A Year and a Couple Days - Steve Jobs

If you're a frequent reader of The Blog (at) TerryLyons.com - you'll surely remember my column on the passing of Steve Jobs of Apple.  It's been a year and a couple of days now, and, in case you missed it, Apple posted a fitting tribute to Jobs on their homepage on Oct. 5.  It's still there if you want to check it out.

The video is short and simple, as is the message from Tim Cook, the current Apple CEO.

"Steve's passing one year ago today was a sad and difficult time for all of us. I hope that today everyone will reflect on his extraordinary life and the many ways he made the world a better place.

One of the greatest gifts Steve gave to the world is Apple. No company has ever inspired such creativity or set such high standards for itself. Our values originated from Steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. We share the great privilege and responsibility of carrying his future legacy into the future.

I'm incredibly proud of the work we are doing, delivering products that our customers love and dreaming up new ones that will delight them down the road. It’s a wonderful tribute to Steve's memory and everything he stood for."

Nicely done.

If you don't remember my column from a year ago, here's the link: STEVE JOBS, 56.

Here is Apple's tribute: (How cool is it that Jobs quotes Wayne Gretzky as the innovator!

Technology itself is not enough.

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NASA: THIRD ROCK

THIRD ROCK

NASA'S ONLINE RADIO STATION ROCKS SMARTPHONES

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Third Rock Radio just went mobile. Updates to the NASA App for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android now include a feature to listen to the agency's online alternative rock radio station.

"Now you can listen to great music in the same app that still provides all of NASA's amazing content wherever you are," said Jerry Colen, NASA App project manager at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

Third Rock - America's Space Station - launched with a new rock/indie/alternative format on Dec. 12, 2011. The station is being developed and operated at no cost to the government through a Space Act Agreement. 
The NASA Apps showcase a wealth of NASA content, including images, videos on-demand, live streaming video from NASA Television, mission information, feature stories and breaking news. Users also can find sighting opportunities for the International Space Station and track the positions of spacecraft orbiting Earth. App users easily can share NASA content on Facebook, Twitter or via e-mail. 

For more information and to links download the apps, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasaapp

For more information on and to listen to Third Rock, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/thirdrock

Apple a day ...

The Apple ITunes store celebrated a lofty 3 Billion song dowloads yesterday while the stock market slide took its toll on Apple shares.

I have been very interested in Apple as I believe it is the computer/tech stock of the century.

The MacBook Pro I am typing this on, combined with the ever-present Ipod units of which we own 5 as a family, are reason alone. The IPhone will take it to another level, especially when a second generation IPhone eases the curiosity level for cautious buyers who will wait out the price reductions or the hype to be sure a product is worth the overall investment.

Here is a report on Apple today, via CBS MarketWatch, noting that Citigroup upgraded Apple to buy from HOLD:

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Citigroup upgraded Apple, Inc. (AAPL :
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AAPL 132.17, +0.41, +0.3% to buy from hold, citing Tuesday's 7% pullback in the shares. The broker left its price target unchanged at $160. It said that iPhone and iPod production cuts rumored in Asia should not be a surprise to investors and reflect normal channel inventory clearance ahead of new product introductions in August and September. More specifically, Citigroup said it expects higher-capacity iPod Shuffles and Nanos at lower prices for the memory size provided as well as a video iPod with an iPhone-like 3.5 inches diagonal screen and touch-screen controls. The broker added that while iPod margins will decline as a result of these refreshes, it believes this is fully reflected in its current estimates and consensus forecasts for the second half of the calendar year.

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