DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Elon Musk, with his bombastic tweets, is filling the void vacated by Trump on Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Then, when media outlets reported on his irresponsible behavior, Musk assailed them. Like Trump, Musk has eschewed the traditional, more formal style of corporate governance used by his predecessors. Instead of communicating through conventional means, Musk has chosen to make significant news through seemingly off-the-cuff tweets — just like Trump. The worry about Musk’s behavior, however, is not about how he announces changes to the platform. The right has for years lashed out at “blue checks,” whom in their eyes represent elitist gatekeepers who control the conversation, even though many conservatives also don blue badges.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg is trying to do what Google did with Android — but he learned all the wrong lessons
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Meta's effort to build the metaverse is a way to wrangle back control of consumer data from Apple, experts say. Google's effort paid off, but it's likely that Mark Zuckerberg learned the wrong lessons from recent history. It's similar to why Google developed Android, but Mark Zuckerberg's project seems to miss one key ingredient that made Android a success. Android vs. MetaverseGoogle reportedly created Android more than a decade ago for the same reason: to compete with Apple. Google saw where Apple was going and continued to develop its Android platform to match Apple's iOS.

☆ An 'instinctively conservative' Tim Cook was willing to trying something new — then take responsibility when it failed. Bono says it's probably one reason Steve Jobs tapped him to be CEO.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bono wrote about the time he convinced Apple CEO Tim Cook to put U2's album on iPhones for free. He said this leadership trait was likely one reason Steve Jobs chose Cook as his successor. Cook, Bono wrote, "never blinked," during the backlash, and said Bono talked the company "into an experiment." "We ran with it," Cook told Bono, according to the musician. "Probably instinctively conservative, he was ready to try something different to solve a problem," Bono wrote.

☆ Steve Jobs never locked the front door of his Palo Alto house, which had an English-style cottage garden full of wildflowers and 'stuff you could eat,' U2's Bono says in memoir
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Steve Jobs never locked the front door of his modest Palo Alto house, Bono wrote in his memoir. The U2 frontman described the house as "low-key" and said Jobs grew food in his cottage garden. "Steve lived with his wife, Laurene, and their three kids in a low-key Tudor-style house on a prosperous street in Palo Alto, California," Bono wrote. "Their Anglophilia also inspired a cottage garden full of wildflowers and stuff you could eat, with a gate opening yards from a front door he never locked." Walter Isaacson, Jobs' autobiographer, similarly noted that he usually kept the back door unlocked and didn't have a security fence.

☆ Historian Walter Isaacson weighs in on billionaires' social media interest
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHistorian Walter Isaacson weighs in on billionaires' social media interestWalter Isaacson, a history professor at Tulane University, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Elon Musk, Kanye West, and freedom of speech.

☆ Laurene Powell Jobs says Steve Jobs would be 'very disappointed' with today's polarized political climate: 'He would not be quiet'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Katie Canales | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Laurene Powell Jobs said her late husband would be "disappointed" with today's political climate. She said Steve Jobs would be speaking out often against the polarization we're seeing today. Powell Jobs said Steve Jobs would be speaking out often if he was witnessing the political atmosphere today. Ive similarly said Jobs would be "mad" and "furious" at the current political state, but that he would also still maintain his compassion and love for the ideals that Powell Jobs described. Jobs was largely apolitical in his life, although he did champion liberal causes such as environmentalism alongside his wife.

Shivon Zilis was pictured for the first time alongside Elon Musk and their twins on Wednesday. Musk quietly fathered twins with Zilis, a director at Neuralink, in 2021. She has a high-level role at NeuralinkIn 2017, Zilis joined Neuralink, the futuristic brain microchip company also co-founded by Musk. Tesla's new Gigafactory is located near Austin, and court documents obtained by Insider show list Musk and Zilis as residents of that address. Zilis and Musk's twins were born in November, a few weeks before Musk and the musician Grimes had their second child via surrogate.

Persons: Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk, Musk, Zilis, Elon Musk's, Walter Isaacson, —, Isaacson, Musk wasn't, Twitter —, Justine, Grimes, he's, Ray Kurzweil, I've, Sam Altman, Neuralink, Tesla, Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, ck Elon Musk, Gonzalez, Austin Zilis Organizations: Elon, Service, SpaceX, Twitter, Yale University, Yale, IBM, Bloomberg Beta, Forbes, Canadian, Conference, Neuralink, California Locations: Zilis, Wall, Silicon, Austin, Ontario, Canada, Markham , Ontario, California, Texas, Boca Chica, South Texas

Whether you're new to entrepreneurship or a seasoned founder, managing productivity is a key task. Business owners shared their productivity tips and how they structure their days for success. Whether they're scaling a startup, battling supply chain disruptions, or finding fame on social media, eight business owners showed Insider how they structure their days for success. Daniel Snow, 28, is the founder of two multimillion-dollar enterprises: the media organization RapTV and the marketing business The Snow Agency. Now, she owns The Slay Coach, which teaches business owners how to market their own consulting programs and digital courses.

☆ Elon Musk and Bill Gates have argued over everything from climate change to the pandemic. Here's how their disagreements started and everything that's happened since.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-07 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk and Bill Gates don't seem to agree on climate change, the pandemic, or space travel. After Musk took issue with Gates shorting Tesla, the Microsoft founder said that "he was super mean to me." The two moguls are among the world's wealthiest, with Musk in 1st place and Gates in 5th, behind Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault. In fact, new details from Walter Isaacson's forthcoming biography on Musk suggest that their relationship behind closed doors may've been more tense than we would've thought. Here's where the friction between Gates and Musk began and everything that's happened since.

Persons: Elon Musk, Bill Gates, They've, Musk, Gates shorting Tesla, Gates, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, Walter Isaacson's, Here's Organizations: Twitter, Microsoft, Service, SpaceX, Amazon Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Steve Jobs had an extreme diet that included fasting for days and eating the same vegetables over and over again — here's what Apple's visionary cofounder liked to eat
▼ + stars: | 2019-07-28 | by ( Dave Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Apple cofounder Steve Jobs had some peculiar eating habits. From an early age, Jobs would only eat fruits and vegetables, and fasted for several days at a time. One famous aspect of his personality, aside from his piercing stares and his charming aloofness at times, was his compulsion to only eat fruits and vegetables. So, what did Jobs eat? (Be sure to buy Isaacson's book, "Steve Jobs," for even more fascinating stories about the Apple cofounder.)

Persons: Steve Jobs, Jobs, —, Walter Isaacson Organizations: Service, Apple

☆ Topul anului 2018. Ce cărți au citit și recomandă cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lume
▼ + stars: | 2018-12-19 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Topul anului 2018. Ce cărți au citit și recomandă cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lumeRevista Bloomberg a realizat un top al celor mai citite și recomandate cărți de către cei mai influenți oameni de afaceri din lume. În anul 2018, multe cărți care au ajuns în top abordează subiectele legate de tehnologii și rețelele de socializare și modul cum acestea influențează viața oamenilor. Cea mai recomandată carte de liderii lumii, pentru Bloomberg, este The Coddling of the American Mind (Codificarea minții americane), de Greg Lukianoff și Jonathan Haidt. Pe locul doi s-a clasat Bad Blood (Sânge Rău), de John Carreyrou.

Persons: Topul, În, de tehnologii, Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, John Carreyrou, Gil, de James, Deborah Fallows, Tara Westover, de Tyler Cowen, Leonardo da Vinci, de Walter Isaacson, de Alan Gratz, Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Edward Tenner, Dan Barber, de Marty Cagan, Grant, de Ron Chernow, de Ray Dalio, de Daniel Coyle, Satya Nadella, Jill Tracie Nichols, Greg Shaw, de Paul Volcker, Christine Harper, Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms, Ulysses S, de Ulysses S, Pearl, Dana Mackenzie, Patty McCord, Be, de Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, de Brené, John Marshall, de Joel R, Paul, de Denis Johnson, Mark Helprin, de Graham Allison, de Lisa Brennan, Max Tegmark, Paula McLain Organizations: lume Revista Bloomberg, Bloomberg, of, Society of Free, Food, Tech, Sound, Good Government, Intelligence Locations: jos, of America, Paris, America, China

☆ (video) Recomandări de la Bill Gates. Cinci cărți pe care merită să le citești în această vară
▼ + stars: | 2018-05-22 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Cinci cărți pe care merită să le citești în această varăBill Gates vrea ca în această vară să ai parte de gânduri serioase. Astfel, el a vine cu o recomandare ce include cinci cărți pe care trebuie să le citești în perioada fierbinte a anului. „Leonardo da Vinci” by Walter IsaacsonGates consideră că Leonardo a fost unul dintre cei mai fascinați oameni vreodată. Isaacson combină diferite fire ale vieții lui Leonardo și explică ceea ce l-a făcut atât de excepțional. Gates menționează că rezultatul este un memoir inconștient, surprinzător de amuzant despre credință și despre abordarea propriei mortalități.

Persons: Bill Gates, Gates, Leonardo, Vinci, Walter Isaacson Gates, Isaacson, Kate Bowler, Bowler, George Saunders, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln ., David Christian, Christian, Hans Rosling, Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund Gates Organizations: Lincoln

Search resuls for: "Walter Isaacson"

12 mentions found