Mississippi Business Journal » Steve Jobs http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 iPad spurs disruption in point-of-sale payment industry http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/ipad-spurs-disruption-in-point-of-sale-payment-industry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipad-spurs-disruption-in-point-of-sale-payment-industry http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/ipad-spurs-disruption-in-point-of-sale-payment-industry/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 06:01:05 +0000 john.stodder http://msbusiness.com/?p=56996 Apple created and marketed the iPad mobile tablet as a media player for the family, and it is that. But its versatility, coupled with the imaginations of its users, has launched mini-revolutions within some business sectors, as entrepreneurs discover the iPad is a readymade platform for cloud computing. An illustration: App-makers and entrepreneurs are taking [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/ipad-spurs-disruption-in-point-of-sale-payment-industry/feed/ 0 Man pleads guilty to stealing $100,000 from MDA http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:03:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=47524 NEW ORLEANS  — A Harahan, La., man has pleaded guilty to stealing government funds. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says Vernon Ponder pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon. Letten says Ponder applied to the Mississippi Development Authority and to the U.S. Small Business Association for money to repair his vacation home [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/man-pleads-guilts-to-stealing-100000-from-mda/feed/ 0 UPDATE: C Spire to offer iPhone 4S; fourth company to do so and ahead of T-Mobile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/19/c-spire-wireless-to-offer-iphone-4s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=c-spire-wireless-to-offer-iphone-4s http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/19/c-spire-wireless-to-offer-iphone-4s/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:11:04 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=47365 PRE-REGISTRATION BEGINS TODAY; DEVICE WILL LAUNCH IN COMING WEEKS RIDGELAND —  As the Mississippi Business Journal reported several weeks ago, C Spire, the regional wireless carrier previously known as Cellular South, will have the newest iPhone from Apple to offer its customers. C Spire announced today that it will launch iPhone 4S in the U.S. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/19/c-spire-wireless-to-offer-iphone-4s/feed/ 0 iSad — Jobs’ death affects all http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/isad-%e2%80%94-jobs%e2%80%99-death-affects-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=isad-%25e2%2580%2594-jobs%25e2%2580%2599-death-affects-all http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/isad-%e2%80%94-jobs%e2%80%99-death-affects-all/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:00:19 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=47213 Where were you when Steve Jobs died? I was browsing iTunes when I got a text on my iPhone delivering the sad news. Now I am writing this post on my Power Mac G4. The pundits are comparing the late founder and CEO of Apple Computer to Thomas Edison. Jobs’ friend and longtime colleague Steve [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/isad-%e2%80%94-jobs%e2%80%99-death-affects-all/feed/ 0 The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:07:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=46816 CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It’s as if he’s on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And, in a way, he is. It is Jan. 24, 1984, and a young [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/the-world-changer-steve-jobs-knew-what-we-wanted/feed/ 0 Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/05/apple-says-company-co-founder-steve-jobs-has-died/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:50:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=46810 NAME: Steven Paul Jobs BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco DIED: Wednesday at 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna [...]

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