Steve Jobs: How He Made The Nerd Cool

Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56, causing a communal mourning that shook the internet.

He was quite possibly the greatest inventor of our time, which, for our purposes, is as much an artistic descriptor as it is a scientific one.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-dead_n_997963.html

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How Newspaper Front Pages Honor Steve Jobs

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away yesterday, with the news breaking just before 8pm Eastern time.

Newspapers scrambled to re-organize their front pages, with many putting the tech visionary front and center.

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http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,3253,l%3D288749%26a%3D288745%26po%3D1,00.asp?p=n

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Yahoo launches Yahoo Screen, pulls together all its video content

In a bid to boost audience figures by making it easier to find video content, Yahoo has brought it all together under one site – Yahoo Screen. The company hopes bigger audience numbers and better targeting will lead to more advertising revenue coming its way.

Via: http://www.digitaltrends.com

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Google pulls ‘Is My Son Gay?’ Android app

App is removed after gay rights advocacy groups complain that app is offensive.

Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on InSecurity Complex.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20116328-245/google-pulls-is-my-son-gay-android-app/

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Google’s Homepage Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs

Google has put rivalries aside to pay tribute to late Apple founder Steve Jobs on its homepage.

Under the companys trademark search box, a mess

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http://www.google.com/

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Which media sites got the iPhone 5 rumors wrong

Sites were posting iPhone rumors for more than a year, getting everyone’s hopes up.

We take a look at which media sites got the iPhone 5 (4S) predictions…

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http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/playing-a-game-of-itelephone-who-said-what/

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How Magazines Are Adapting to the Mobile Revolution

Magazine editors discuss early lessons from tablet publishing, and the challenges of extending their content to a proliferating number of tablet sizes and platforms going forward.

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http://mashable.com/2011/10/04/magazines-tablets-panel/

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Apple Claims iPod Is Best Selling Portable Games Machine In The World

“Not only is it the most popular music player in the world, but we’re excited to announce it’s now also the most popular portable game player in the world,” according to Apple CEO Tim Cook speaking at Apple’s by now fairly well covered event yesterday. Seeing as how that honour used to rest with the …

Via: http://www.geeky-gadgets.com

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Tech Champions: 15 Geek Heroes from Movies and TV

Fighting evil with brains, gadgets and gear, these 15 geek heroes beat down evil-doers and neer-do-wells for the price of admission

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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/tech_champions_15_geek_heroes_movies_and_tv

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Does $20B = iPhone 5 Exclusivity for Sprint?

How did Sprint finally score the iPhone? It did so by guaranteeing to Apple that it would purchase 30.5 million iPhones over the next 4 years, amount to $20 billion worth of the handsets, at current pricing.

That’s just part of the story emerging on Monday, the day before the next-generation iPhone launch. Not only did Sprint buy its way into…

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http://hothardware.com/News/Does-20B–iPhone-5-Exclusivity-for-Sprint/

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