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☆ He spent years predicting Apple would launch a TV. The 'painful lesson' he learned when it didn't still applies today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, said he isn't holding his breath for an Apple TV. Munster said it's still a "painful topic" since he spent a lot of time looking into the Apple TV and was emphatic that it would happen. However, in 2014, another author, Yukari Iwatani Kane, wrote in "Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs" that Jobs told Apple employees in 2010 that a TV set wasn't happening. The lesson Munster learned about a company assembling a team and putting resources behind projects that may remain on the shelf continues to apply. Still, Munster's lesson didn't stop him from making a plea for CEO Tim Cook to bring the Apple TV to shelves.

Persons: Gene Munster, he's, Munster, Apple, it's, I'm, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Yukari Iwatani Kane, Jobs, Tim Cook Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg, Munster, Deepwater Asset Management, Apple TV

☆ The Apple TV Set is an idea whose time will never come
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That's for good reason: An Apple TV set didn't make sense years ago. But in theory, if that goes well, then maybe Apple will be more interested in chasing an Actual TV Set. Apple still sells a dedicated Apple TV box, which you can plug into any TV to transform it into an "Apple TV." AdvertisementYou can debate whether Apple TV+ is actually successful — its movie strategy seems … challenged — but it at least makes sense strategically: Apple TV+ is supposed to generate recurring monthly revenue, and Apple is all about recurring monthly revenue as part of its "services" push. A TV set — even the most awesome TV set — would be a one-and-done proposition for Apple.

Persons: you've, That's, Mark Gurman, Gurman, doesn't, Tim Cook's, Donald Trump, Cook, Trump, Apple, we've, Ben Lovejoy, Steve Jobs, Yukari Iwatani Kane, Walt Mossberg, Jobs, I'm Organizations: Apple, Trump, YouTube, Google

☆ Apple is revisiting a scrapped idea from its Steve Jobs era
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Steve Jobs had apparently had mixed feelings about Apple entering the TV market before his death. Apple cofounder Steve Jobs reportedly made it clear before he died that Apple wouldn't pursue its own television set, but the company may now be revisiting the idea over a decade later. Jobs reportedly told biographer Walter Isaacson that he'd "finally cracked" how to make TVs simpler to use. In 2014, writer and former Apple beat reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane wrote in her book, "Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs," that Jobs told top Apple employees in 2010 that the company wouldn't be making a TV set. Apple's services business, which includes Apple TV+ subscriptions, has boomed in recent quarters.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Apple hasn't, Jobs, Walter Isaacson, he'd, Isaacson, Apple, it's, Yukari Iwatani Kane, Ted Lasso Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg, Apple Intelligence

☆ Former Google CEO says Steve Jobs was a 'diva' — and explains why companies need them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt said companies need "divas" in order to build brilliant products. Schmidt gives the example of Steve Jobs as a difficult yet brilliant diva. Steve Jobs was a diva — and that's exactly what you want for a successful company, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said. One such example of a famously tough genius was Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who Schmidt said was "clearly" a diva. "They're not trying to do the right thing; they're trying to benefit themselves at the cost of others."

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, Steve Jobs, —, Jonathan Rosenberg, Jobs, Google execs, They're, Rosenberg Organizations: Google

☆ Inside Microsoft's struggles with Copilot
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

In September 2023, Microsoft's famously soft-spoken CEO, Satya Nadella, unveiled the company's flagship AI product, Copilot, with sweeping fanfare. Some of Microsoft's own employees and executives are privately concerned that Copilot won't be able to deliver on its ambitions. Copilot's struggles have created an opening for Microsoft's rivals, some of whom have seized on the opportunity to promote their own agendas. "Now, when Joe Blow logs into an account and kicks off Copilot, they can see everything," said one Microsoft employee familiar with customer complaints. As complaints and questions over Copilot mount, so does the pressure to justify Microsoft's unprecedented level of spending on AI.

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☆ Airbnb CEO says most employees don't want full autonomy at work — and those that do should start their own companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I think their actions don't say the same thing," he told Fortune. Chesky, who inspired the term "founder mode," says those seeking autonomy should be entrepreneurs. The Airbnb CEO recently spoke with Fortune about the "founder mode" model of leadership. But I don't think people for the most part want to be disintegrated. AdvertisementHe said that his operating in founder mode "flies in the face of everything we're taught about modern leadership."

Persons: Fortune, Chesky, —, Brian Chesky doesn't, Paul Graham, Graham, Airbnb, he'd, they're, we're, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk Organizations: Service Locations: America

☆ Apple needs all four of its iPhones to be popular if it's going to reignite sales
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's how many iPhones the company has released each year since 2020, and in September, it released the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Apple introduced the four-phone lineup because historically the company's iPhone sales have seen the strongest growth when it expanded the lineup. The company doesn't give sales figures for its individual products, and overall iPhone sales for fiscal 2024 came in at $201.18 billion. Every year since 2020, one of the new iPhone models has lagged its siblings in sales. At $899 in the U.S., it's more expensive than the baseline iPhone 16 but cheaper than the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, which have better screens.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Jobs, Max, Apple, Pro Max, it's, They're, DSCC, Ross Young Organizations: Apple, Jobs, Pro, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners Locations: U.S

☆ OpenAI hires Meta's former AR glasses lead to head its robotics team
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI has hired Meta's former hardware lead to head up its robotics team. Caitlin Kalinowski previously led Meta's AR glasses hardware team. Caitlin Kalinowski, who served as Meta's head of AR glasses hardware until July, said she was joining OpenAI to lead the company's robotics and consumer hardware efforts. "Thank you to the OpenAI team, Sam, Kevin Weil, PW, and to my friends and colleagues in engineering and beyond!" In May, Forbes reported that OpenAI had been hiring research engineers to rebuild the previously abandoned robotics team, something the company later confirmed.

Persons: OpenAI, Caitlin Kalinowski, Kalinowski, —, Sam, Kevin Weil, Orion, Jony, Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs Organizations: Service, Orion, Forbes, Intelligence, Apple, The New York Times, Business

☆ Sam Altman's leadership advice echoes 2 philosophies encouraged by Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Altman also emphasized saying no, echoing Steve Jobs' leadership philosophy. AdvertisementThe leadership traits that Sam Altman values may sound familiar to those who have studied Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett. Altman said the team tries to be "rigorous" about straying away from "fantastical dreams" or goals — a strategy reminiscent of the late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Advertisement"The main thing I stressed was focus," Jobs had said about his visit to Larry Page, biographer Walter Isaacson wrote in the Harvard Business Review. "The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything," the Berkshire Hathaway CEO once said.

Persons: Sam Altman, Altman, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, —, Kevin Weil, Jobs, Larry Page, Walter Isaacson, Apple's, Jerry Yang, Insider's Nicholas Carlson, Marissa Mayer, — that's, Alman, Sora Organizations: Service, Apple, Harvard Business, Yahoo, Stanford University, Conference, Berkshire Hathaway Locations: Hollywood

☆ Apple to buy Pixelmator, the iPhone image editing app with AI features
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple will buy Pixelmator, the creator of image editing apps for Apple's iPhone and Mac platforms, Pixelmator announced Friday in a blog post. Pixelmator, a Lithuanian company, was founded in 2007, and in recent years has been best known for Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro, which compete with Adobe Photoshop. It also makes Photomator, a photo editing app. Pixelmator said in its blog post that there "will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time." In 2020, Apple bought Dark Sky, a weather app that eventually became integrated into Apple's default weather app.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Pixelmator, We've, Siri Organizations: Apple, Pixelmator, Adobe, iOS, Apple Intelligence Locations: Cupertino , California, Lithuanian

☆ Brian Chesky breaks down what people get wrong about 'founder mode'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Founder mode" is not about "swagger," says one of the founders who popularized it. Here's what he says most people get wrong about "founder mode" and how he actually defines it. AdvertisementBrian Chesky helped popularize the term "founder mode," but he says some people have gotten it twisted. The term "founder mode" was popularized in September by Y Combinator founding partner Paul Graham, who wrote that Chesky inspired it. "First of all, people don't know what founder mode is," Chesky said on the podcast.

Persons: Brian Chesky, —, Y, Paul Graham, Graham, Chesky, Airbnb, Mark Zuckerberg, aren't, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Elon Musk, Jony, Hiroki Asai Organizations: Service, Apple, Harvard Business School Locations: Airbnb

☆ Apple releases Apple Intelligence. Here's how to get it on your iPhone
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersApple on Monday released iOS 18.1, an update that includes the company's artificial intelligence, called Apple Intelligence, for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro. "Given the staggered launch of Apple Intelligence, we expect iPhone demand to pick up post initial release of Apple Intelligence in late Oct," Bank of America Securities analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in an Oct. 25 note. Opt inYou need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or any iPhone 16 model to install and use Apple Intelligence. You also need to turn it on by asking for access to Apple Intelligence in the Settings app. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Apple Intelligence can summarize important emails inside the Mail app.

Persons: Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Manuel Orbegozo, Siri, Wamsi Mohan Organizations: Apple, Steve, Reuters Apple, Apple Intelligence, Nvidia, Apple Inc, iOS, " Bank of America Securities Locations: Cupertino , California

Jim Cramer scoffed at the call — warning Friday that investors who follow these sell recommendations will likely "miss the next giant move" in Apple stock. That's why Jim has found success sticking to his "own it, don't trade it" Apple mantra. Starting with Atlantic Equities in January 2020 through KeyBanc's downgrade late Thursday, the long-term trajectory of Apple shares has been higher. Apple shares eventually hit a 52-week low of $164 in mid-April. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jim Cramer scoffed, Jim, Jim doesn't, It's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Steve Jobs, Manuel Orbegozo Organizations: Apple, Barclays, Trust, CNBC, Steve Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ Disney and Apple are breaking up over App Store fees
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Disney is no longer letting new customers sign up for Hulu or Disney+ via Apple's App Store. Disney is now telling would-be customers to pay for subscriptions on Disney's own site, instead of on Apple's App Store — though people who've already started paying for either service via Apple can keep doing that. But the App Store split does represent a rift between two longtime partners, so it's definitely worth noting. Disney's rationale is clear here: When customers sign up for Disney subscription services via Apple, Apple takes up to 15% of the monthly fees those services generate. Just like Netflix in 2018, Disney has decided that the services Apple offers through its App Store — the ability to market to and bill a giant installed base — aren't worth giving up a meaningful chunk of revenue.

Persons: Bob Iger, —, who've, Iger, Steve Jobs, Jobs Organizations: Disney, Apple, Hulu, Service, Netflix, iTunes, Jobs, Pixar, Apple's, Reps

☆ Robert Downey Jr. says he wishes Elon Musk 'would control his behavior a little more'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Robert Downey Jr. discussed SpaceX founder Elon Musk on the Kara Swisher podcast. The "Iron Man" star said he wishes the businessman "would control his behavior a little more." Musk had a cameo in "Iron Man 2" because he has been compared to Downey Jr.'s character, Tony Stark. AdvertisementRobert Downey Jr. said Elon Musk should "control his behavior a little more," jabbing the billionaire CEO who has often prompted comparisons with Tony Stark. Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, and Elon Musk in "Iron Man 2."

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☆ Tim Cook shares the No. 1 trait that set Steve Jobs apart from most people: 'Very few people have that skill'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tim Cook learned a lot from Steve Jobs in the 13 years he worked with the late Apple co-founder. Cook was particularly "enamored" with one specific skill he learned from Jobs, he said: "Not to be married to my past views. Not to be so proud you can't change your mind when you're presented with new evidence in things. Cook went on to call Jobs' willingness to change his mind on any topic "a brilliant skill" — and one that's less common than you might think. "People who are right a lot, they listen a lot, and people who are right a lot, change their mind a lot."

Persons: Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Cook, Jobs, Keith Bellizzi, Jeff Bezos, —, Bezos, Andy Jassy, they're, Jassy Organizations: Apple, Wall, Compaq, Jobs, University of Connecticut, Pathfinder, CNBC Locations: Seattle

☆ A woman lost 40 pounds by quitting strict diets that made her miserable. She started by visualizing 3 healthy habits her ideal self would keep.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But when Suzuki started visualizing her dream self and following the habits she imagined she would have, she lost 40 pounds sustainably. Growing up, Suzuki, a YouTuber based in New York, was overweight and wasn't taught healthy eating habits, which made her feel different. As she observed people who had healthy habits, she noticed that they tended to be active simply because they enjoyed it. She didn't restrict herself but didn't eat more than she neededIn Suzuki's childhood home, there was a scarcity mentality in relation to food, she said. She knew there would be times she didn't feel motivated but she just kept focusing on her goal until it became a habit.

Persons: Mae Suzuki, Steve Jobs, Suzuki, —, Michael Phelps, wasn't, who's, Maz Suzuki Organizations: Service, for Disease Control Locations: New York

☆ 3 things Apple's Tim Cook learned from working with Steve Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal he uses Steve Jobs' leadership lessons to guide Apple. Here are three more things Cooks said the late Jobs taught him about management. "Small teams could do amazing things"Cook saat the teams responsible for creating the iPod and iPhone were "very small teams in the scheme of things." Related storiesHe told the Journal that Jobs taught him to hire "the best people to surround you that challenge you." Cook said he learned "not to be married to your past views" while working with Jobs.

Persons: Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Jobs, Cook, —, it's, There's Organizations: Wall Street, Apple, Service, Jobs Locations: China

Matthew is serving a 7-year prison sentence in Singapore's Changi Prison for trafficking meth. Officials from the Singapore Prison Service say they encourage guards to think of themselves as “Captains of Life,” helping rehabilitate the prison population. Officials did not allow CNN to visit Institution A1, where more than 40 death row inmates await the same fate. Before each execution, authorities organize a professional photo shoot in which inmates trade their prison uniforms for civilian clothes. Hong Kong’s population is around 25% larger than Singapore’s, and it does not impose the death penalty for drug offenses.

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☆ Cheap, Secondhand Androids Are Now Cooler Than Brand-New Apple iPhones
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

People are more aware of refurbished phones, thanks to ad campaigns and word of mouth. For $249 or 299 euros, customers could buy a refurbished iPhone or Android without knowing the model they'd get. AdvertisementPerhaps the biggest thing blocking people from buying more secondhand phones is the manufacturers themselves. Amy Marty Conrad, a 34-year-old who lives in the Washington, DC, area says she and her husband have each bought refurbished phones. But perhaps the biggest thing blocking people from buying more secondhand phones is the manufacturers themselves.

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☆ Elon Musk’s empire of misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —At any Tesla event, you have to go in expecting a good amount of smoke and mirrors. This is the company run by Elon Musk, after all — its self-anointed Technoking who’s made overpromising and underdelivering a theme of his career. ICYMI: The robotaxis, Tesla’s fully driverless vehicles that it hopes to put into service next year, were the main event. But Musk’s reality distortion field is something else entirely — hardly limited to overly optimistic timetables or pie-in-the-sky projections for Tesla’s delivery schedule. In a twist, though, X dropped Unilever from the lawsuit on Friday.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Elon Musk, Technoking who’s, Tesla, ” Gordon Johnson, ” Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas, they’re, Steve Jobs, Donald Trump, ”, Craig Fugate, X Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Elon, Bloomberg, “, Apple, National Guard, FEMA, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, ” Unilever, ”, Unilever Locations: New York, Carolina

☆ Where are Gen Z's tech founders?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

So where are Gen Z's tech founders? Gen Z founders and would-be founders are stepping into a vastly different tech world from that of their predecessors — a world where launching a unicorn is far more difficult, and publicly scrutinized, than it was for the garage-band generation of Jobs and Gates. Gen Z is coming of age in an era when the same Big Tech companies are diffuse and dominant. In other words, millennial founders ran so that Gen Z founders could walk. Perhaps we won't see Gen Z founders standing before a crowd and unveiling their latest shiny products anytime soon.

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☆ Steve Jobs once said what he really thinks about consultants — to a group of consultants
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-05 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Steve Jobs was not the biggest fan of consulting. Jobs once criticized consulting in a 1992 talk at MIT, where some consultants were present. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe late Apple founder, Steve Jobs, once had some choice advice for consultants: "You should do something." The Apple founder certainly took his own advice.

Persons: Steve Jobs, Jobs, —, Gen, Apple's, Walter Isaacson, you've Organizations: MIT, Service, Apple, NeXT

☆ Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to be remembered for this
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg knows how he wants to be remembered. Zuckerberg hopes Meta will be a "technology" company decades from now — not just an "app company." Zuckerberg wants people to say Meta took "really big swings" that changed the industry and the world. Right, we're not like — we're not an app company," Zuckerberg said of Meta. Zuckerberg said as well that he just wants Meta to be a company that "builds awesome things."

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Meta, —, Tiffany Janzen, we're, hasn't, Steve Jobs, Jobs, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: Service, Meta, Business Insider, Harvard, Facebook, Apple, IDC, SpaceX Locations: WhatsApp, Silicon

Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Group, has turned his money and focus toward a very personal new project: DyslexicU, the first free online university for dyslexic thinkers. Branson said that while he wasn’t interested in school subjects such as geometry and applied mathematics, dyslexia helped him focus on his strengths. “If you’re a dyslexic person, you can go on and take one of the courses and learn more about how incredibly successful dyslexic people have used their dyslexic thinking to turbocharge their careers,” Branson’s co-founder Kate Griggs told NBC News. Whereas schools should be places to go and find out what’s going on in the world,” Branson said. “Find out one thing that really interests them and let them put their energy behind that,” Branson said.

Persons: Richard Branson, Branson, “, ”, I’ve, Kate Griggs, Olga Fedorova, ” Branson, Muhammad Ali, Steve Jobs, Pablo Picasso, ” Branson’s, you’re, who’ve Organizations: Virgin Group, NBC News, University of Life, Virgin, Branson, “ Locations: blackboards

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