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When Steve Jobs and Apple first came to Ireland (IrishCentral)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:45:17 PST

Steve Jobs opened plant in Cork in 1980December 23, 1980 and thousands of Irish people were facing the prospect of no electricity on Christmas Day The basics of modern life - electricity, telephones, indoor plumbing - were still relatively new in Ireland then Anyone describing the modern, telecommunications-dominated world of today would have sounded like a science-fiction writer, not a businessman about to open a new factory Yet, Steve Jobs was in Ireland talking about the future READ MORE

Pippa Middleton, Steve Jobs, and Casey Anthony - the most Googled terms in Ireland for 2011 (IrishCentral)

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:13:12 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

With the new year steadily approaching, everyone is busy compiling year-end lists, including Google. The company has compiled a breakdown of the most popular search items of the year in Ireland. Not surprisingly, those topping the list are the newly-famous Pippa Middleton, Apple founder Steve Jobs, and recently acquitted Casey Anthony.

Losing our immigrant values - little coverage of John McCarthy as Steve Jobs mourning continues (IrishCentral)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:30:23 PST

Computer scientist - John McCarthy RIPThe world is still reeling from the death of Apple computer whiz Steve Jobs, who died October 5 at the age of 56 Jobs was recognized as perhaps the foremost pioneer in a field that defined the end of the 20th century, and will surely dominate the early decades of our current centuryIt is interesting, then, that not nearly as much attention was paid a few weeks later when a computer scientist named John McCarthy died at the age of 84Though not nearly as well known as Jobs, McCarthy was a certified prophet of our current e-world READ MORE

Audacious claims - Bill Gates says he helped Steve Jobs create the Mac - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:33:24 PDT

By: JORDANA KOZUPSKY

Bill Gates has claimed that Microsoft “did the key software” for Mac, and that his company deserves credit for Steve Jobs’ legendary Apple creation.

Bono among mourners at small Silicon Valley ceremony for Apple’s Steve Jobs (IrishCentral)

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:16:26 PDT

By: BERNIE MALONE

Luminaries of the business, politics and entertainment words arrived by the limo load to pay their last respects to the late Apple founder Steve Jobs this weekend.

U2’s Bono and his tribute to Apple’s Steve Jobs (IrishCentral)

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:30:22 PDT

Bono and Steve JobsMany artists paid tribute to fallen Apple founder Steve Jobs last week, but leave it to Bono to have colorful insights“He's the Elvis of the kind of hardware-software dialectic,” Bono said, a sound bite that was liberally quoted in the mediaHe went on to say that Jobs “was a creature of quite progressive thinking, and his reverence for shape and sound and contour and creativity did not come from the boardroom”Rolling Stone magazine pressed the singer to see if the Elvis analogy really held up READ MORE

Bono brands Steve Jobs the Elvis of the computer world (IrishCentral)

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:15:19 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

U2 front man Bono has paid an amazing tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs – and described him as a ‘hardware software Elvis’.

In Cork Steve Jobs found the perfect match for Apple (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:15:30 PDT

Apple in Cork since 1981The death of Steve Jobs reminds me of a thought I had not that long ago, that is it's so appropriate that Apple is based in Cork and Microsoft is in Dublin Jobs chose well when he chose CorkApple first set up shop in Cork back in 1981 I don't know what the locals thought at the time, but I've more than once detected a hint of pride in Cork people that Apple's European base is in Cork READ MORE

Steve Jobs was a great American genius (IrishCentral)

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:15:12 PDT

Back in 1984 in San Francisco I bought my first Macintosh. It changed my life. I am typing this on a Mac and have never used anything else. To do so would be traitorous. READ MORE

U2’s Bono defend’s Apple’s Steve Jobs' lack of philanthropy (IrishCentral)

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:52:32 PDT

By: DEBBIE MCGOLDRICK

The heart and soul of Apple, Steve Jobs, who stepped down from his job as CEO of the world’s most popular computer company due to his life-threatening illness, has been rightfully lauded as one of the world’s greatest ever innovators, but he’s also gotten a bad rap in some quarters over his and Apple’s supposed lack of philanthropy.

Lady Gaga on hand to help out Apple's Steve Jobs (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:42 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Lady Gaga and Coldplay's Chris Martin performed at Apple's annual new-product-announcement event. The superstar in his own right, Steve Jobs, brought the pop stars to the stage at the launch of the new line of iPods and a social music social network site called Ping.

Steve Jobs, Apple & iPad may boost Irish economy (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:35:21 PST

The newly announced Apple iPad, heralded by company CEO Steve Jobs in San Francisco this morning, will have major implications for the Irish economy too Apple’s European Headquarters is based in Cork, Ireland where it employs over 1,000 people It's Apple's ability to innovate its way to profit even in the midst of a worldwide recession that is such a lesson to all tech firms everywhere Nicknamed the "iPhone on steroids" the new iPad release date will be April 2010 READ MORE