Honda Brio Automatic - First look

We bring you the first images of Honda's nimble hatch, the Brio that now has become even more convenient with an automatic gearbox. 

While, speculations turn into confirmations about the Brio diesel to grace the Indian market soon, Honda has decided to slip in the automatic version of its bread and butter hatchback. 

Now, it wouldn't be wrong to ponder over why Honda is anxious to roll out a petrol powered Brio automatic instead of just giving the Indian customers what they need - a economical, efficient and reliable Brio diesel hatch.

Well, the company believes that the Brio AT could bring in above average sale numbers for the company in the budget automatics segment, which is currently not very crowded. 

- The Honda Brio AT hasn't recieved any external deisgn changes. Not that we were anticipating any major design changes, but the new variant deserves an 'AT' badge, atleast. 

The Brio Automatic will take on cars like the Hyundai i10 Automatic and the Maruti Suzuki A-Star Automatic once it goes on sale in the country on October 18.

Slated to go on sale across the country on 18 October, the Brio AT hatchback is expected to cost Rs 60,000-Rs 70,000 more than the regular manual version. 

Honda instead of using the CVT gearbox that is currently used in the Brio sold in the Thai market, the company has opted to use a conventional five-speed automatic transmission that is driven by a torque converter - similar to the one found in the Honda City. 

Other than the regular D mode, the transmission offered three more driving modes - the 'D3', '2' and '1'. In the 'D3' mode the gearbox shifts between 1st, 2nd and 3rd gear, while in '2' mode the gearbox stays in 2nd gear only and in '1' mode the gearbox doesn't go beyond 1st gear.

The new clock that features in the instrumentation panel now shows the selected mode for the auto-tranny. 

The AT version of the Brio to be offered in S(O) and V variants. 

Powering the nimble hatch is the same 1.2-litre i-VTEC engine that churns out 88PS of max power and 109Nm of max torque. However, the engine in the new variant has been tweaked to return a fuel effeciency of 16.5 kmpl.

The engine is mated to a first-in-class five-speed gearbox that is specifically tuned for the 1.2-litre i-VTEC engine.

-Rohit (Rash) Paradkar

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English Vinglish Review

 

Sridevi’s comeback film English Vinglish has garnered rave reviews, including the one written by BollywoodLife’s own critic. So we really don’t need to give you more reasons for watching the movie. But then we thought again – director Gauri Shinde’s directorial debut is so cute that we needed to share more about it with you than what has been mentioned in our critique.So here are five reasons why you should watch English Vinglish, starring Sridevi, Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain and Priya Anand, among others. This one’s for Sridevi fans! But we’re sure the actor’s going to make a lot of new ones after watching the film.

1. Sridevi’s performance – Do great actors actually make a ‘comeback’? No! Acting is in their genes and they just need to switch the button on and there they are, emoting as effortlessly as ever. So true for Sridevi, too!

2. Global reach – English Vinglish joins Bollywood / Indian films made on an international scale that are truly global, thanks to an international cast, a global story and shorter screening time.

3. Mehdi Nebbou – He’s not the only member of the film’s international star cast, but he is totally the icing on the English Vinglish cake…or the cherry, you decide. We wish there was more screen time given to this hot French-Arabic actor – maybe a kiss with Sri thrown in, or maybe a Shahrukh Khan-style romantic number? Ooooh!

4. Self-help movie – It’s not that kind of a film, but like we said before, watching Sridevi’s character Shashi Godbole overcome her weaknesses and emerge a winner will inspire you to do the same with your life. So there’s entertainment and inspiration in this one.

5. Family film – It’s a clean, fun, emotional family film, with some emotional gyaan thrown in on how not to take feelings for granted. No item song, no kissing scene, no violence, no double-meaning jokes…. You could safely take munna, munni, ma, baba and biwi to watch it, all without cringing!
Now if these reasons are not enough for you to go watch English Vinglish, find your own…but you have to watch it to know, of course!

P.S.: If you’re an Amitabh Bachchan fan, there’s his cute cameo to look out for, too.

-Shweta Parande

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Is It Time For Sachin To Retire?

Sachin Tendulkar’s unexpected announcement about his contemplation on retirement has sent major media houses scrambling for ways to handle the colossal amount of resulting repercussions. People, process and technology are all set for a massive upheaval in the world of sports journalism.

Minutes after the statement, change requests flooded the mailbox of Trendulkar Inc., the company that designed Match Report Plus Suite^SRTM – a media software designed and customised for the fag end of Sachin Tendulkar’s career.

Released in April 2011, Match Report Plus Suite^SRTM (MRPS) is a cutting edge application that has been uniformly used by almost all cricket news providers across India – online magazines as well as reputed print establishments.

The application runs on an internal engine that processes hundreds of online cricket feeds. The parsed data is automatically put through an inbuilt module, the SRT-Bashing-Procedure, that uses latest Genetic Algorithm techniques to generate customisable anti-Tendulkar rants tailored to any match, situation, current topic or just to fill in the rare quiet days in the cricket calendar.

A towering landmark in news services automation technology, the product generates ready to use media reports that need minimum tweaking to go into print or electronic publication, complete with predicted number of hourly views, likes and tweeter shares.

Catering for the rare demands of numerical accuracy, the application also has the option of setting “Statistical accuracy required” for each generated news item on Tendulkar, enabling a minimum of minus-50% to a maximum of 15% adherence to actual facts and figures.

“It has been a huge asset in the days of exponentially growing demand for news that borders on Goebbelsian propaganda. Especially with the very few qualified journalists struggling to meet the enormous requirements,” a spokesman for a major news agency said tonight.

MRPS has been instrumental in generating approximately 2,73,850 media reports per day on the Tendulkar’s retirement issue since May 2011.

However, this sudden announcement against the run of play has queered the pitch for the news vendors.

“The announcement has swayed the emotions and the application has to be severely tweaked to continue to generate reports without compromising on TRP,” a source close to Trendulkar Inc. informed us. “There will have to be recalibration of the Statistical Range, hitching it up to nearly 40% accuracy – beyond that will jar a bit too much with deep rooted perceptions. The randomising and truth transposing modules will have to take be toned down. Additionally, hashtags such as #selfish will have to be replaced by #respect.”

The amount of hard-coding makes the changes difficult, but our Trendulkar Inc. contact refused to admit errors in design. “We were working on a quick, optimal solution given the almost eternal Indian appeal for abusing their greatest cricketers. Exception handling was not a primary requirement.”

The changes, though, have to be made quickly. Trendulkar Inc. is hopeful that all the lines of program will not go to waste. “Some of the denigration code can be readily reused for MS Dhoni, and the rest can be shelved for a couple of years till Virat Kohli establishes himself further.”

On the other hand, media houses are toying with the idea of hiring consulting companies like Accenture or McKinsey to help them with the resulting change management.

“Our training departments have entire courses on Sachin Tendulkar Ridiculing Techniques, and 80% of the young sports journalists have been made to go through the curriculum rigorously,” informed R. Vaishampayan, the CEO of Digi-Media Group. “The announcement has put us off our orbits for sure. Along with the journalists, the training workforce also has to re-skill themselves.”

Mr. Vaishampayan also admitted that dark days lay ahead for cricket journalists. “Once the man actually retires, the entire field of Indian sports journalism will need to reinvent itself.”

(Arunabha Sengupta is a cricket historian and Chief Cricket Writer at CricketCountry. He writes about the history and the romance of the game, punctuated often by opinions about modern day cricket, while his post-graduate degree in statistics peeps through in occasional analytical pieces. The author of three novels, he can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/senantix)

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Life of an NRI - Sprutika Battu

Joining a university in itself is a big deal - you have to get accustomed to the workload, short deadlines, reading large amounts of material and the writing, writing and more writing!
Other than the academic perspective, you will be away from the comforts and friendships you've been used to all your life.

Without a doubt, freshman year is the most difficult for students who are far away from home - especially when you are 6,656.9 km away from you home town.

Each year, Osmania University's UFRO (University of Foreign Relations Office) receives hundreds of applications from foreign students. Since 1999, Osmania University has been home to students from more than 78 countries.
So what is life like for an NRI on campus? Let as Pooja Rangi to find out.

Where are you from?
I am from an urbanised city called Jeddah in Saudhi Arabia. I went to Jeddah when I was in UKG and I've lived there for about thirteen years. Jeddah is very different from Indian - be it the roads, the mall, restaurants etc.

What kind of changes do you notice in India from the time you left?
I used to come to India during my summer vacation and I was surprised to see changes every year. Price hikes, development in almost every aspect of life, the raise of the population, and the needs of the people started to increase too.

Why did you come to India? Why did you choose to join Osmania University?
The main reason I came back to India was to do my engineering. I came back after finishing my 12 ^th grade in the International Indian School. We do have tons of good universities back in Jeddah; I wanted to be enrolled in Osmania University as it is a very well known and reputed college.

What's the best part about the campus?
The best part about the campus is its greenery and spaciousness! I mean the University is literally miles and miles, I've been here for one year and I still find new places to hang out. The campus environment gives you a sense of peace and serenity.

What is the best part about classes?
Our professors are highly qualified and it's always a pleasure listening to their lectures. I also like how we have labs in the afternoon, because it's really hard to focus after lunch.

What the worst part of the classes?
Well, we have frequent power cuts that cause a hindrance in our concentration. A few labs are not well equipped.

What's the worst part of being an NRI?
The worst part is that, initially, people have misconceptions that all NRI's are dumb, that we don't study much, work hard, and seem uninterested in studies, but that is wrong! Not all the local students are hard working, but we are always judged quickly. We have to prove ourselves in every single class because people judge us by the way we talk/dress.

What's the best part of being an NRI?
Well, I don't know what the best part is, but most people are nice to you and they try to help you as much as they can. Once people understand that we come to college from other countries for the sole reason of education, they crack us out of the stereotype that they initially mould us into. 

-Team CoolAge

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Private Games by James Patterson & Mark Sullivan

The year is 2012. The Location is London and the backdrop is that of Olympic Games. Can things get any bigger? Huge number of agents has been assigned to the security detail of anybody who is somebody at the games. They are the best at what they do and have the latest technology to back them up. A high ranking games official is brutally murdered and a man named Cronus sends a letter to a reporter Karen Pope claiming responsibility.  Peter Knight gets involved in this case twice over as not only this was important to him professionally, but he also has a personal interest. With too much at stake, Peter cannot under any circumstances rule this as a mere co-incidence. Together with Karen, Knight has to discover the identity of the killer before it is too late.

I am a huge Alex Cross fan but it has been quite a while since I last picked up James Patterson Novel. Reading ‘Private Games’ almost managed to remind me why I liked his work so much.  Though Peter Knight is no Alex Cross and doesn’t completely fit the general profile of private investigators - he is definitely an interesting character. Overall, the way he handled the case was quite impressive but few of his mistakes were very amateurish making me think ‘Oh Come on!’

Obviously with Olympic Games in London, the backdrop of this book is HUGE.  Just as the thought of Olympic Games create an image of grandeur in my mind and this novel helped me to picturise it even more clearly. It had the glamour, the adrenaline, and the nerves – whatever feelings that come with an event like this. Mystery fanatics like me may be able to guess out the mystery part, but that does not actually take the charm out of the book. In this case, the journey is eventful enough to keep you going even though you know what to expect at the destination. And the climax was too… I do not know how to explain exactly without giving any spoilers. So let me just say the climax was a bit too implausible for me. The storyline was fast paced and the author has taken care to try and keep the readers engrossed within the pages with doses of mystery, action and psychosis.

To round it off, it turned out to be a pretty mediocre book, certainly not something I expect with the cover that says James Patterson on the front. Well, he has set the bar of expectations so high for himself that he is bound to miss it at times. I wouldn’t probably go out of my way to recommend this book but at the same time I wouldn’t advice not reading it. 

-Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay 

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Those chocolate memories! - Sudeep Nagarkar

That’s the way we met! How many of us actually remember how you met with our
loved one? There is a story behind every meet. I shared mine!

You cannot change your past but you can indeed be happy with the happy moments you
had in your relationship. I did the same.

There is always other side of relationships where you are not the ruler of your
relationship. When everything is going smooth and steady, life brings you at a situation
where you have to choose the right path. You have to take a decision, which will hurt
you, but you are helpless. I took one.

I get so many messages and mails daily asking which are your personal favorite dialogues
or phrases from your books. I never answered those mails thinking how I can choose
the best from the best! Jokes apart, It was indeed difficult for me to short-list certain
phrases. However, as “Ribbons of love” is ending and we are into the final post I decided
to take some time out to select my personal favorite lines from my both books. Now your
favorites can be different too, but mine are as follows:

10 Best lines from ‘That’s The Way We Met’

1. I wish I was your blanket, I wish I was your bed; I wish I was your pillow
underneath your head. I want to be around you, I want to hold you tight
and be the lucky person who kisses you good night.

2. Our love has been assaulted many times and I am convinced that it is true
because the longer I am away from you, the greater is my yearning to be
with you once again. You are my enchanted Princess, and I am your devoted
Prince.

3. I took a strawberry and rolled it all over her. She could no longer
hold herself, her body rocked with the sensation of pure ecstasy. We ate
chocolates while kissing each other and fondled one another for a very long
time.

4. I want to marry you near the sea, maybe Marine Drive. I always imagine
how, after the ceremony is over you will sit in the car and I will drive us
towards our new home. The girls in our family don’t wear Punjabi chuda in
marriage, but I want you to wear it. You will be dressed in my favorite red
saree with a silver border on it. I will look at the chuda in your hand and
smile. You will coyly glance at me and I will smile seeing you blush. All the
way while driving, I would think of how beautiful you looked on our wedding
night.

5. I don’t want to lose you forever. Don’t you remember our romantic nights
in Manali, where we cuddled with each other, and made sweet love until day
break? I think we broke the flower vase too that night. We were on the table
and all over. How can you forget the chuda you bought just because it was
my wish? Our name carved over it, I thought Aditya and Riya couldn’t be
separated. They are one. Why do you want to change that?

6. I would try my best to be with you. I would fight with the world until my
hand reaches someone else’s hand. Trust me! No matter with who I am, my
love for you can never die. You will be my Aadi, you will be my jaan, and
you will be my bachha forever. No one can steal that right from me. Not
even you. I love you, darling!

7. I still dwell upon the sweet kisses, the smile that gave me life and keep
hoping that I will find you somewhere, before that feeling melts away
forever. You have been my strongest emotion, my deepest thought, my
sweetest dream, my meaning, my love, my paradise. I wish I could hold you
right now in my arms just for one last moment, as I did before.

8.
Though our roads are different, our paths may cross and maybe
someday in the future. Our roads will meet and we will travel down the same
path once again, until then my sweet love.. In my heart is where you always
reside. Love is pain. Love is pure. Love is sacrifice!

9. A person lost in love can win anything in this world. Just because he has
nothing to lose. He will only rise now!

10. "Waqt har cheez dikhaata hai, Aaj Samajh aaya hai,
Kitne barso baad, Aaj fir tujhpe marne ka khayaal aaya hai.
Chal kahin door chale, jahan sirf tu or main ho,
Jee le apne zindagi ke wo haseen pal jisme sirf pyaar ho,
Bahoon me baahein ho, aankhon me aankhein ho,
Bas tumhara khayaal ho, aur sirf tumhara saath ho....!!!!"

5 Best lines from “Few Things Left Unsaid”

1. Why do I love you, why do I want you, you always lived in my heart…
Then why did I let you go?

2. I love the way you look at me, your eyes so naughty and mischievous.
I love the way the way you kiss me. Your lips so soft and smooth.
I love the way you say ‘I love u’.

3. I want to give you a love bite, which is visible to everyone. So that no girl
will come close to you. Let the world know that you are mine. Just mine!

4. Love can never be wrong, but a girl can be.

5. No sooner than we had seen each other, we liked each other.
No sooner, we liked each other we knew each other.
No sooner, we knew each other we respected each other’s behaviour.
No sooner, we respected we appreciated each other.
Then we loved each other!

About Sudeep Nagarkar:

Sudeep Nagarkar is the bestselling author of Few Things Left Unsaid & That's The Way We Met. He has a degree in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai. His books are inspired from real- life incidents. He never dreamed of becoming an author, but turned into one for his love. Apart from writing, Sudeep is a music enthusiast and loves to spend time with his friends.

 

Sudeep Nagarkar’s books are based on real life incidents. His first book ‘Few Things Left Unsaid’ which released last year sold above 2 lakhs making Sudeep Nagarkar one of the finest writers in India in fiction category. His recent release ‘That’s The Way We Met’ was released with huge hype all over and was an instant hit amongst the youth. His both books are topping in the best sellers lists on various websites and book stores.

Sudeep Nagarkar resides in Mumbai and has a loyal fan base who are connected with him through facebook. His books are getting translated into regional language and first book is due release in November which is translated into Marathi. He will soon interact with crowd in Bangalore literature festival to be held in December. He has given seminars in different colleges in Mumbai. His books are even appreciated by the Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bacchan.

Grab Your Copies of his two National Best Sellers:

1. Few Things Left Unsaid

2. That's The Way We Met

His Books:

Can you ever forget your true love?

Aditya and Riya could never imagine life without each other. Since their accidental meeting two years ago, they have been inseparable until an unexpected tragedy promises to change the course of their lives forever. Will their love stand the test of time?

From the intoxicating rush of Mumbai and Delhi to the scenic beauty of Manali, Sudeep Nagarkar will take you on an unforgettable journey through life and love.

'Few Things Left Unsaid' by Sudeep Nagarkar is an account of how reckless and impulsive behavior can mess up your entire life. How important it is to value your love and life? The author narrates these facts of life through his protagonist, Aditya.

Few Things Left Unsaid deals with the reckless and unclear attitude confronted at a very young age. Aditya, the protagonist of the book, is one among the confused crowd. He's unclear about his ambitions or goals in life. He hates engineering from the core of his heart, but destiny has other plans for him as he ends up in an engineering college. Aditya's search for true love comes alive when he runs into Riya, but he loses her too because of his rude behavior. Life takes a U-Turn for Aditya as he doesn't know how to deal with his life now. Will he pay a huge price for messing up his life now? If he has to mend his ways, how does he do it? Aditya's reckless decisions and lack of clarity in vision mess up both Riya's and his life.

   

 With Love,

Sudeep Nagarkar

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Steve Jobs : 1955 - 2011

Today, we remember the great mind behind Apple, Steve Jobs on his first death anniversary. Mr. Jobs, you changed the world and set it on a direction that will continue to take us forward!

Quotes by Steve Jobs:

In this roundup, we’ve collected 60 of the most inspiring Steve Jobs quotes.

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” – via

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” – Wikiquote, as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (Summer 1993).

“We’ve gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.” – ABC News, Jobs on Mac OS X Beta

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”

“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

“Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don’t know any better.” – Wikiquote, Interview in Rolling Stone magazine, no. 684 (16 June 1994)

“Bill Gates‘d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.” – The New York Times, Creating Jobs, 1997

“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products.” – YouTube

“My job is not to be easy on people. My jobs is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.” – All About Steve Jobs

“We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them.” – Wikiquote, as quoted in Fortune magazine (4 January 2000)

“Click. Boom. Amazing!” – Macworld keynote 2006

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” – Inc. Magazine

“That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works” – New York Times, The Guts of a New Machine, 2003

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” - As quoted or paraphrased in Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own (2009) by Robert Tuchman

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – via

“I mean, some people say, ‘Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.’ And, you know, I think it wouldn’t be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple. My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that’s what I try to do.” – CNNMoney

“It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do.” – CNNMoney

“So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people think, get people talking about it, argue with people about it, get ideas moving among that group of 100 people, get different people together to explore different aspects of it quietly, and, you know – just explore things.” – CNNMoney

“When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself.
They’ll want to do what’s best for Apple, not what’s best for them, what’s best for Steve, or anybody else.” – via

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” – Fortune

“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Think Different, narrated by Steve Jobs

“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.” – Fortune

“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.” – Classic Gaming

“The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.” – Macworld

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address

“I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…. It’s very character-building.” – Wikiquote, as quoted in Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World’s Most Colorful Company (2004) by Owen W. Linzmayer
“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.” – Businessweek

“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” – Businessweek

“I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.” – The Seed of Apple’s Innovation

“It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much.” - The Seed of Apple’s Innovation

“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” – Businessweek, 1998

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” - Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”

“It’s rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.” – Playboy interview, 1985

“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I’m only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I’ve got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.” – Playboy, 1987

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” - Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” – Steve Jobs’ famous question to John Sculley, former Apple CEO
“The products suck! There’s no sex in them anymore!” – Businessweek

“The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.” - As quoted in Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World’s Most Colorful Company (2004) by Owen W. Linzmayer

“If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it’s worth — and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.” – Fortune, 1996

“You know, I’ve got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can’t say any more than that it’s the perfect product and the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.” – Fortune, 1995

“Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could — I’m searching for the right word — could, could die.” – TIME, 1997

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