[kictanet] Fwd: The house that Steve Jobs built

Thu Feb 23 20:20:18 EAT 2017

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This was just the other day!!!

In Jobs we trust.

Tarehe Alhamisi, Feb 23, 2017 saa 18:45 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
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> Listers
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> It is fitting that once in a while we honor those who have stood out like
> a colossal in the ICT Sector in the world.
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> Steve Jobs is such one person. Read below the email thread and lets honor
> him. Let's also think of our local heroes in the sector and let's honor
> them in our own way.
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> *Date:* 23 February 2017 at 5:32:35 PM EAT
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> *Subject:* *The house that Steve Jobs built*
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> February 23, 2017
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> In April 2011, Steve Jobs showed me a book that had been prepared by
> Apple’s architects to show illustrations of the new campus the giant
> company would build near its current headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.
>
> He was filled with pride about the unusual building, a massive circular
> structure that would hold 12,000 employees at once. My notes from that day
> say that Jobs took me through the pages of the book “in the same measured
> pace that he does slides in keynote presentations onstage.” Because of a
> later comment he made, people would refer to the new head office as the
> “spaceship.” That’s not how I saw it that day. Here’s how I described it in
> my notes: “The building itself is a massive, four-story circular building,
> with circular glass windows throughout, and office space for two-person
> offices plus bullpen areas outside the offices for collaboration. From the
> air, the building resembles the circular dial on an iPod.” Jobs told me the
> internal courtyard of the building was so big the entire existing
> headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, one freeway exit down the road, would fit
> inside it.
>
> Six years later, Apple is ready to open
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> the house that Steve intended to build. (He died that October; His last
> public appearance was a presentation to the City of Cupertino requesting
> permission to begin work.) Apple said Wednesday it will call the campus
> Apple Park and that a public auditorium for events will be the Steve Jobs
> Theater. It is a fitting tribute and proportional to how Jobs might have
> wanted it. Apple was bigger than Jobs. Yet he was its maestro, and so the
> space where it shows itself—and its products—to the world ought to bear his
> name.
>
> Companies that build grand temples to themselves often are accused of
> harboring an “edifice complex.” This proves embarrassing if the building
> outlasts the company. It is still possible that Apple will suffer this
> fate. But it hasn’t yet. For now, it will honor its late co-founder’s
> legacy when Apple employees move in and get down to work.
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> .
> BITS AND BYTES
>
> *Improving PC sales lift HP Inc. in latest financials*. The company
> reported its second consecutive quarter of growth on Wednesday, albeit
> modest, rising 4% to $12.7 billion. CFO Cathie Lesjak attributed the gain
> to brighter prospects for personal computers—especially high-end consumer
> systems and convertible laptop-tablet hybrids. But the company is warning
> of uncertainty ahead. (*Fortune*
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> )
>
> *Google's plan to embrace ride-sharing? It's counting on Waze.* The
> company intends to expand the carpool service offered through its
> navigation app in the U.S. and Latin America after successful experiments
> in Israel and San Francisco, reports *The Wall Street Journal*. Its focus
> is on helping drivers find, and pick up, passengers interested in sharing
> rides. (*Wall Street Journal*
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> *Fortune*
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> )
>
> *Verizon will expand testing of next-generation **wireless network in
> April*. The carrier loves to tout its lead in coverage, reliability, and
> speed. Naturally, it's being aggressive about the ramp-up to 5G service,
> which promises speeds of more than 1 gigabit per second. The trial will be
> offered to select customers in 11 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Dallas,
> and Denver. (*Fortune
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> Fortune
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> )
>
> *AMD is angling for a bigger share of the high-end desktop computer market*.
> The chip maker on Wednesday introduced a new microprocessor line that it
> claims can match the performance of some of Intel's best chips at half the
> price. (*Fortune*
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> )
>
> *Square benefits from deals with bigger merchants*. The digital payments
> service, which faces intensifying competition from both banks and long-time
> rivals like PayPal, managed to grow sales almost 21% in its fourth quarter.
> (*Bloomberg*
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> , *Reuters*
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> )
>
> *Microsoft and Airbus catch drone fever*. The software giant is leading a
> $26 million venture round for AirMap, which specializes in navigation
> technology. Basically, it's working on an air traffic control service. (
> *Fortune*
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> )
>
> *Tesla's former CFO returns as company ramps up for mass-market vehicle*. Deepak
> Ahuja, the former Google finance exec who helped take the electric vehicle
> company public, retired back in 2015. Tesla, which Wednesday reported a
> smaller-than-expected loss for its latest quarter, is ramping up for mass
> production of the highly anticipated Model 3 sedan by September. (
> *Fortune*
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> *Reuters*
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> )
>
> *Cloud computing adoption is growing, the question is how much*. A new
> forecast from market researcher Gartner projects a sales increase of around
> 18% this year to $247 billion. That's slightly less than what others are
> forecasting, but still a huge expansion. (*Fortune*
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> )
> .
> THE DOWNLOAD
>
> *Fitbit CEO offers turnaround strategy after tough year*. Although
> Fitbit's sales of its eponymous fitness tracking gadgets hit a record of
> $2.2 billion in 2016, the fourth quarter was a world of hurt. Amid a glut
> of inventory and weakness in China, sales for the all-important holiday
> quarter dropped 19%, Fitbit finally confirmed on Wednesday, after two
> earlier warnings to Wall Street about problems in the quarter.  (Back in
> November, the company shocked investors by projecting sales simply would
> be flat
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> in the fourth quarter).
>
> Now it's time to focus on the turnaround. CEO Park has a multi-pronged
> strategy, including offering a smartwatch with a health and fitness
> emphasis in the second half of the year. *Park spoke with *Fortune*'s
> Aaron Pressman in more detail about that plan.*
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> .
> WATCH FOR IT
>
> *It's **Hewlett Packard Enterprise's turn to open up its books*. Cloud
> computing offerings from the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are
> pressuring the data center technology giant's high-end server and
> networking gear sales. So analysts will be scrutinizing its projections for
> the rest of this year closely when it provides a quarterly financial update
> on Thursday, one day after the other company created through the
> Hewlett-Packard breakup. (*Wall Street Journal*
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> )
> .
> IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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> *by Jeff John Roberts*
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> *What 'Old-School' Tech Giants Are Doing to Attract Talent*
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> *by Dan Lyons*
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> *Why Your Appliance Repairman May Finally Be on Time*
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> *by Heather Clancy*
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> *Inside Verizon's Decision to Go Unlimited*
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> *by Aaron Pressman*
>
> *Mark Cuban Says Basic Income Would Be 'Worst Response' to Automation*
> <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=2af019ba8a0e034db0a124190973d73e27a1986f072de27905f698eda491d83c775a5a64bede54f65c589b931711ffa33234f549664d641a>,
> *by Feliz Solomon*
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> *Startup Raises $8 Million to Let You Shop the Internet By Voice*
> <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=2af019ba8a0e034d77c5f4a075a72fcf8a5936e7cc578510d7cc21fd4779caea2063f1b1d9e9c71f73b2ceab1c0aa5be21ebee4834270114>,
> *by Polina Marinova*
>
> *Why Your Next Performance Review May Be More Useful*
> <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=2af019ba8a0e034d8ef662842328924c53a7a034d34d16a5f8e3f6985d3af1f03c744b2092cca08131ac7c42cac9b90a4676f28d91aa47fa>,
> *by Heather Clancy*
> .
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> .
> ONE MORE THING
>
> *This may be what Samsung's next smartphone looks like*. Photos purported
> to be of the Galaxy S8 show a slimmer device, with a glass display that
> covers almost the entire front. The product introduction is currently
> planned for late March, with shipments due to start about a month later. (
> *Fortune*
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> )
>
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