L’acte fondateur d’Apple mis aux enchères. Apple est une entreprise à cheval sur les valeurs et le symbolisme, aussi la nouvelle décontenance un peu.
Sotheby's mettra en vente l'acte fondateur d'Apple le 13 décembre prochain à New-York. Ce dernier marque la création d’Apple et est estampillé de la main des trois fondateurs dont évidemment Steve Jobs. Voilà une information déroutante, on s’attendait à ce que le décès de Steve Jobs engendre des changements mais pas de cet acabit. Apple ou pas, la question n’est pas là, il est étrange de vendre au plus offrant l’acte de création d’une société mythique et toujours sur pied. L’appât du gain ne tient pas compte de ce genre de considérations ou alors cela se saurait. Permettons nous une petite digression.
Check it out, @foursquare representing at Apple's WWDC conf when Steve Jobs on stage... Un iPhone 4 géant. Table Connect for iPhone Apple usurps Google as world's most valuable brand. Wife said No [FR] IPad returned. Nouveauté Apple 2011. iLuj. 10 Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Apple. It can be argued that no consumer electronics company has captured the public's fascination the way Apple has.
Over the years it has morphed into more than just a company or corporation, but for many it has become a representation of a lifestyle or culture, and a status symbol complete with a larger fan base than most pop stars. Here at Mashable, we're also quite fascinated by Apple and its achievements. The company is known just as much for its veil of secrecy and ability to get the Internet buzzing with rumors, as it is for the actual products.
You're probably in on the gossip, but there are likely a few things you don't know about Apple. So read on for the origins of product names, factoids about the Apple logo, what Wozniak sold to finance the Apple I, and more wonders dug up from the archives of Apple's past. 1. 2. Woz got a decent price considering it retailed for $795, and we imagine any calculator in his possession would have been more than fairly well used. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Apple est une religion, c'est scientifiquement prouvé ! En 2008, les Simpson avaient dédié un épisode entier de la célèbre série animée au phénomène quasi religieux de l'adoration des foules pour Apple.
"Il est comme un dieu qui sait ce que nous voulons", disait un client du Mapple Store au sujet de Steve Mobs, le gourou dépeint par les équipes de Matt Groening. Trois ans plus tard, des scientifiques viennent de démontrer que les Simpsons n'auraient pas pu voir plus juste. Forbes: Steve Jobs Is The 17th Most Powerful Person On The Planet.
With an effete wave of his hand, Steve Jobs could have you and everyone you cared about bludgeoned to death in the night by turtleneck-wearing goons armed with iPhone-stuffed socks, but that’s not enough to make him crack the top ten in Forbes’ list of most powerful people on the planet. Nonetheless, the strongly spoken Apple CEO has managed to go up quite a few notches on the list, buoyed by Apple’s successes in the mobile arena. He climbed from the 57th spot last year to number 17 this year. In truth, though, almost no one from the tech world is in the top ten ranking of Forbes’ list. Bill Gates still comes in at number 10, but Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have dropped from their fifth place ranking to 22nd and 23rd. How many apps do you use a day?
A friend of mine on Facebook, also running iOS 4, decided he was going to clear off all his apps in his background dock and then, after 24 hours, check what apps he used and how many.
I decided I’d try too and see what I got. Apple's Steve Wozniak to appear on 'Big Bang Theory' Aix-en-provence : un AppleStore ? Outre la région parisienne, Apple semble vouloir s’installer dans le sud puisqu’après Montpellier et Saint-Laurent-du-Var à côté de Nice, ce serait Aix-en-Provence qui serait sur la liste des prochaines ouvertures d’AppleStores.
China not only fakes iPhones… but Apple Stores, too! China might be known as the home of the fake iPhone, but what about whole stores?
Surprising almost no one, China is indeed home to the fake Apple Store. These pictures from BirdAbroad (via IFOAppleStore), show a fake Apple Store complete with everything that a real Apple Store offers. Right down to the blue shirts with Apple logos and name labels for the employees. Starting from the top, this ‘Apple Store’ features a shiny exterior with a big glowing, white Apple front and center. When you walk into the store, you will be stepping on wood or grey stone floors, depending on the section of the store, and will be surrounded by a showroom filled with iPads, Macs, and more… all on wooden tables.