Sitting where I do in Sunnyvale , driving ten minutes South can have me on the Apple campus, and driving ten minutes North lands me at Google in Mountain View. Tonight, Steve Jobs stepped down from the lofty pedestal most of us hold in our heads for him and presented at Cupertino's City Council meeting to offer his vision for a much-needed second Apple Campus, a futuristic flying saucer like building which he said could hold upwards of 12,000 employees, up from the less than 4,000 who inhabit the company's headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop. Steve Jobs Silicon Valley Apple MORE >>

Wowed by IE 9 for Windows , and to tick off shared rival Google , Apple abandons Safari in exchange for promised browser development by Microsoft. Apple products deemed security risk to carry on planes by TSA, must be placed with checked baggage for all flights. Apple abandons USB and 802.11 Apple actually acquires Facebook for $40 billion. MobileMe to be replaced by a new messaging system built on Apple's social network, Ping , accessible only through iTunes. Apple retail store insulation found to contain asbestos. Suicides actually increase. MORE >>

While I am typically skeptical when it comes to products from Microsoft , I am remarkably surprised by the great quality of Windows Phone 7. Over the last few days, I have been using an HTC HD7 device running Windows Phone 7 alongside my Android devices and occasional iPod Touch use, and without reservation, I believe the Windows Phone 7 experience to be a serious challenger to both platforms in terms of quality, intuitive use and simplicity - things you usually won't catch me saying about Microsoft, or Windows specifically. iPhone Windows Microsoft android Windows Mobile MORE >>

has dealt with who has left the company rather than who has joined it, the company is expanding its efforts in communities, social and communications, building out a corporate roster below Carol Bartz that features many former Microsoft and MSN alumni, looking to restore the company to its once lofty leadership position on the Web. This hope mirrors a similar challenge experienced by the MSN team during his time there following Microsoft's acquisition of Hotmail at the end of 1997. More: louisgray.com | RSS | Buzz | E-mail | Cell: 408 646.2759. Mail, Yahoo! Answers. Yahoo!'s MORE >>

Home About Book Trey to Speak Let’s Connect #smBBQ Subscribe trey pennington connections, content, conversations: commerce™ How to recover the lost Apple Computer brand by trey on September 7, 2010 Before the iPhone, iPad, iTunes and even the iPod, Steve Jobs declared Apple to be one of the top half-dozen recognizable, beloved brands. Back then, though, Apple was a disaster. Steve Jobs’s prescription for healing Apple’s languishing brand obviously worked for Apple Computer, Inc. Apple IS incredible. Apple IS better than Microsoft. MORE >>