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    Apple's Jony Ive knighted in UK

    Apple's Jony Ive knighted in UK

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    Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, was granted knighthood in the UK this week.

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    Jonathan Ive was granted knighthood in the United Kingdom this week, as part of a yearly New Year Honours ceremony. Honored for "services to design and enterprise," the famous designer behind many of Apple's creations is now a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a step up from the Commander rank he was given in 2006. Ive's British heritage may have made him a slightly more obvious fit for the honor than Steve Jobs, who was never knighted — though it could also be that Ive doesn't share Jobs's tendency to rub important people the wrong way. Ive's knighthood adds him to a long list of others in the technology industry who have received the honor, including Richard Branson, Akio Morita, and Bill Gates — that's not bad company for anyone to be in.