A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Apple CEO Tim Cook must testify in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple for conspiring to fix ebook prices, citing Steve Jobs’ death as a key factor in her decision. Read more »
The case accusing Apple of fixing ebook prices is heating up. New court documents show that Steve Jobs’ biographer have been dropped from the case but that Jobs himself is still at the center of it. Read more »
Pop quiz: what secrets were revealed at the Apple-Samsung trial? Who shunned Microsoft’s mobile software back when it mattered? What had folks tweeting up a storm this year? Find out below. Read more at GigaOM »
Book publisher Simon & Schuster is ramping up video distribution, creating content channels and signing with partners like Roku, Blinkx and Taboola. For now, the videos are intended to promote books and authors, not to drive advertising revenue. Read more »
Class action lawyers want Steve Jobs’ biographer to hand over his source material to help them prove that Apple and publishers fixed e-book prices. But a judge has agreed that the author can refuse under a law that protects journalists and their sources. Read more »
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
In a new pushback over its role in an ongoing e-book controversy, Apple said that Steve Jobs’ widely reported quotes on Amazon and book publishers “will speak for themselves.” The company also denied again that it conspired to fix e-book prices. Read more »
In the latest court filing in the ongoing Justice Department e-books price-fixing suit, Apple says it did not conspire to fix the prices of digital books to hurt competitors and its business strategy around pricing was “perfectly proper,” according to a Reuters report. Read more »
New York, the District of Columbia and fifteen other states have joined the e-book pricing class action suit against Apple, Macmillan and Penguin, for a total of 31. The amended complaint reveals details that were previously redacted, including an e-mail from Steve Jobs. Read more »
The Daily, which launched in early 2011 as a tablet tabloid available only on the iPad, finally is adding an iPhone edition, with Android handsets to follow. It gives the News Corp. startup its best chance for a burst of new subscribers in potentially meaningful numbers Read more »
Last week, the Department of Justice sued Apple and five book publishers for allegedly colluding to set e-book prices. What does the suit mean for readers today and in coming weeks? Read more »
A court filing provides new insight into Apple’s version of events concerning an incident in which Steve Jobs told a reporter that “unhappy”… Read more »
The late Steve Jobs famously drew a $1 salary when he was CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), with other compensation coming in the form of millions… Read more »
Big-six publisher Hachette Book Group is partnering with Bloomberg Businessweek on e-singles that will “illuminate key moments in the world… Read more »
Steve Jobs, wireless network operator? Apple’s co-founder talked to industry legend John Stanton from 2005 through 2007 about the possibilit… Read more »
iOS apps have become a booming business for Apple–mainly for their status as a selling point for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices rather… Read more »
On the official morning of its release, Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs is #1 on the Kindle bestseller list, #1 in Apple’s iBookstore and #2 on… Read more »
Biographer Walter Issacson and his subject Steve Jobs got the 60 Minutes treatment Sunday night on the eve of the authorized bio’s official… Read more »
Steve Jobs swore to “destroy Android” in his anger over what he saw as outright copying of Apple’s ideas in Android phones unveiled early in… Read more »
Samsung’s legal setback in Australia — where the courts have now issued a formal, if temporary, injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet af… Read more »
Steve Jobs was an extremely private person for someone so renowned for stagecraft, and his family was perhaps the most private part of his l… Read more »
Steve Jobs was the man who halted one media sector’s slide in to oblivion. Bringing others to a 21st Century cast in his likeness is a proje… Read more »
We’ve gathered together a selection of some of the stories and tributes been written for Steve Jobs in the last several weeks — with a part… Read more »
The tech industry is a young person’s game: reinvented every five years by those fortunate enough to make a name with a brilliant idea and t… Read more »
On June 12, 2005, college dropout Steve Jobs gave the commencement address at Stanford. It was a year after he was diagnosed with pancreatic… Read more »
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs has died, the company said late Wednesday. He was 56. Read more »
Ten years is, of course, a long time in media. Ten years ago, if you wanted to download some music, your best bet was Napster or one of the… Read more »
On The Mediatwits, MediaShift’s weekly podcast, our Staci D. Kramer filled in for our founder, Rafat Ali, as co-host. Among the topics she d… Read more »
Steve Jobs’ job swap appears to have been priced in to Apple’s stock.
The morning after the night before, Apple’s Thursday shares opened 2.… Read more »
Apple’s mobile strategy, invented entirely under the second reign of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Chairman Steve Jobs, is the reason the company has b… Read more »
Tim Cook, who will be taking over as CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) now that Steve Jobs has stepped down, has sent out his first memo to staff, r… Read more »
Media and tech pundits have been paying their own tribute to Steve Jobs, as his resignation as CEO marks the end of an era. Below, a roundup… Read more »
Unless you’ve been living under rock, or you’ve been purposely avoiding all tech-related news, you’re likely aware of Steve Jobs’ announceme… Read more »
It’s a day pretty much everyone knew was coming, and a day that everyone at Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was dreading: the company’s iconic CEO, Steve… Read more »
Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) today, ending months of speculation about his ability to lead the company while battling ca… Read more »
Tim Cook, the man taking over as CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) now that Steve Jobs has resigned, will not be entering unfamiliar territory come… Read more »
To the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer me… Read more »
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who brought the company back from near-disaster to one of the world’s most valuable and ga… Read more »
Steve Jobs would like to keep Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Cupertino, unveiling plans last night at a city council meeting in California’s Silicon… Read more »
Apple’s signature event of the year kicks off on Monday, when thousands of software developers descend on San Francisco to hear the latest f… Read more »
