insert_link Tech Made Simple Bill Gates says tech companies ‘deserve rude, unfair, tough questions’ Bill Gates believes tech firms “deserve” the kind of scrutiny they got during Congressional hearings last month, and that the late Steve Jobs was a “genius,” he told the Armchair Expert podcast. “If you’re as successful as I am or any of those people are, you deserve rude, unfair, tough questions,” the Microsoft founder told host Dax Shepard. “The government deserves to have shots at you,” Gates said. “That type […] todayAugust 25, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Clayton Christensen, the Father of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies at 67 Clayton Christensen, the business scholar who coined the term “disruptive innovation,” died at a Boston hospital last week, the Deseret News reports. He was 67. You may not immediately recognize his name, but the tech industry — and every resulting industry — is built on the framework of technology disruption and innovation that Christensen devised. The crux of Christensen’s theory is that big, successful companies that neglect potential customers at […] todayJanuary 29, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple The Apple Archive is an Excellent Dose of Nostalgia for Apple Fans A new and completely unofficial archive of all things Apple is attempting to make almost 44 years of the company’s official videos, ads, and imagery available to browse online. 9to5Mac reports that The Apple Archive currently contains just under 1TB of data, comprising over 15,000 files, and it includes everything from print ads, to TV spots, WWDC sessions, internal training videos, and even a collection of macOS and iOS wallpapers. […] todayJanuary 22, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Apple CEO Tim Cook Mingled with the Faithful at Fifth Avenue Flagship Re-Opening Apple CEO Tim Cook hit New York's 5th Ave. on Friday to open the doors of the company's re-designed flagship store. The 5th Ave. Apple Store, situated underground beneath its iconic glass cube, has been closed since 2017 while Apple expanded and reworked its layout. Cook and Apple senior vice president of people and retail Deirdre O'Brien opened the doors of the store promptly at 8 a.m., inviting throngs of fans […] todaySeptember 23, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Disney CEO Bob Iger Resigns from Apple’s board Disney CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple’s board, just a couple of months before both companies are set to launch their independent streaming services. Iger resigned on September 10th, according to a filing from Apple to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s the same day Apple unveiled the launch date and subscription price for Apple TV Plus, which officially made Apple and Disney competitors. “I have the […] todaySeptember 17, 2019
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