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Google releases alternative to Siri on new app for iPhone, iPad

...according to the research firm IDC.Android's success has been particularly galling for Apple because its late CEO, Steve Jobs, believed Google stole many of its ideas for the software from the iPhone. That led to a series of court battles over...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-29/google-releases-alternativ
Apple CEO promises investors 'great stuff' to come; stock drops

...wiped out collective shareholder wealth totaling $240 billion.Cook, who became CEO shortly before Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died in October 2011, has a huge incentive to get the company's stock price strong again. The 1.1 million Apple...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-27/apple-ceo-promises-investo
Apple CEO Tim Cook puts gentler face on company

...Those jobs aren't coming back."That's what Steve Jobs reportedly told President Obama when asked at a dinner...demanding boss," Howe says. "And he's very much of the Steve Jobs model, where if you're the janitor you get to make...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-08/apple-ceo-tim-cook-puts-ge
Apple mulling cheaper iPhone to compete against Android devices

...standard, a device that warrants a higher price than other smartphones. Under this tack favored by Apple's late CEO, Steve Jobs, the company sells a premium-priced iPhone that has been updated annually with new features since its 2007 debut...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-01-09/apple-mulling-cheaper-ipho
Investor sues Apple over plan to eliminate preferred stock

...an acquisition, they borrow it.Einhorn's criticism hints at Apple's lean years in the mid-90s. Former CEO Steve Jobs came out of that experience with a very tight hold on the company's purse strings. Apple has never explained its reasons...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-07/investor-sues-apple-over-p
Jobs

Opens Friday, Apr 19, 2013 Synopsis: Swing Vote's Joshua Michael Stern takes the helm for this biopic starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, and tracing the Apple co-founder's career from his early years in that Palo Alto garage to his rise as one of the computing industry's most admired innovators. By focusing on the key moments that drove Jobs' success and the conversations that made him such a controversial figure among critics, Stern and screenwriter Matt Whiteley present an intimate portrait a driven, deeply complex man who dedicated his life to revolutionizing the way we use computers. Josh Gad, Matthew Modine, Lukas Haas, and Dermot Mulroney co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Matthew Modine, Lukas Haas, Dermot Mulroney Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

Why stimulus policies don't work, and why the 2013 outlook is dark

...investment, which promotes sustainable consumption, increased output, increased employment and more entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs. (The writer is a professor emeritus of financial economics from the University of Georgia. He lives in Aiken, S...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2012-08-04/why-stimulus-pol
Apple says iPhone 5 orders topped 2 million in 24 hours

...days after its launch Oct. 14. That launch occurred less than two weeks after the death of Apple's iconic founder Steve Jobs and as the iPhone 4S went on sale, scores of Apple devotees were still mourning him outside Apple stores across the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-09-17/apple-says-iphone-5-orders
Microsoft launches Windows 8 with little fanfare in New York

...the look and feel of Apple's famous unveilings but lacked the element of surprise. Apple's late founder and CEO Steve Jobs used to tease audiences with "one more thing" at the end of Apple presentations. Most of what came out Thursday had already...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-10-25/microsoft-launches-windows
President Obama addresses Democratic National Convention

...the little girl who's offered an escape from poverty by a great teacher or a grant for college could become the next Steve Jobs or the scientist who cures cancer or the President of the United States, and it is in our power to give her that chance...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-09-08/president-obama-addresses-democrati