Steve Jobs – still pushing the buttons
p2pnet news view | Advertising:- You have to give it to Apple’s Steve Jobs.
He sure knows how to push them buttons.
The company says its App Store is approaching one billionth download.
Now, “Download an app and you’ll automatically get the chance to win a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro,” says its promo page.
No purchase necessary, but hopefuls have two be 13-years-old and up.
Jobs, meanwhile, has been on sick leave for three months but he’s still, “closely involved in key aspects of running the company, say people familiar with the matter,” says the Wall Street Journal, adding:
“Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook runs the day-to-day operations at Apple, these people say. But Mr. Jobs has continued to work on the company’s most important strategies and products from home, they say. He regularly reviews products and product plans, and was particularly involved in the user interface of the new iPhone operating system that Apple unveiled last month, these people say.
“Apple co-founder Mr. Jobs, who is considered the company’s creative leader, is also involved in the development of future projects, they say. People privy to the company’s strategy say Apple is working on new iPhone models and a portable device that is smaller than its current laptop computers but bigger than the iPhone or iPod Touch.”
Lesse: in terms of actual value online, a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card would be worth, what, $10? 
Wall Street Journal – Jobs Maintains Grip at Apple, April 11, 2009
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April 13th, 2009 at 10:16 am
“These people say”?
Clearly whoever wrote this has never been given any form of writing education/training. This is so difficult to read.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:22 am
^^ Wash your mouth out! That’s a Rupert Murdoch writer you’re talking about !
Or so they say.
Cheers!
April 13th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Surprise! Quebec excluded from Apple’s billion app contest
http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/tech/archive/2009/04/10/surprise-quebec-excluded-from-apple-s-billion-app-contest.aspx
Isn’t this song starting to get old?
Apple is counting down to its billionth app downloaded. As a promotion, they’re doing a draw for people who download an app between now and the billion mark. Contestants can win a bunch of Apple stuff.
And guess what: Canadians can participate, but not Quebecers, according to the official rules.
I’m not going over this again, as I already have in the past. This time it’s a chance-based contest, not a test of skill, so it’s understandable that Apple would not want to give the Quebec government a percentage of the prize value, as mandated by provincial rules.
But it’s clear that to the Quebec government, being different from the rest of Canada comes with a needless price for its own citizens.
I just keep asking myself: who or what exactly are these sweepstakes laws protecting?
April 13th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
We too have a new project in progress. it is to flush out all the parasites from the recording and movie industry. It is a lot of work since there are entire corporations of just parasites.
Parasites! parasites! parasites! every where preaching profanity advocating murder and sin like the beast of the appocalypse. This is disgusting!
But we can and must get ride of them. All of them. We must be the archangels who will eliminate this very serious world wide threat more dreadful than El-Quada and Ben laden.
We can not afford to have all these corporations of parasites roaming arround ruining our moral standard, riping off people and damaging our societies.
April 13th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
“Surprise! Quebec excluded from Appleâs billion app contest”
It is usually because firms do not think the market is big enough to justify translation costs.
April 13th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Quebecers, with their inferiority complex, pass laws like Bill 101
Those of them who know English a bit could participate, but then they will misunderstand something, then whine to their provincial government.
To prevent that whining and lawsuits, firms choose to exclude Quebec from such contests.
But there is a positive thing about this: less telemarketing calls.