Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 11:52 pm PT
Sometimes it makes sense to ask a simple, direct question. Like this one, from a
D8 attendee to Apple CEO Steve Jobs: When can we start making phone calls with our iPhones?
John Paczkowski in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 11:49 pm PT
Three years ago at
D5, Apple CEO Steve Jobs described Apple TV as a hobby. And since then, the company has continued to describe the digital media receiver that way. Indeed, COO Tim Cook referred to it that way at a Goldman Sachs conference this past February. Today Jobs told us why: Apple has no interest in a market that precludes it from rolling out a viable go-to-market strategy.
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 11:45 pm PT
We’ve heard Gizmodo’s version of the 4G iPhone saga. And we’ve heard the San Mateo County Sheriff’s telling of the tale. Here’s Steve Jobs’s take.
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 11:42 pm PT
Does Steve Jobs really want to shut out other ad networks from the iPhone and the iPad? No, says the Apple CEO. But he is very intent on locking out third-party analytics firms.
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 11:26 pm PT
Apple and Google used to work together. Google CEO Eric Schmidt sat on Apple’s board. Now they’re locked in a fierce battle. What happened? “They decided to compete with us and got more and more serious,” Steve Jobs says.
John Paczkowski in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 9:47 pm PT
Apple’s iPad may have followed the iPhone to market, but it preceded the smartphone conceptually. During a Tuesday evening interview at
D8, CEO Steve Jobs said the idea for the iPhone was born of a very early tablet prototype that would years later become the iPad.
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 9:12 pm PT
Steve Jobs insists that he isn’t out to crush Adobe. But at the opening session of the
D8 conference, the Apple CEO explained at length why he’s done with Adobe’s Flash: It’s a technology that’s outlived its usefulness, much like floppy disks and serial ports.
Adam Tow in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 8:00 pm PT
Steve Jobs kicked off the
D8 conference on Tuesday evening. Here are the session photos from our conference photographer Asa Mathat.
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 7:56 pm PT
Will Apple ditch AT&T for Verizon or another carrier? Steve Jobs wouldn’t address that directly tonight at
D8. But he did say that AT&T’s well-documented trouble handling calls made with his iPhone should improve soon. How soon? “By the end of the summer.”
Peter Kafka in D8 on June 1, 2010 at 7:16 pm PT
Here’s the pitch Steve Jobs is making to media companies: Cut your prices, and I’ll help you move a lot of product.
Speaking at the
D8 conference, the Apple CEO said he wants to help save journalism because “I don’t want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers myself. I think we need editorial more than ever.” Ahem. Regardless, “What we have to do is figure out a way to get people to start paying for this hard-earned content.” Okay. So how to do that? “Price it aggressively, and go for volume.”