liver transplant

Apple’s Insanely Great Quarter: 3.05  Million Macs, 7.4 million iPhones Sold

John Paczkowski in News on October 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

Apple’s September quarter saw, among other things, the release of Snow Leopard, the latest upgrade to its OS X operating system and the first public appearance of CEO Steve Jobs, who’d been on a medical leave of absence for a liver transplant. It was also the first full period since the company launched the iPhone 3GS in late June. No wonder it was a blowout quarter.

Jobs: "I'm Vertical, Back at Apple and Loving Every Day of It"

John Paczkowski in News on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 am PT

Leave it to Steve Jobs to upstage his own products. Rumored by some analysts to be a nonevent, Apple’s invitation-only music gathering today is already proving quite eventful. Audience members expecting Apple exec Phil Schiller to quarterback today’s proceedings were given a welcome surprise when CEO Steve Jobs took the stage in his first public appearance since his liver transplant surgery.

Jobs: “I’m Vertical, Back at Apple and Loving Every Day of It”

John Paczkowski in News on September 9, 2009 at 9:52 am PT

Leave it to Steve Jobs to upstage his own products. Rumored by some analysts to be a nonevent, Apple’s invitation-only music gathering today is already proving quite eventful. Audience members expecting Apple exec Phil Schiller to quarterback today’s proceedings were given a welcome surprise when CEO Steve Jobs took the stage in his first public appearance since his liver transplant surgery.

Here It Comes. But What Is It, Exactly? Apple Plans Keynote Event for September.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 13, 2009 at 9:28 am PT

Time to get the rumor mill kicked into high gear: Multiple music industry sources say Apple executives have told them the company is planning one of its famed keynote events for the week of Sept. 7. But in true Apple fashion, the company has been noncommittal about the exact date of the event and what it will be showing off.

SEC Won't Let Steve Be

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2009 at 9:09 am PT

What happened between Apple’s January 5 disclosure of Steve Jobs’s “hormonal imbalance” and the company’s January 14 announcement that the CEO would be taking a six-month leave of absence? That’s the focus of an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission probe into Steve Jobs’s health, an investigation that seems to, well, be going nowhere.

SEC Won’t Let Steve Be

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2009 at 9:09 am PT

What happened between Apple’s January 5 disclosure of Steve Jobs’s “hormonal imbalance” and the company’s January 14 announcement that the CEO would be taking a six-month leave of absence? That’s the focus of an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission probe into Steve Jobs’s health, an investigation that seems to, well, be going nowhere.

Who's Been Sitting at My Desk? Schiller!

John Paczkowski in News on June 29, 2009 at 10:17 am PT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has officially returned to work after a six-month medical leave. “Steve Jobs is back to work,” Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told Digital Daily, confirming what many in Silicon Valley began to suspect last week after Jobs popped up in a company press release.

Who’s Been Sitting at My Desk? Schiller!

John Paczkowski in News on June 29, 2009 at 10:17 am PT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has officially returned to work after a six-month medical leave. “Steve Jobs is back to work,” Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told Digital Daily, confirming what many in Silicon Valley began to suspect last week after Jobs popped up in a company press release.

Steve Jobs Has "Excellent Prognosis"

John Paczkowski in News on June 24, 2009 at 3:30 am PT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant and “has an excellent prognosis,” a Memphis, Tenn., hospital has confirmed. In a statement issued late Tuesday, Dr. James D. Eason, the chief of transplantation at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, said that Jobs did in fact receive a new liver at his transplant facility and is now recovering well.