The former Apple executive who oversaw the creation of the iPod, Jon Rubinstein was tapped to breathe new life into HP, but has now become a symbol for all the dramatic and bumpy transformations HP has undergone over the past few years.READ»
Offering a rare peek inside the famously secretive company, Apple's earnings are watched by every industry analyst and news outlet--and even live blogged in some instances, like a worldwide sporting event.READ»
Apple was just granted 22 fresh patents. Among ideas for smart clothing and new iPhone headsets is a patent relating to the Apple Television. It contains elements previously unseen--and that may contain important clues to the long-rumored Apple device.READ»
As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drum-beating. We predict a lot of stuff around here. Sometimes we're wrong some. But we also nailed a few things this year. Back in January we pondered who might replace Steve Jobs at Apple...READ»
[The following is Steve Silberman's introduction to Susan Kare Icons, available for purchase directly from the author.]
Point, click. The gestures and metaphors of icon-driven computing seem so natural and effortless to us now that ...READ»
To make up for its tardiness to the online music store game, Google Music has enlisted bona fide music lovers to help curate its store. It's the Google version of "High Fidelity," with Tim Quirk as Rob Gordon.READ»
The combination of an insane attention to these details and neurotic level of focus on customer experience in all areas is what sets apart the great companies from the good. Organizations that adopt this level of intensity will always have superior offerings, an instant differentiator from the indistinguishable competition. READ»
[This is the second installment in a series of posts that we're doing as we read Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography. Click here to read the first.--Ed.]
Everyone who cares, even modestly, about design can name a few decisive ...READ»
Steve Jobs wasn't a technologist, or even a scientist, though the result of his genius will impact both technology and science for decades to come. Instead, he was a sculptor, an artist who foresaw how we would embrace the shift from tools, to what tools can do. READ»
What is the company culture like in your organization? Are your employees united by common values and a common purpose, or do they operate in free-for-all mode?
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[Steve Jobs is the most consequential figure in the history of design. So I've been taking it slow with Walter Isaacson's definitive biography of the man, hoping for insights into how Jobs's personality, timing, and influences managed ...READ»
Walter Isaacson talks with Fast Company about the method and philosophy that made Steve Jobs better than his competitors at innovation, products, and design. Bill Gates would "be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger,” Jobs said.READ»
Just how big will the biography of the late Apple founder be? It's "the biggest nonfiction book of the year," a publishing insider tells Fast Company.READ»
Apple is about to reveal its first financial report since the death of Steve Jobs, in a quarter that preceded the successful launch of the iPhone 4S. Here's what to expect, and what we'd like to hear but which may be unlikely.READ»
