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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:08:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/biting-into-apple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/biting-into-apple/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:01 +0000 Colby Cosh http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/biting-into-apple/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/biting-into-apple/feed/ 0 Consumers are waking up to the ugly truth about how iPads and iPods http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/samsungs-note-filling-the-space-between-smartphone-and-ipad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/samsungs-note-filling-the-space-between-smartphone-and-ipad/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:45:32 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237729 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/03/samsungs-note-filling-the-space-between-smartphone-and-ipad/feed/ 0 It's basically an oversized phone you can scribble on–and it may just take off http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/apple%e2%80%99s-china-factory-conditions-need-perspective/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/apple%e2%80%99s-china-factory-conditions-need-perspective/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:38:49 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236891 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/apple%e2%80%99s-china-factory-conditions-need-perspective/feed/ 0 Foxconn is one of the better options in a country still grappling with astonishing levels of poverty http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/the-most-influential-brand-in-canada-microsoft/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/the-most-influential-brand-in-canada-microsoft/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:36:28 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235408 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/the-most-influential-brand-in-canada-microsoft/feed/ 0 BlackBerry didn't even make the top 10 in the Ipsos Poll http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/blackberry-must-be-the-safe-phone-again-or-die/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/blackberry-must-be-the-safe-phone-again-or-die/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:23:42 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235193 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/blackberry-must-be-the-safe-phone-again-or-die/feed/ 0 Without a niche in the marketplace, RIM may be on its last legs http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/child-labour-cases-revealed-at-apple-suppliers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/child-labour-cases-revealed-at-apple-suppliers/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:56:14 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233737 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/child-labour-cases-revealed-at-apple-suppliers/feed/ 0 Tech giant audited own supply chain, made results public http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/the-imothership/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/the-imothership/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:20:35 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230053 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/the-imothership/feed/ 0 On Dec. 6, Apple announced the updated plans for its new headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. dubbed the “spaceship” http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/fightin%e2%80%99-words/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/fightin%e2%80%99-words/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:10:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/fightin%e2%80%99-words/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/09/fightin%e2%80%99-words/feed/ 0 From Google and Apple to Newfoundland and a ballooning moose population–bad blood runs deep http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/foxconn%e2%80%99s-robot-empire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/foxconn%e2%80%99s-robot-empire/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:10:01 +0000 Colin Campbell http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/foxconn%e2%80%99s-robot-empire/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/foxconn%e2%80%99s-robot-empire/feed/ 0 Last week, Foxconn launched a $224-million project to build one million robots in the coming three years http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/on-the-apple-founder%e2%80%99s-genius-cruelty-obsessions-and-indifference-to-money/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/on-the-apple-founder%e2%80%99s-genius-cruelty-obsessions-and-indifference-to-money/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/on-the-apple-founder%e2%80%99s-genius-cruelty-obsessions-and-indifference-to-money/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/on-the-apple-founder%e2%80%99s-genius-cruelty-obsessions-and-indifference-to-money/feed/ 0 The Steve Jobs biographer on the Apple founder’s genius, cruelty, obsessions, and indifference to money http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/follow-your-heart-get-real/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/follow-your-heart-get-real/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:30:01 +0000 Scott Feschuk http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/follow-your-heart-get-real/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/follow-your-heart-get-real/feed/ 0 Steve Jobs’s advice to graduates is very practical...if you happen to be a rich genius http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-beat-%e2%80%99em-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-beat-%e2%80%99em-2/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:20:01 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-beat-%e2%80%99em-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/31/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-beat-%e2%80%99em-2/feed/ 0 Asustak's Zenbook bears an uncanny resemblance to Apple’s MacBook Air http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/is-siri-artificially-intelligent-or-just-a-robot/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/is-siri-artificially-intelligent-or-just-a-robot/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:26:27 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220360 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/is-siri-artificially-intelligent-or-just-a-robot/feed/ 5 The showstopper on the iPhone 4S isn't just useful. It's clever, too. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/the-computer-as-modern-art/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/the-computer-as-modern-art/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:50:01 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/the-computer-as-modern-art/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/the-computer-as-modern-art/feed/ 2 Jobs didn’t just sell Macs and iPods, he made beautiful objects—a revolutionary idea in his industry http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/turned-on-and-tuned-in/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/turned-on-and-tuned-in/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/turned-on-and-tuned-in/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/turned-on-and-tuned-in/feed/ 0 The key to Jobs’s subversive style lay in technology and the democratization of information http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/apple%e2%80%99s-most-humble-servant/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/apple%e2%80%99s-most-humble-servant/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:20:01 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/apple%e2%80%99s-most-humble-servant/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/apple%e2%80%99s-most-humble-servant/feed/ 0 The new CEO, Tim Cook, is a lifelong number two, and a relentless boss http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/a-mad-genius/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/a-mad-genius/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:10:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/a-mad-genius/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/a-mad-genius/feed/ 11 'He looked at me for 10 seconds. And then he went absolutely nuts' http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/thinking-different/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/thinking-different/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:00:01 +0000 Chris Sorensen http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/thinking-different/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/thinking-different/feed/ 4 How an LSD-using college dropout, who was a horrible boss and hard to like, made magic and changed the world http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/the-dark-side-of-steve-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/the-dark-side-of-steve-jobs/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:28:26 +0000 Claire Ward http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220109 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/the-dark-side-of-steve-jobs/feed/ 24 An off-broadway show in New York looks at what it takes to make all those iPods http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:50:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/freedom-to-fail-is-what-made-steve-jobs/feed/ 20 Let us now argue about how to create the next Jobs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/between-bohemia-and-business/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/between-bohemia-and-business/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:40:01 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/between-bohemia-and-business/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/between-bohemia-and-business/feed/ 18 From mere number-crunching marvels, Jobs made computers into tools for the artistic imagination http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/how-jobs-rescued-old-media/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/how-jobs-rescued-old-media/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:40:01 +0000 Jaime Weinman http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/how-jobs-rescued-old-media/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/how-jobs-rescued-old-media/feed/ 4 Music was free online, until Jobs showed that people still wanted to pay http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/11/the-30-tablet-is-here-but-you-cant-have-one%e2%80%94yet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/11/the-30-tablet-is-here-but-you-cant-have-one%e2%80%94yet/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219505 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/11/the-30-tablet-is-here-but-you-cant-have-one%e2%80%94yet/feed/ 19 What will the Internet look like when 6 billion people can connect to it? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/bjork-is-crazy-like-a-fox/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/bjork-is-crazy-like-a-fox/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:10:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/13/bjork-is-crazy-like-a-fox/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/10/bjork-is-crazy-like-a-fox/feed/ 1 Her new app-heavy CD proves she’s still the craftiest kid at the school of pop http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/photo-gallery-steve-jobs-and-ieverything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/photo-gallery-steve-jobs-and-ieverything/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:20:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219176 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/photo-gallery-steve-jobs-and-ieverything/feed/ 1 From the original Macintosh to the iPod to the iPhone, Steve Jobs helped upend nearly every facet of the tech industry http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:26:25 +0000 Andrew Coyne http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/jobs-jobs-jobs-2/feed/ 11 Jobs’s story reminds us not only of the heroism of the entrepreneur, but of the nobility of craft http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/steve-jobss-commencement-speech-at-stanford-university-in-2005/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/steve-jobss-commencement-speech-at-stanford-university-in-2005/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:29:06 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218919 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/steve-jobss-commencement-speech-at-stanford-university-in-2005/feed/ 0 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-is-america-and-so-can-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-is-america-and-so-can-you/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:11:18 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218891 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-is-america-and-so-can-you/feed/ 10 NOWAK: If Apple is not the perfect example of the quintessential American dream, nothing is http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/once-a-hacker-forever-an-artist-rip-steve-jobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/once-a-hacker-forever-an-artist-rip-steve-jobs/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:05:27 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218852 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/once-a-hacker-forever-an-artist-rip-steve-jobs/feed/ 18 BROWN: What if Wozniak's anarchic, DIY, hacker ethos had survived to temper Jobs' aesthetic perfectionism? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/imagine-rembrandt-with-an-ipad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/imagine-rembrandt-with-an-ipad/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:30:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/06/imagine-rembrandt-with-an-ipad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/05/imagine-rembrandt-with-an-ipad/feed/ 0 David Hockney never expected his digital drawings to end up as a major exhibition http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/apple-falls-victim-to-its-high-expectations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/apple-falls-victim-to-its-high-expectations/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:22:46 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218611 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/apple-falls-victim-to-its-high-expectations/feed/ 6 The iPhone 4S suggests smartphone technology has hit a wall http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/apple-releases-upgraded-iphone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/apple-releases-upgraded-iphone/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:13:21 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218605 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/apple-releases-upgraded-iphone/feed/ 0 iPhone 4S up to seven times faster than its predecessor http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/new-iphone-the-s-is-for-sucker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/new-iphone-the-s-is-for-sucker/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:52:01 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218581 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/new-iphone-the-s-is-for-sucker/feed/ 17 Going downmarket is the only way Apple will dominate the phone market http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/inconvenient-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/inconvenient-truth/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:00:39 +0000 Alex Derry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217492 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/03/inconvenient-truth/feed/ 1 Al Gore drops a hint about Apple's anticipated new iPhone launch http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/zune-music-comes-to-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/zune-music-comes-to-canada/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:18:01 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217923 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/29/zune-music-comes-to-canada/feed/ 4 The digital music space—legal and less so—is getting mighty crowded http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/youtube-on-tv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/youtube-on-tv/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:05:52 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216438 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/27/youtube-on-tv/feed/ 1 Google is taking on industry rivals in the race to bring television online http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/economy-up-off-the-factory-floor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/economy-up-off-the-factory-floor/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:20:01 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/economy-up-off-the-factory-floor/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/economy-up-off-the-factory-floor/feed/ 4 Some Canadian firms are showing how the sector could drive the economy of the future http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/29/dont-underestimate-apple%e2%80%99s-contributions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/29/dont-underestimate-apple%e2%80%99s-contributions/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:07:11 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212028 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/29/dont-underestimate-apple%e2%80%99s-contributions/feed/ 4 Peter Nowak on how it may be easy to hate Apple, but it's still misguided http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-put-doing-ahead-of-talking/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-put-doing-ahead-of-talking/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:08:25 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=211649 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-put-doing-ahead-of-talking/feed/ 4 Very few companies in any sector have achieved the level of influence Apple has under Jobs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:51:26 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=211592 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo/feed/ 0 Corporate titan says he is no longer able to fulfill his duties http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/iphone-reportedly-coming-to-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/iphone-reportedly-coming-to-china/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:27:53 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210674 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/iphone-reportedly-coming-to-china/feed/ 0 China Mobile Chairman in talks with Jobs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/apple-tops-the-market/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/apple-tops-the-market/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:32:29 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208331 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/apple-tops-the-market/feed/ 0 iPhone- and iPad-maker tops Exxon as most valuable company on the market http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/waging-a-patent-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/waging-a-patent-war/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:00:33 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207362 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/waging-a-patent-war/feed/ 0 A competitive smartphone market is resulting in a lot of lawsuits http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/ive-seen-the-future-and-its-android-over-ipad/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/ive-seen-the-future-and-its-android-over-ipad/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:22:53 +0000 Jesse Brown http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207069 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/29/ive-seen-the-future-and-its-android-over-ipad/feed/ 79 The tablet is a great invention, but it will ultimately be rendered generic http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/27/apple%e2%80%99s-lion-a-step-toward-a-unified-operating-system/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/27/apple%e2%80%99s-lion-a-step-toward-a-unified-operating-system/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:00:46 +0000 Peter Nowak http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=206714 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/27/apple%e2%80%99s-lion-a-step-toward-a-unified-operating-system/feed/ 12 Pretty soon Macs will be operating just like iPhones