Steve Jobs

Report: Apple Pitching Networks $30 iTunes TV Subscriptions

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2009 - 7:59am.
New York - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has been pitching TV networks a plan to offer an iTunes-based TV subscription service that would cost about $30 a month, All Things D reported, citing multiple unnamed sources.
tags: Video | TV | Apple | Disney | ABC | iTunes | ESPN | Steve Jobs |

Apple's App Store Surpasses 2 Billion Downloads

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2009 - 7:25am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Just six months after reaching the 1 billion milestone, Apple (NASD: AAPL) said on Monday that the 2 millionth app now has been downloaded from its App Store, which features applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It had taken nine months for the first billion.

Steve Jobs Unveils New iPods, Updates for iTunes, iPhone

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2009 - 7:53am.
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs took the stage on Wednesday for the first time since undergoing a liver transplant earlier this year, to unveil upgraded and discounted iPods, including a video-capable iPod nano, as well as updates to its iTunes and iPhone software. Jobs compared the new video-capable iPod nano to the popular Flip video camera, noting that it is a fifth as thick as the Flip, and one-tenth of its volume. The new nano -- which will sell for $149 (8GB) and $179 (16GB) -- will now also sport a larger 2.2-inch display and built-in speaker.

Report: Apple Media Event on Sept. 9 Won't Include Tablet

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2009 - 9:35am.
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) is planning a press conference on Sept. 9 at which it is expected to introduce updated iPods and a new version of iTunes, but will not unveil its anticipated tablet computer, All Things D reported.

Google CEO Resigns from Apple's Board of Directors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 3, 2009 - 8:01am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Days after Apple's (NASD: AAPL) App store rejected his company's Internet telephone application for the iPhone, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google (NASD: GOOG), on Monday announced his resignation from Apple's board of directors. Schmidt had served on the company's board since mid-2006. In recent months, however, Google has begun competing in Apple's space, with the launch of its Android operating system -- used on mobile phones that compete with the iPhone -- and the planned launch of its new Chrome operating system.

TMZ Posts Photo of Steve Jobs Back at Work at Apple

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2009 - 11:50am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Gossip website TMZ.com has posted a photo taken on Wednesday of Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs back at work, walking outside on the campus of the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Jobs announced he would take a six-month medical leave of absence in January, during which time he underwent a successful liver transplant at a hospital in Tennessee.

tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |

SEC Continues Probe Into Apple Statements on CEO Jobs' Health

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 8, 2009 - 9:40am.
Washington - The SEC is continuing to investigate Apple's (NASD: AAPL) disclosures about CEO Steve Jobs' medical condition, Bloomberg News reported, some seven months after the probe is thought to have begun.
tags: Law | Policy | Apple | SEC | Steve Jobs |

Apple: CEO Steve Jobs Back at Work

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 7:51am.
San Francisco - After a five-month medical leave of absence, during which he underwent a successful liver transplant, Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs has officially returned to work at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, The New York Times reported.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |

Apple CEO's Liver Transplant Confirmed; "Excellent Prognosis"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 24, 2009 - 9:51am.
Memphis, Tenn. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs is "now recovering well and has an excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant, the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, which performed the procedure, said in a statement on its website. While the hospital did not disclose when the operation was performed, the Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report on the matter, said it was about two months ago.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |

Report: Apple CEO Steve Jobs Sighted at Company HQ

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2009 - 6:41am.
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs, who has been on sick leave since January and said he would return to work by the end of June, was spotted leaving the company's Cupertino, Calif. Headquarters on Monday, Reuters reported.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |

WSJ: Apple CEO Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 22, 2009 - 8:32am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple (NASD: AAPL) on medical leave since January, received a liver transplant in Tennessee this spring, The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend. Neither the company nor Jobs had publicly disclosed the exact reason for his absence.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |

WSJ: Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Track to Return by End of June

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 8:29am.
New York - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs, who has been away on a medical leave of absence since January, is on track to return at the end of this month, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with Apple. It's still unclear whether Jobs will appear next week at the company's developers' conference in San Francisco, when the company is expected to release new iPhone software and possibly a new iPhone model.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs | iPhone |

Steve Jobs to Headline 2009 Inductees to CE Hall of Fame

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 23, 2009 - 10:09am.
Arlington, Va. - Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple (NASD: AAPL), heads the newly announced 2009 class of inductees into the Consumer Electronics (CE) Hall of Fame, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced on Thursday.
tags: Apple | CEA | Steve Jobs |

WSJ: Apple CEO Jobs Still Involved While on Medical Leave

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 13, 2009 - 10:32am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs is still closely involved in running the company, while on a medical leave of absence which he is slated to return from at the end of June, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Jobs "regularly reviews products and product plans, and was particularly involved in the user interface of the new iPhone operating system that Apple unveiled last month," according to The Journal's sources.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs | iPhone |

Apple CEO Steve Jobs Still Expected to Return in June

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2009 - 11:36am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs is still expected to return from a medical leave at the end of June, according to a company board member questioned on the matter at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.
tags: Apple | Steve Jobs |

Report: SEC Investigating Apple Over Jobs' Medical Disclosures

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 21, 2009 - 9:03am.

Washington - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating whether Apple (NASD: AAPL) misled investors with its disclosures about CEO Steve Jobs' faltering health, according to Bloomberg, which cited "a person familiar with the matter." Both Apple and the SEC declined to comment on the story for Bloomberg; the SEC is only required to disclose an investigation if it decides to take enforcement action.

tags: Law | Apple | SEC | Steve Jobs |

Apple CEO Steve Jobs to Take Medical Leave of Absence

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 14, 2009 - 11:20am.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs has stepped down to take a medical leave of absence, saying in an email to employees that his health issues "are more complex than I originally thought." "In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June," Jobs wrote.

Has Apple Lost Its Mojo?

Authored by Jay Baage on January 6, 2009 - 11:00am.

Apple CEO Jobs Says Hormone Imbalance Caused Weight Loss

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2009 - 7:35am.

Cupertino, Calif. - Hoping to deflect further questions about his health, Apple (NASD: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs on Monday issued a statement addressing his continuing weight loss over the past several months. "Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause -- a hormone imbalance that has been 'robbing' me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this," wrote Jobs, adding that he has begun treating what he terms the "relatively simple" nutritional problem.

Apple to Exit Macworld Expo; No Steve Jobs Keynote This Year

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 17, 2008 - 9:46am.

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) announced yesterday that this year will be the last it exhibits at Macworld Expo, the annual trade show that has become the event where CEO Steve Jobs unveils the company's latest creations. The company further threw water on January's event by announcing that Jobs will not deliver his traditional Macworld keynote address. "Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers," the company said in a statement.