Jobs steps down for now as CEO; on medical leave through June

by Chuck La Tournous on January 14, 2009

I don’t do much breaking news these days, but word is getting out that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave until the end of June and leaving COO Tim Cook in charge of day to day management of the company. According to Silicon Valley Insider, Jobs sent an internal email to Apple (…)

Macworld keynote reaction on MacVoices TV

by Chuck La Tournous on January 14, 2009

I joined a great group of Mac pundits for a session of Chuck Joiner’s new MacVoices TV podcast. It’s a 20-minute or so round table discussion about Apple’s last Macworld keynote and Phil Schiller’s performance as a substitute for Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The panel included Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus, Mac author and columnist for (…)

While I was out…

by Chuck La Tournous on January 10, 2009

I’m back from what was a very interesting Macworld, and possibly one of the best. (It was surely one of the most exhausting.) I delivered three sessions this year (well, one session delivered three times), and they seemed to be very well received. The crowds were definitely smaller than I expected — an observation I (…)