Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times:
Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was moved that Apple’s Steve Jobs admired him for not “selling out.” ”I know that’s one of the ways in which — in which we saw eye to eye on kind of what we were trying to do in the world,” Zuckerberg said in an hour-long interview with Charlie Rose airing Monday. Zuckerberg also said Jobs coached him on how to build a management team that is “focused on building as high quality and good things as you are.”
Steve Jobs made the company successful and launched Apple’s flagship products, will Tim Cook be the one to maintain that success?
Jessica Vascellaro, WSJ:
In recent weeks, Mr. Cook has tended to administrative matters that never interested Mr. Jobs, such as promotions and corporate reporting structures, according to people familiar with the matter. The new chief executive, 50 years old, has also been more communicative with employees than his predecessor…
Brooke Crothers, CNET:
The next-generation iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason…this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes,” Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note this week. He expects the iPhone 5 to be a “cult classic” because of Jobs’ involvement.
Steve Jobs supposedly left his mark of approval on Apple’s product releases for the next four years.
John Gruber, Daring Fireball:
I like to think that in the run-up to his final keynote, Steve made time for a long, peaceful walk. Somewhere beautiful, where there are no footpaths and the grass grows thick. Hand-in-hand with his wife and family, the sun warm on their backs, smiles on their faces, love in their hearts, at peace with their fate.
Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press for the San Francisco Chronicle:
In a report issued Wednesday, a group of nongovernmental organizations accused the technology giant of violating its own corporate responsibility standards by using suppliers it said its investigations found are violating the law and endangering public health by discharging heavy metals and other toxins.
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