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The "end of TechCrunch"? It might not be such a bad thing

What would the startup scene be like without the blog that currently animates it? A whole lot better, actually.

FORTUNE -- At TechCrunch's Disrupt conference earlier this year, Michael Arrington brought Arianna Huffington on stage and the two played "The Odd Couple" for 10 minutes. "How the hell did we both end up at AOL?" Arrington asked, musing on AOL's purchase of TechCrunch for a reported $25 million and The Huffington MORE

Video: Silicon Valley's rock star

How would you describe Steve Jobs in a sentence or two?

It's not as easy as you might think. In the 1:30 video below (and here), editors at Fortune and CNNMoney try to capture Apple's (AAPL) former CEO in 20 words or less.

Today in Tech: Tim Cook's email to Apple employees

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"Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that -- it is in our DNA. We are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight MORE

Two videos: Goodbye Steve Jobs. Hello Tim Cook.

Six minutes on Jobs' legacy at Apple. A two-minute spotlight on Cook, the new CEO.

The video team at CNNMoney has produced two pieces to mark the changing of the guard at Apple (AAPL).

To reflect on Steve Jobs' legacy, I was invited to join a team from Fortune magazine that includes managing editor Andy Serwer, tech editor Stephanie Mehta, senior editor at large Adam Lashinsky and contributor Michael Copeland.

The piece on MORE

Apple is No. 4 in Barron's 500

Moves up from 59th place in 2010 based on boffo sales growth and return on investment

In what Barron's describes as "a tip of the hat"  to the corporations that generated the most revenue growth and cash returns in recent years, the magazine moved Apple (AAPL) up 55 spots in its 13th annual ranking of America's 500 largest companies that aren't currently in bankruptcy.

"While such operating success might not generate immediate MORE

6 things I never knew about Apple

Adam Lashinsky's "Inside" story in the new issue of Fortune is packed with juicy revelations

After the simultaneous, and more-or-less disastrous, launch of the iPhone 3G and MobileMe in the summer of 2008 -- the launch one Gizmodo reader dubbed "iPocalypse" -- Steve Jobs summoned the MobileMe team to the Town Hall auditorium on Apple's (AAPL) Cupertino campus for an obscenity-laden dressing down. "You've tarnished Apple's reputation," he told them. "You MORE

Time Magazine on iPad now 28 cents

Apple and Time Inc. struck a deal, and the per-issue price fell from $4.99 overnight

Here's a window into the economics of magazine publishing.

Monday's Wall Street Journal reports that Time Inc. (TWX) and Apple (AAPL) have reached an agreement to allow subscribers of Time, Fortune and Sports Illustrated to get digital versions of their magazines on the iPad for free.

The deal breaks an impasse that dates back to high-level meetings Steve MORE

Apple Q2 2011 earnings preview

Fortune's final poll of Apple analysts -- professional and amateur

Here are the final estimates -- barring last-minute revisions -- along with each analyst's rank, where available, in last quarter's earnings smackdown. [UPDATED 4/18 to correct error in Sterne Agee's estimates, 4/19 with new numbers from Turley Muller, Rodman & Renshaw and BCG Partners, and 4/20 with estimates from Bernstein and Technology Insights.]

We'll find out whose numbers were closest to the MORE

Apple is Fortune's 'most admired'

Steve Jobs' company takes top honors for the fourth year in a row

Pay no attention to that logo behind the ripped-open shirt on the cover of Fortune's current issue.

The magazine's most-admired company -- for the fourth year in a row -- is Apple (AAPL), not IBM (IBM).

"The company's blistering pace of new product releases," writes Shelley DuBois, "has continued to set the bar high for tech companies across the board."

And MORE

Why 'The Coach' left Google

He advised both Apple and Google until a Fortune profile brought his role to light

When Bill Campbell executed a "non-sale transfer" of $7.7 million worth of Apple (AAPL) stock in Sept. 2009, we speculated that given his increasing awkward position as a close adviser to both Steve Jobs and Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt, Campbell might be reconsidering his position on Apple's board of directors.

We were wrong about that. Campbell MORE