Apple executives direct Apple following the departure of the late Steve Jobs. In a report from Fortune titled “How Tim Cook is Changing Apple,” the author, Adam

When Apple lost Steve Jobs in 2011, many thought his passing was the beginning of the end of innovation. And, over the past several months — with only the iPhone 4S and new iPad to show for — the company hasn’t done a great deal to dispel that notion, even despite another great quarter. According

The Webby Awards took a moment to honor Steve Jobs last night in classic fashion. Actors known for pinnacle roles in Apple advertisements — including John Hodgman and Justin Long (from the PC/Mac commercials), and Richard Dreyfus (voice-over for “Here’s to the crazy ones…” ad) — took the stage to introduce a memoriam video. The

It seems that one of Steve Jobs’ unfulfilled dremas was to launch an Apple designed iCar. J. Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler was speaking earlier this week at Fast Company‘s Innovation Uncensored conference where he spoke about the long-rumored iCar.  While the rumors have circulated for years, nothing has ever really come of them, but

When the official Steve Jobs biography hits the big screen, Aaron Sorkin is promising it won’t just be a paint-by-numbers biography film. It was announced earlier this week that award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin will be handling the script duties on the official Steve Jobs biography.  Although he has yet to begin writing, he did some

You can be sure that the Apple camp in Cupertino has ideas and plans sketched out for future devices years before they ever make it to market. In fact, Steve Jobs, the company’s co-founder and former CEO, worked closely on the redesign for the next-generation, 4-inch iPhone before he passed away last October. According to

Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has been tapped to script the film adaptation of Steve Jobs. Sony Pictutres announced this evening that is has entered into an agreement with Aaron Sorkin to script the film version of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs from last year.  This is not to be confused with the Ashton

Who would have ever thought a picture of Ashton Kutcher wearing a black turtler neck could get people so interested? The first photos have surfaced of Ashton Kutcher “in costume” – can you really define a black turtle neck and jeans as a costume? – walking to set of Jobs: Get Inspired.  TMZ posted the photos this

I think we can officially say that the early days of Apple were definitely not as polished in video production as they are now. A few months ago we brought you a video from Apple of the 1980′s called “Leading the Way.”  It was, to put it mildly, mind-numbingly bad.  Another video surfaced earlier this

In the 1947 book “The Theory of Social and Economic Organization,” author and sociologist Max Weber outlined three categories of organizations: 1) Legal/bureaucratic (such as IBM or the federal government) 2) Traditional (like the Catholic Church) 3) Charismatic (bodies headed by a uniquely talented or “magically” compelling person/people) It’s the third type that might be

The Apple Inc. of 1984 was a very different company than the one we know today. Back then, it was an ambitious upstart trying to rally the troops. And while that young company was known for its infamous “1984″ TV commercial, it was also responsible for another, very different video that same year — a 9-minute

Music and John Cusack seem to go hand in hand. Who can forget his career-making turn in Say Anything, when he used a massive boom box to “serenade” Ione Sky under her bedroom window? Or his monologue about relationships and crafting the perfect mixtape in High Fidelity? Well wouldn’t you know, after that last one

Apple on Friday publicly denied that it is working in any fashion with the French designer Philippe Starck. Earlier this morning, a report surfaced suggested Starck was working on a new “revolutionary” product that Apple would launch within the next 8 months. The story was juicy: Was Starck working on the Siri-powered Apple iTV? Or what

Ashton Kutcher, currently starring in Two and a Half Men, has reportedly been cast as Steve Jobs in the bio film of the Apple co-founder’s life. Despite it being April Fools Day, Variety is standing by a report that Ashton Kutcher will indeed be donning the black turtleneck to play Steve Jobs in the upcoming

When Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as Apple CEO, the man had some mighty big shoes to fill. While the former COO doesn’t quite have the same charm and presence Jobs commanded, he has quickly endeared himself to the world of business. In fact, Cook was recently ranked as the number one most beloved CEO in

The iPhone 4S made the name “Siri” famous — I’m willing to bet you could walk into any restaurant, walk up to any patron, and ask who (or what) Siri is and you’ll get the right answer 90% of the time. But Siri is a name that almost wasn’t. In fact, Steve Jobs didn’t originally

Once again CBS CEO Les Moonves has discussed the rumored Apple television and what part his network might play in it. Earlier this month Mr. Moonves discussed the Apple television as if it was an already announced product. Speaking with Maria Bartiromo yesterday on CNBC’s Closing Bell, he was asked once again about what part, if

Five years ago, Steve Jobs apparently did not approve of Apple’s recently revamped Apple TV interface designs. According to former Apple TV engineer Michael Margolis, Jobs “tossed out [the new designs] 5 years ago because [he] didn’t like them.” The Cupertino company unveiled its newest set-top box earlier this month with full 1080p video support

Today might be tough for those who live and breath Apple, but weren’t able to get their hands on a new iPad. Take heart, fankids: You can still prove your i-Obsession by cuddling up to squeezably soft likeness of the company’s legendary chief. Not sure if Throwboy’s iCEO is a humorous take on i-devotion, or

Apple has submitted more detailed plans for its upcoming campus to the city of Cupertino, showing off more of its proposed space ship office building. Last June, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs went before the Cupertino City Council to discuss a new office campus that his company wanted permission to build.  Not surprisingly, the city didn’t put

When Steve Jobs passed away a little over four months ago, many media types wondered what it would mean for the technology company he spent so much of his life devoted to. Would Apple soldier on, carrying on the legendary’s chief’s unique modus operandi? If not, could it lift itself out of mourning to find

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released its 191-page document it compiled on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.  The information contained within was collected in 1991 when Jobs was up for an appointment to the President’s Export Council under the first President Bush.  The document does not paint the most favorable image of one of

Action Electronics, the Taiwanese company behind the Action Pad, decided to use a Steve Jobs impersonator for their latest tablet ad campaign. They also decided to give him a halo and angel wings. Steve Jobs passed away in October of 2011. His death brought with it a wave of reaction and remorse from fans and tech enthusiasts

Mark Zuckerberg is joining the $1 a year salary club. Following Facebook’s $5 billion IPO filing, it was revealed in the Facebook S1 the CEO would drop his salary starting January 1, 2013. Compare that with the $1.5 million he made last year – which included salary, bonus and other compensations – and Zuck’s paycheck is

Virgin America has paid tribute to Apple’s co-founder and former CEO by naming one if its jets with a popular quote from Steve Jobs. In large red letters on the side of one of its Airbus A320 planes it reads, “stay hungry, stay foolish.” The quote is taken from a famous commencement address given to