Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Steve Jobs published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 1215
» View burbankleader.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-102
Next >
-
Disney's CEO Robert Iger to step down in 2015
Walt Disney Co.has signed a new contract with its chief executive Robert Iger for five more years while at the same time laying the groundwork for a succession plan at the top of the entertainment conglomerate. Iger, 60, will also take on the title of...Tags: Walt Disney, Corporate Officers
-
The soft sciences matter as much as ever
A report released this week bears out what many educators have been predicting: Amid rising college tuition, increased global economic competition and a job market that disproportionately rewards graduates in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, J. Paul Getty Trust, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts
-
93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Wednesday, June 19, 2013
RAY MANZAREK: Last Recordings Out Today
Less than a month after his death comes a new album from Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Twisted Tales is Manzarek's third album with slide guitar player Roy Rogers came...Tags: Circuses, Wrestling, Duane Eddy (music group), Brothers (movie), Manufacturing and Engineering
-
Digg Reader, a Google Reader replacement, to be launched next week
Digg is keeping true to its promise by launching an RSS news aggregator before the shutdown of Google Reader on July 1. The social news aggregating website said its RSS reader will be available to all users by June 26. PHOTOS: Top Cyber Attacks of...
Tags: National Security Agency, Google Inc., Social Media, Digg Inc., Apple iPhone
-
Ira Silverberg leaves the National Endowment for the Arts
Ira Silverberg, the high-powered literary agent who left New York to become the director of Literature Programs at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., is returning to his roots. The NEA announced Monday that Silverberg, who joined...
Tags: Google+, Social Media, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC
-
Chromebook laptops on sale at Wal-Mart, coming to more retailers
Google has teamed up with Wal-Mart and several other major retail partners to sell the company's Chromebook laptops at their stores. The Mountain View, Calif., tech giant said Chromebook laptops will now be sold at more than 6,600 stores, or three times...
Tags: Google Inc., Office Depot Inc., Office Equipment and Supplies, Chromebook, Walmart
-
ICM Partners forms alliance with Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents
ICM Partners has struck an alliance with New York-based Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, in a deal designed to strengthen the talent agency's presence in the publishing world. Gelfman Schneider represents such authors as Jeffrey Deaver, the mystery...
Tags: Book, Arts and Culture, Tony Awards, The New York Times, Literature
-
Parakweet gets $2 million for recommendation engine BookVibe
San Francisco startup Parakweet has gotten $2 million from angel investors to help make BookVibe a going concession. BookVibe is a book recommendation engine that tells users what book they might like to read next. Not unlike Booklikes, BookVibe seems...
Tags: Google+, Social Media, Amazon.com Inc.
-
Digital hardware supplier Inventables raises $3M in funding
Tribune reporterChicago startup Inventables, which runs an online hardware store for designers and inventors, said Monday that it has raised $3 million in venture capital. Established Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper led the round through his firm, Draper Associates....Tags: Google Inc., Rahm Emanuel, Sales, Consumer Goods Industries, Apple iPhone
-
Paperback version of Steve Jobs biography coming Sept. 10
Two years after the release of the hardcover version of "Steve Jobs," the authorized biography of the Apple co-founder written by Walter Isaacson, a paperback version will go on sale Sept. 10. The paperback will come with a new cover photo of a...Tags: National Security Agency, Aaron Sorkin
-
Oh Yeezus, the many opinions of Kanye West
RedEyeThere was a time when you couldn't walk past a news stand without tripping over a new Kanye West interview. Times have changed. News stands have basically ceased to exist, and Yeezy's a little more judicious about who gets to publish his thoughts. (Also,...Tags: MTV Video Music Awards, The New York Times, Kanye West, Rolling Stone, Biz Stone
-
'Steve Jobs' bio coming out in paperback in the fall with new look
The bestselling biography "Steve Jobs" is coming out in paperback in September. Publisher Simon & Schuster is not only republishing the book, it is sending Jobs back in time. Instead of the contemporary photograph of Jobs emblazoned across the cover of...
Tags: Google+, Bill Gates, Book, Bob Dylan, LSD
Oct 7, 2011
|Story| Burbank Leader
Jun 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 19, 2013
|Story| WASK Radio
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jun 15, 2013
|Story| RedEye
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Steve Jobs topic gallery.