Steve Jobs
# steve-jobs - Sunday 26 May, 2013
Vintage Apple computer sells for more than €500k
When new, the Apple 1 sold for $666.
# steve-jobs - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Apple apologises to Chinese consumers after ‘double standards’ criticism
State media in China has criticised the company over customer service and returns policies.
# steve-jobs - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Apple’s SVP of iOS Software to leave as part of restructurings
Scott Forstall had overseen some of the company’s more embarassing let downs in recent years – Siri and Apple Maps.
# steve-jobs - Monday 8 October, 2012
Kanye is back on Twitter, and he’s paying his respects to Steve Jobs
World, start rejoicing. Kanye is tweeting again.
# steve-jobs - Friday 5 October, 2012
Apple marks one year since Steve Jobs’ death
The company has released an emotional video marking its co-founder’s life and inventions.
# steve-jobs - Monday 17 September, 2012
Nick Leeson: Here’s why I won’t be buying into the iPhone 5…
…and it has a lot to do with my bad memories of The Brick. My wife on the other hand…
# steve-jobs - Friday 17 August, 2012
Party clown had Steve Jobs’ stolen iPad
Kenny the Clown had been using the iPad to play the “Pink Panther” and Michael Jackson songs while entertaining children and tourists.
# steve-jobs - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Steve Jobs’ California home burgled
Over $60,000-worth of items reportedly stolen from the Palo Alto property.
# steve-jobs - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# steve-jobs - Monday 30 July, 2012
Court to hear Apple’s €2 BILLION patent claim against Samsung
The smartphone giants will lock horns in a federal court in the US today, with Apple seeking $2.5 billion for patent infringement.
# steve-jobs - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Aaron Sorkin to adapt ‘Steve Jobs’ film
The Oscar-winning writer is to write a screenplay for Sony based on the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson.
# steve-jobs - Friday 24 February, 2012
Apple’s third co-founder explains why he left the company after 12 days
Ron Wayne could have been a part of history – instead, he’s a footnote. Now he’s explained why.
# steve-jobs - Friday 10 February, 2012
The 9 at 9: Friday
The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: Anglo, ministerial Mercs, and Eircom customer data…
FBI releases file on ‘deceptive individual’ Steve Jobs
Jobs would “twist the truth and distort reality”, those who knew him told FBI investigators.
# steve-jobs - Thursday 9 February, 2012
# steve-jobs - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
Steve Jobs ‘never listened to his iPod at home’
The Apple founder shunned the digital music he pioneered – and listened to vinyl LPs instead, according to rock musician Neil Young.
# steve-jobs - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Guess how much the new chief of Apple earns?
Tim Cook took over from the late Steve Jobs last year. What do you think is in his pay packet?
# steve-jobs - Saturday 31 December, 2011
RIP: The people who died in 2011
From Garret FitzGerald to Steve Jobs, we take a look at some of the people from politics, entertainment and sport who died this year.
# steve-jobs - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Apple archive reveals why Steve Jobs chose the name ‘Apple’
In an interview, which is part of the Apple archive located in Stanford University in California, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak describe why they chose the iconic name.
# steve-jobs - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
2011: The year of resignations
Undone by sex scandals, economic failures, uprisings and other controversies, an astonishing number of high-profile figures resigned from their various posts in the past 12 months.
# steve-jobs - Thursday 22 December, 2011
Steve Jobs to be honoured with posthumous Grammy award
The Recording Academy is recognising the late Apple CEO’s significant technical contribution to the recording field.
# steve-jobs - Saturday 10 December, 2011
Column: Why business execs shouldn’t read the Steve Jobs biography
Business Insider reporter Kim Bhasin on why the business world can look up to Steve Jobs – but shouldn’t necessarily want its top people to be emulate him.
# steve-jobs - Sunday 4 December, 2011
Syria bans iPhone as protests continue – report
The ban on the smartphone is seen as a further crackdown on anti-government dissent by Syrian authorities.
# steve-jobs - Saturday 3 December, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: The end of the affair: Herman drops out; why X Factor will trump the Taoiseach on TV3 tomorrow; and what students told a TD whose office they are occupying.
# steve-jobs - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
Aaron Sorkin ‘strongly considering’ writing Steve Jobs film
The screenwriter behind ‘The Social Network’ and ‘The West Wing’ has been asked to write the script for the film version of the Apple founder’s biography.
# steve-jobs - Sunday 13 November, 2011
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the world.
# steve-jobs - Wednesday 9 November, 2011
Watch: ‘lost interview’ shows a young Steve Jobs
“Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview,” will be shown in US movie theatres later this month. We’ve dug out some of the footage…
# steve-jobs - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Obama is the world’s most powerful person again
That is according to the list-loving Forbes magazine which has released its new 70 leaders who matter index.
# steve-jobs - Monday 24 October, 2011
The Daily Fix: Monday
In tonight’s Fix: Áras campaign hits the home stretch, east coast lashed by heavy rain, a dramatic mountain rescue in Wicklow and the DUP councillor’s take on THAT Rihanna video…
‘Petulant genius’: 7 nuggets from the new Steve Jobs biography
The Apple founder had a brittle manner and didn’t wear deodorant, according to a new book. We’ve put together some of the most telling details.
# steve-jobs - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
In pictures: Apple stores close doors for Steve Jobs memorial
The company’s retail outlets across the world were shuttered this evening as employees watched Jobs’s memorial service.
Late arrival of iPhone 4S sees Apple’s Q4 results disappoint
Below expected revenues and earnings saw shares in the world’s leading tech company fall 7 per cent.
# steve-jobs - Sunday 16 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things to know this morning….
California declares today to be Steve Jobs Day
A memorial service will be held in Jobs’ memory at Stanford University this evening, while Californians will celebrate in honour of the Apple co-founder.
# steve-jobs - Tuesday 11 October, 2011
Respiratory failure is the official cause of Steve Jobs’s death
The death certificate listed Jobs’s occupation as a high-tech entrepreneur.
# steve-jobs - Friday 7 October, 2011
Steve Jobs’s funeral being held today as details of his final days emerge
Jobs was advising on the company’s latest iPhone even as he had just weeks to live.
# steve-jobs - Thursday 6 October, 2011
In pictures: Today’s tributes to Steve Jobs
Fans of the Apple co-founder have been making their emotions heard and felt in personal tributes around the world.
The Daily Fix: Thursday
In tonight’s Fix: The presidential candidates doing well in the latest opinion polls; tributes flow for Steve Jobs, and who is the Irish Examiner columnist who is accused of plagiarism?
Take 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
13 most memorable quotes from Steve Jobs
The Apple co-founder was a gifted orator – these are some of the things he had to say on work, life and death.


























































