I don't know why, but most of my buddies call me on the phone or buzz me on some instant messaging network just to tell me the latest bad news they heard. I guess this is human nature, after all - crimes, natural disasters and so on are more interesting to most people than good news, but the good part is that I am not crazy about bad news at all. In fact, I hate them, so today I'll go through some of the latest good news related to Apple, its people, and its products. Good enough for me, I hope it's going to be good enough for you, too!
First of all, let's talk about the top of the pyramid. Obviously, I am talking about the man behind Apple's success in the last decade, Steve Jobs. As you probably heard already, a lot of analysts are concerned about his health, and leaving the analysts behind, I am sure virtually all Apple fans noticed his shady appearance at the WWDC 2008.
In the meantime, various reports kept saying that Steve Jobs is pretty well, and now, a New York Times article is doing that again, but also adding another thing we heard already - the weight and energy loss were caused by the side effects of a surgical procedure suffered by Apple's head earlier this year. According to the New York Times article, recently, "Mr. Jobs has reassured several people that he is doing well and that four years after a successful operation to treat a rare form of pancreatic cancer, he is cancer free."
For now, it seems Steve have taken a vacation this week, and since there's no official statement regarding his health, I guess we should all hope he's going to return to a great shape, and this is really a vacation, not just some time off to undergo some other medical procedures.
OK, so Steve Jobs isn't at the helm now, but that doesn't stop Apple from going at full speed, and still accelerating. Despite various early problems with the iPhone 3G, the sales were nearly double, compared to the original iPhone, during the same period. This is nothing but impressive, but let's get to the most interesting part today...
...since the iPhone has finally received recognition as a platform of the future. How? Starting this Autumn, the Stanford University will offer its students a course called iPhone Application Programming. Do I have to say more? I guess I should, but there are no further details available yet. Anyway, just hearing the above left me speechless, so I will gracefully retreat and give you the opportunity to use your freedom of speech by placing your comments below. ;)
