Weekly Wrap: Steve Jobs resigns, we debate Lion, and more

27.08.2011
What a strange week. We figured we'd spend the week sharing Lion tips, app reviews, and the latest Apple news. We did all that, of course, but we didn't see Steve Jobs's resignation coming. As the east coast battles severe weather, and the rest of the nation, you know, doesn't--curl up with another edition of the Weekly Wrap.

The big news, of course, was . Editorial director Jason Snell sought to assure you that under . But we're not yet certain whether Apple will be able to continue its streak of exclusively naming CEOs whose last names can function as nouns. On the plus side, senior associate editor Dan Moren says .

Elsewhere, we attempted to explain that could easily be explained by understanding that, beyond running one of the nation's most successful companies, .

We proffered . Ted Landau offered up (and Safari 5.1 on Snow Leopard, too). Speaking of Snow Leopard (did you catch my elegant segue?), we shared a hint about .

We also showed you --and yet we still haven't shared any great text-slimming advice, which, for my money, is evidence of a vast, text-fattening conspiracy.

Moren wrote about a , but I'm pretty sure I'm the one who told him about it. Senior editor Dan Frakes discovered , and fellow senior editor Chris Breen reported on . Of course, , so .

Interested in Adobe's new iWeb competitor Muse? And Terminal junkies might be interested to know about . I don't know how many folks will be interested in both stories; I think there are WYSIWYG Web tool fans and Terminal junkies in this world, and that you won't exactly find the two circles overlapping in a Venn diagram.

As he so often does--he can't help himself, really--contributor Joel Mathis rounded up . Senior contributor Ben Long shared his advice on . Yours truly went hands-on--or, I suppose, ears-on--with . And senior contributor Kirk McElhearn wrote ; I believe that they're connected because both Kirk's last name and the iPod sport intercaps. And good news for iOS-printing enthusiasts: You can rejoice in knowing that offer iPad and iPhone support--but it's worth noting that you have a strange hobby.

With that, another Wrap has wrapped. We'll be back next Saturday to fill you in on our biggest stories from the week gone by (or rather, the week about to come). I for one feel safe wagering that Tim Cook won't have resigned by then.