Jonathan Ive , Apple`s senior VP of industrial design buys $17 million house in SF.

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Jonathan Ive , Apple`s senior VP of industrial design buys $17 million house in SF.

Jonathan Ive Apple`s senior vice president of industrial design, has paid $17 million for a house on San Francisco’s “Gold Coast,” .

Designed by the architectural firm Willis Polk & Co, the five-level brick home was completed in 1927 and has six bedrooms and eight full bathrooms and one half bathroom. The 7,274-square-foot house also features views of the San Francisco Bay, an oak-paneled library, a courtyard garden and six wood-burning fireplaces. An upstairs bedroom has cathedral ceilings with exposed beams, while on the lower level there is a two-bedroom, one bathroom staff apartment.

Jonathan Ive, 45, is one of Apple’s most well-known executives and is widely credited with the unique industrial design of the iPod, iPhone, and its other products. A close friend of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the British-born Mr. Ive has led Apple’s design team since 1996. He was knighted earlier this year. He leads one of Apple’s most secretive teams and like most executives at the company, lives a very private life.

Apple hints iPhone 5 launch on invitations for Sept 12 event in SF.

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Apple hints iPhone 5 launch on invitations for Sept 12 event in SF.

Apple is holding the iPhone 5 launch at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, next Wednesday.

The invite says only "It's almost here," with a shadowed "5" underneath the September 12 date. The event will begin at 10 a.m. in San Francisco. 

What will be in the new iPhone5 (rumors):


a larger screen 4 inch.
4G capabilties.
smaller dock plug.
iOS6
NFC
nano SIM
a new headphones.

iPad 3: Apple sending out invitations for SF event to unveil it in March 7. Bloomberg Video.

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Apple Inc is hosting a media event next Wednesday, where it is expected to unveil a faster, better-equipped version of its popular iPad tablet to thwart increasing competition from deep-pocketed rivals such as Amazon.com Inc.

The invitation-only event will be held at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) on March 7 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, where the company also introduced the last two generations of iPads.

Apple, which sent the invitation to reporters by email on Tuesday, did not divulge details of the event beyond saying: “We have something you really have to see. And touch.”

The invitation featured a partial picture of the touchscreen of a device resembling an iPad.

The third iteration of a device that has helped put pressure on demand for traditional laptops and computers is expected to boast a faster, quad-core processor and a higher-definition screen.

Some analysts and industry experts expect 4G wireless capability, ensuring that the iPad remains current as cutting-edge broadband technology from Verizon Wireless and other carriers gains momentum. Verizon Wireless is a venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc .

“The picture is zoomed in on an icon and I don’t see any pixels in that icon,” Avi Greengart, analyst at Current Analysis, said, underscoring how industry experts pick apart even Apple’s communiques for hints of what to expect.

“You don’t need exceptional foresight to guess that Apple is likely looking at a higher resolution display.”

Based on the latest rumors the iPad 3 might come with a Apple A6 Quad-Core cpu, 8 mpxls rear camera, 1GB RAM, Retina Display, SIRI Ai, 4G.