Tribute to Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 56 years. He was suffering from a rare incurable cancer of the pancreas.

But, sure, death cannot push Steve Jobs into oblivion for he has achieved immortality through his life and mission. A life dedicated to innovations with a mission to bring technology within reach of every man.

To say that he had succeeded in his mission would be an understatement of a lifetime. Beginning very humbly, struggling to make a living by selling empty coke bottles and living without a roof over his head, Steve Jobs had come a long way indeed to become the Chairman and CEO of Apple. He brought the impeccable OS, Apple McIntosh to us and later on dazzled us with the iPods, iPads and iPhones Marvelous technology at our finger tips!

Steve Jobs (1955-2011) lived a life of achievements and futuristic innovations. Money never went to his head. He rose from the penurious early days to own US$8.50 billion in assets by the time he resigned as CEO. Apple, the company he founded, made it to the Forbes list with total estimated assets worth US$400billion dollars.

Still Steve remained the same old gentleman. He was genial, soft spoken and down to earth. Money never ever made him dizzy. He remained a gentleman to the core and dedicated his life and work to his innovations. He never was satisfied with Apple. He forayed in to other areas and bought a controlling stake in Pixar, the animations company. He sure had the Midas' touch and turned everything into gold.

He left Apple at the peak but was destined to return to Apple, when they took over his new venture NeXT.

The US President Barack Obama, while paying homage to Steve Jobs, has said that in the death of Steve Jobs, the world has lost one of the leading innovators.

We can unanimously agree on the credentials of Steve Jobs, in receiving these posthumous encomiums from high places.

Here is a man who had started from scratch, painstakingly built his career brick by brick and reached the pinnacle of not only wealth but innovation and recognition.

As Bill Gates has said it is a rare honor for all those who had the great opportunity to have worked with him. He has shown us the way.
Let us move forward! Let us follow the Path!

By Kannan Krishnamani

iPhone 4S: Apple Incredible

The Apple iPhone 4S was launched Tuesday, October 4, 2011 and has the dual-core A5 chip which delivers much more power. The iPhone 4S is going to be for sale in black and white. The upgraded camera alone might be worth an iPhone 4S upgrade for a few, but Siri will be the killer feature that has the potential to change the way we interact with our devices.

While iPhone 4S is the 5th generation iPhone, it's only the 3rd major casing design in the product's history. Apple iPhone 4s will be the latest phone from Apple. Apple is rolling out the iPhone 4S gradually, although not as gradually as it did earlier models. The A5 chip will make graphics seven times speedier and deliver twice the processing power. Apple definitely borrowed heavily from Android notifications, and then expanded on what they could do. Apple today is among the world's most profitable companies, as the stock price continues to prove.

The upgraded camera alone might be worth an iPhone 4S upgrade for some, but Siri will be the killer feature which has the possibility to change the way we interact with our devices. Schiller emphasized the iPhone 4S's virtual shutter speed. The iPhone 4S can take its first picture in 1 second. The new and improved camera promises crisper, brighter pictures, thanks to the 8-megapixel sensor. Features like better white balance, faster photo capture, and less shaky video recording courtesy of the "video stabilization" feature.

Siri? That appears to be the most incredible thing I'll use. Siri is a personal assistant for the iPhone 4S that goes past responding to simple commands. Siri is unique in the fact that you are able to ask it familiar, natural language questions like "show me movie theaters in the area" and it will return a real, readable answer and a list sorted by proximity. Siri can do a huge number of things, from sending texts and emails to finding restaurants and obtaining directions from one place to another - things that could largely be done before by voice on other devices and platforms, but now you can do it from the palm of your hand.

iPhone 4S

iPhone 4S is going to be Apple's remedy to Android's increasing domination of the mid-end and low-end cost ranges. Although the iPhone 4S sports a quicker processor and an upgraded camera, and the feature that everyone will be discussing is Siri. The iPhone 4S will be available in both black and white.

By Dan Ramos