Siri Goes Down For a Day; Apple Says Network Outages Are Possible

PC World – Apple’s fancy new voice assistant for the iPhone 4S, Siri, went down Wednesday morning and didn’t come back up until the evening–and even then, only for some users. iPhone 4S users across the country discovered that Siri was no longer able to connect to the network–even though they had 3G or Wi-Fi …

Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

Updated August 25, 2011 11:50:35 Ailing Silicon Valley pioneer Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of Apple in a stunning move at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage. The 55-year-old Apple co-founder was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour in his pancreas in 2004 and has been on medical leave for an undisclosed …

Taptera Gets $2M for Business App Development

Taptera Gets $2M for Business App Development San Francisco – Taptera, a San Francisco-based developer of mobile business apps for the iPhone and iPad, said on Wednesday it has landed $2 million in its first round of funding. Prominent Silicon Valley investor Terence Garnett led the round, which also included participation from salesforce.com and individuals …

Ending the Era of Jobs « Digital Frontiers

What Steve Jobs has Meant for Apple, for Silicon Valley, and for Global Tech Steve jobs did not invent the portable stereo.  Long before the iPod, there was ‘Pressman’ – a creation of Kozo Ohsone, then general manager of the Tape Recorder division of Sony.  (‘Pressman’ became ‘Walkman in 1977.) Jobs also didn’t invent the …