Stephen Colbert honors Steve Jobs in his unique way

Stephen Colbert, the host of the famous show “Colbert Report” honors Steve Jobs in his unique way with a touch of humor. We thought it is worth sharing. Do watch it in full for an awesome ending:

A Wallpaper Tribute to Steve Jobs

Here is a wallpaper to pay tribute to the man who, in Michael Arrington’s words, “lived. Really, really lived“. Take a closer look at the bite on this apple. And you will find him.

Download the 1920×1080 version from here. And here is a 960×640 version for your iPhone & a 1024×768 version for your iPad.

[via Forever Geek]

Here’s to the Crazy Ones

This was the first Apple “Think Different” commercial. Recognize the voice of the narrator? Yup its His Steveness

RIP Steve Jobs

It is a sad day. Steve Jobs, the iCon of the technology industry and the creator of some of the most innovative products & companies has passed away. The news of Steve Jobs death was broken on the Apple’s homepage and a statement by Apple’s Board of Directors.

This is a huge loss for the whole world.  Steve was a visionary and undoubtedly an amazing human being.  Here is the official statement from Apple’s Board of Directors:

We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.
Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.
His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

Apple has put up a microsite in memory of Steve Jobs and have set up the email address rememberingsteve@apple.com for anyone who might want to share thoughts, memories and condolences.

Shrine of Apple is an orgy of all Apple products ever built.

If you are a die hard Apple fan like me, you will, from time to time like to know more about present and past apple products and how they have evolved. The activity, which might not make sense to many non geeks, actually helps you rejuvenate and relax in addition to planning you next iPurchase.

The Shrine of Apple is a visual orgy of all Apple products built till date. The site contains high quality images and description of all apple products. Its the epitome of apple products wiki for apple enthusiasts as well as iGeeks.

So, if you are an apple fanboy or fangirl, let the iOrgasms begin at http://shrineofapple.com/

PS: The site is adding products regularly. So don’t be disappointed if you are unable to find that iBook there just yet.

[via TUAW]

99¢ TV show rentals pulled from Apple TV

It looks like Apple has pulled the 99¢ TV show rentals from Apple TV.  This news follows a few days after the latest Apple TV software update which adds the feature to stream any previously purchased TV episode from iTunes in the cloud without the need to download them, and might point towards a change in rentals on Apple TV.

TechCrunch also suspects that Apple might be working on a new rental policy which will allow users to stream rented TV shows on iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) in addition to Apple TV. We should know in a few days time.

[via TechCrunch]

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs has resigned from Apple. There are all kinds of talks about how it will affect Apple, how the stocks will go down, whether Apple will continue to stay on top for long. But I don’t think this is the time to think about all that. It’s time to give the guy a standing ovation for what he has done over his stint at Apple to influence modern technology.

Back in college, I read the transcript of this speech he gave at Stanford’s 2005 commencement address. It inspired me so much that I downloaded the audio (yeah there was no youtube back then) and stored it in my MP3 player and listened to it multiple times. I made everyone I knew read/hear it. And couple of years later when I bought my first iPod, I put the speech in it so I could see/hear it anytime.

If you haven’t see it yet, please take out some time and watch it.

Thank you Steve, we wish you a healthy and happy life ahead.

BREAKING: Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple’s CEO

Steve Jobs has resigned from his position of Apple CEO today. In a letter that he wrote to Apple’s board of directors and Apple community, Steve mentions the reason to be his inability to effectively meet the expectations of the  role of CEO. He also requests to be appointed as the chairman of the board (which has been honored). Tim Cook, COO of Apple has been promoted to CEO to assume Jobs’ role.

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Apple’s iCloud Has The Cutest Error Screens Ever

As TechCrunch reported few hours back, Apple’s iCloud is live on the web! I was able to login using Safari on Lion and it indeed looks gorgeous.

But wait, you know what actually made me go wow? The Error screens.

Here, see for yourself:

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The new OS X Lion Dictionary [Tips]

Amongst the over 250 new features in Mac OS X Lion, one that I may end up using a lot is the new system-wide dictionary. So while Snow Leopard had a dictionary that could be called anytime anywhere but it was not really apparent. The shortcut was mostly unknown and sorta obscure and it just didn’t work flawlessly everywhere.

In Lion, that has been improved. Now the dictionary works across the OS, flaunts a much neater UI and has  a cool new multitouch gesture that will eventually make more people use it.

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