In terms of technology giants and famous names from the web of old, they don't really come any bigger or more well-known that Yahoo!. Once upon a time, the company was pretty much at the forefront of everything that happened, and at that time when the internet was growing and becoming an emerging tool. However, in more recent times, the company has fallen behind its competitors such as Google and has been plagued by behind the scenes corporate issues.
While Siri has managed to remain an almost permanent fixture on the majority of tech blogs - without actually being altogether that accurate - 9to5Mac appears to have spotted a a keyboard shortcut reference in the latest Mountain Lion beta, which possibly indicates that Apple's upcoming OS X release could also get some kind of Siri-esque dictation.
Like any great and successful businessman or leader who presides over an amazingly successful company, Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs had the right amount of charisma, intelligence, business acumen, leadership and ruthlessness to succeed at the highest level. With Apple currently riding on a huge high and having some of the most popular consumer electronic products the world has ever seen, his success speaks for itself, so does his legacy.
While the user interfaces of technology found in futuristic TV shows and movies aren't necessarily practical, but they can often be cool. One example of this is the interactive UI of the computer in Minority Report, a movie in which mutated humans are able to predict - and thus, prevent - crimes from happening. The film is set in the year 2054, so obviously the computer that they're using must consist of what appears to be either a fairly translucent screen or hologram, and a UI that's manipulated by hand and finger gestures.
Want to see Iron Man being drawn using a thirty year old computer? You do? Then you're in luck, because that's just what we happen to have here. We love many things here at Redmond Pie. We love cake. We love Ice Cream. We really love peanut butter. There's movies and old computers, too.
One of the things I personally found most fascinating about the late, great Steve Jobs was his dogmatic approach to everything that he did. Unfazed by skepticism, he took visions and ideas, remained vigorously dedicated to them, and while some were relatively hit-and-miss, the company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak has produced some of the most iconic and era-defining devices and innovations ever seen.
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion may be in the hands of developers, but there is another group of people that get software releases often even before those with paid developer accounts.
There has been a lot of internet chatter over the last week or so about Ashton Kutcher transforming himself to look like Apple founder Steve Jobs for the upcoming Jobs movie. The movie itself will more than likely end up being a cult hit, mainly because of the coverage it has received, but also because of the popularity of Jobs himself. It seems Kutcher will most definitely play a convincing role, but he may not be the only actor to play Steve Jobs on the big screen.
Google's Chrome browser has been updated to version 19, and apart from an array of bug fixes and performance enhancements, the Big G's iconic browser will also be offering integrated tab-syncing.
Tying in rather nicely with the reports of an imminent Retina display-toting 15-inch MacBook Pro, it has also been revealed that the next installment to the iMac series could also pack in the pixels, bringing the super-sharp screen we've grown to love on the iPhone and iPad.
