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Apple Board member Jerome B (Jerry) York has passed away, following his brain aneurysm (stroke) last night.

Apple confirmed the death of the long-standing board member in a release distributed in the UK afternoon. The company’s comments follow:

“Apple is sad to announce the death of Apple Board member Jerome B. (Jerry) York. York, the chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital, joined Apple’s Board of Directors in 1997. He was the former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, and former vice chairman of Tracinda. He is widely acknowledged for his contributions at Chrysler and IBM during their turnarounds. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes all the dots begin to join all at once, now new news in claims Apple’s putting together a new social location app called iGroups.

Patently Apple tells us all about the new patent application from Apple for the service, Read the rest of this entry »

The BBC is embracing the social Web, confirming that Facebook, Twitter and Bebo integration will be part of the future of iPlayer.

BBC future media chief, Erik Huggers, confirmed these plans when speaking with The Telegraph. As he explains it, the plan begins with integration of these services into iPlayer, with such integration then spread across the BBC site. Read the rest of this entry »

Some say it isn’t where you’re going nor where you’ve been that counts, it’s just precisely where you’re at as you join your life’s internal dots. So let us now speculate on the meaning of the latest location-focused iTunes promo, as spotted by TechCrunch.

iTunes right now is featuring the top five location-based services via its iTunes Store, both on the Web and the iPhone. And we think the promo is a table-setting deal for future Apple ads-serving solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Square Enix – publishers of Final Fantasy I and II for iPhone – has announced its latest all-new title for the Apple platform, the completely iPhone-focused Chaos Rings RPG.

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Amazon has kept its promise with the introduction of “Kindle for Mac”, a free application which lets you read Kindle titles on your Mac.

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Apple board member Jerry York has died after collapsing with a brain aneurysm last night. York is hospitalised in Pontiac, Michigan. Apple’s statements on his loss are available here.

Known as a key aide to billionaire investor Kirk Kekorian York is also former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, York was also formerly CEO of Micro Warehouse. He joined Apple’s board in 1997.

Jerry is a very dear friend and a trusted business associate and our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family,” Kerkorian said in a statement given to Reuters. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an iPhone/iPad developer who doesn’t care about his NDA showing us what he claims to be an iPad settings hack, to a slice of Springsteen (wonder if he got clearance for the track)?

Looks like Apple’s cosied up nicely to one of the world’s most powerful media moguls, News Corp. chief, Rupert Murdoch, who appears to be an all-in iPad fan. “All media is going to go on to the iPad”, he declares in this interview with his own Fox Business Channel.
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These amazing steampunk-designed and fully functional computers seem utterly fabulous to us. We love the unique, retro-Victorian look of these beautiful machines. We also love that they come from “The Apple Company”. And they’re “gearless”. Outstanding.

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