iFeng 4S - Hairdryer

Wonderful China! This time hairdryer tribute to Steve Jobs. Literally calling it iFeng 4S. Feng means wind in English.
Look carefully, Steve's name is on the hairdryer as well.

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[Updates] Steve Jobs Figurines - Apple Wins

It would seemed that Apple won the legal action to stop in icons from selling Steve's figurines.
In icons made an announcement on 15th Jan 2012.

Below is the full announcement..

"On 5th October 2011 Steve Jobs, the genius, great inventor and visionary, passed away. For the past 25 years I have been a big fan of Steve Jobs following his achievements religiously and using Apple products. His passing left me with emptiness, sadness and a feeling of great personal loss. (I am sure that these sentiments are felt by all of his fans) Four years ago I created a single figurine of Steve which I placed on my desk next to my Mac. I decided to share this memento with the rest of his fans as a commemoration to Steve. The figurine, especially his facial features, was adjusted countless times to achieve his likeness in my memory. I strove to perfect the figurine with the spirit of Steve Jobs because only this will properly reflect my respect and admiration of him.
I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate that the original intention for creating the figurine was driven by a fan’s admiration of Steve. We respect copyright and trade mark rights and therefore indicated on our site that we were not providing any Mac, iPhone and iPad models with the figurine. Further, we haven't used any Apple related brands. Unfortunately we have received immense pressure from the lawyers of Apple and Steve Jobs family. Regardless of the pressure, I am still Steve’s fan, I fully respect Steve, and his family, and it is definitely not my wish or intention that they be upset. Though we still believe that we have not overstepped any legal boundaries, we have decided to completely stop the offer, production and sale of the Steve Jobs figurine out of our heartfelt sensitivity to the feelings of the Jobs family.
We understand that this decision will cause many of the fans' disappointment, but please forgive us as there is no other alternative unless to have the blessing from Steve Jobs family… We will aim to have full refund to the fans who have pre-ordered.
Lastly, we wish to thank everyone for their admiration and appreciation of the figurine, and again we offer our sincere apologies to affected fans."

  Source: in icons

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Steve Jobs Figurines

Chinese makers in icons has probably created the best lookalike figurines of the late Steve Jobs. The package of 12" Collectible Figures cost US $99.99 without shipping. Take a look carefully, it is also sold out!

Somehow in ebay, the price collectibles are sold at a much higher price of US $149.99 (start of bidding price) and it is also sold out!

It was also reported that Apple has requested that in icons to stop production of the figurines. Apparently, the name Steve Jobs was not in the company's registered trademark.

More pictures..

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Sir Jonathan Ive

Apple's design chief Jony Ive has been awarded the title of knighthood in UK in the New Year Honours List. Jonathan Ive was born and raised in UK before pursing his design career in the US.
Walter Isaacon's biography of the late Steve Jobs mentioned that Jony Ive has special relationship with Steve and was granted more "operational power" than anyone else in the company.

Source: BBC

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George Clooney to Play Steve Jobs in Movie?

It was announced last month that Sony bought the rights to film Steve Jobs's movie. Recent rumors is stating that George Clooney may be playing the role of the Apple boss.

Source: 9to5mac

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Steve Job's Thank You Banner on Gat Lebuh Maccalum (Penang)

Found this thank you banner while I was on the way to work. At the bottom of the banner, there is a statement: "Your packaging specialist access". I am not sure if this is part of advertising gimmick or is "access" really a packaging supplier for Apple. Anybody knows?
The banner was found between the intersection of Pengkalan Weld and Gat Lebuh Maccalum.

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Flash Is Dead On Mobiles - Steve Was Right Again!

Guess what? Steve Jobs is right again! Adobe recently announced that it will ceased future development for flash plugins on mobile devices. In other words, it also means no flash will be on any of the Android or Blackberry devices. So, what's the selling point for Android internet browsers now?
In the blog release, Adobe also mentions further support of HTML5.

Full blog release:

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Steve Jobs Biography Easily Best Seller in Debut Week

As expected, Steve done it again even now that he's gone!
According to The BookSeller, Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson easily tops best-seller list in the US and UK during the 1st week of sales.
Nielsen Bookscan data shows that 379,000 copies of the book were sold in US and this exclude the sales of ebook.

The book is currently ranked number 3 in Amazon 2011 best seller charts.

Source: The Bookseller, Amazon, Steve Jobs Biography

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Steve Jobs Biography - Walter Isaacson

Finally, the much anticipated Steve Job's Biography is here in Malaysia. Actually the official release to the book store was on 24th Oct and I managed to get mine on the 25th Oct from Times BookStore. Called up MPH BookStore on the 25th but were told that it were all sold out in all MPH BookStore in KL and Selangor. The book is sold for RM99.90 but you can get 20% discount by purchasing online at MPH online. Not sure if there will be a record selling again for Steve even in the after death.

Below is the excerpt of the book which I find it interesting to share:

Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written, nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off limits and instead encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that," he said. "But I don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out."

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Oct 19th, Memorial Celebration of Steve Jobs - Apple Store To Close For 1 Hour

October 19th will be the day of celebration in Apple Campus for the late CEO, Steve Jobs.

Sources were saying that the Apple Stores will be close for 1 hour on Wednesday in the memory of Steve Jobs.

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Thank You Steve

We were shocked by news from Cupertino that ex-CEO of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs had left us on 5th October 2011. He died at the age of 56.

This day come as a very sad day for each individual all over the world. Coincidentally, the disastrous news came a day after Apple releases the next generation iPhone 4S. This goes to show that probably Steve had hold on till the very final moment in which he manages to see his last solid contribution to the iPhone family. Some dubbed the iPhone 4S = iPhone 4S-teve.

The picture above shows the tribute of Apple Inc towards the legendary Steve Jobs for his everlasting contribution towards man-kind. News spread all over the world through some of the technology that Steve invented with his teams of experts in Apple. The whole micro-blogging service, Twitter was flooded by tributes to Steve on the day the sad news were released.

Pictures of all over the world were seen paying tribute to Steve, mostly at the nearest Apple Store that one could find.

Kuala Lumpur

Santa Monica

Moscow

Hong Kong

Cupertino (flag at half-mast)

UK

California (Steve's home)

Below is the statement from Steve's successor, Tim Cook:

Team,

I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

We are planning a celebration of Steve's extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve's death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

Tim

Source: Apple, CNBC

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Tim Cook, iPhone 5, October 4th

That's the latest news on the new generation iPhone. According to AllThingsD, Apple is expecting to announce the long overdue iPhone 5 on the 4th of October. The person that would be presenting this time around would be the new CEO, Tim Cook.

Pressure is on Tim as the successor of the most influential man, Steve Jobs to deliver what the whole world had been waiting for more than a year.

Source: AllThingsD

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Runner's Tribute to Steve Jobs

A very nicely done tribute to Steve. Joseph Tame, a marathon runner paid his tribute to Steve by making a 21km run across the streets of Tokyo in the shape of an Apple logo. He uses his iPhone and Runkeeper app in succession of mapping the run of the Apple logo.

"It’s for this that I’d like to personally show my appreciation to Steve for his vision and leadership, which has made a direct positive impact upon my life. His work has also served to revolutionise the mobile phone industry, something that was desperately needed here more than anywhere. I’d like to wish Steve all the best, and hope that his health improves fast now he’s able to focus more on getting well again."

Joseph had previously made art by running on a few other occasions which includes, Hello Kitty, his name, Twitter, Google..

Source: Joseph Tame

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Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple's CEO

Update: Tim Cook officially the new Apple CEO and Steve was made the 1st Chairman of Apple.

The sad day has come for Apple. Steve officially announces his resignation as the Apple CEO.

Letter from Steve Jobs

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

Source: Apple (1) Apple (2)

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iTunes 11 + iCloud + iOS 5

Next major announcement by Apple would probably be in 1 or 2 months' time. We should expect iTunes11 + iCloud + iOS 5 in the new launching. Sources noted that there will be a new outlook on the iTunes particularly with the iCloud integration.

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Apple Has More Cash Than U.S. Treasury

The latest U.S. government Treasury debt is at $74 billion. Last quarter financial report from Apple shows that Apple currently has $76 billion cash reserve. Will U.S. seek financial aid from Steve Jobs?

Sources: LA Times

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