Tag Archives: Steve Jobs
Bill Gates recalls last meeting with Steve Jobs
In an interview with 60 Minutes, Bill Gates recounts his final meeting with Steve Jobs and discusses their relationship candidly, revealing the complexities of their admiration for each other and business rivalry.
iSteve now available online
Even after a last minute delay, Funny or Die’s Steve jobs movie entitled iSteve still became the first Steve Job’s film to be completed–but at what cost? The 78 minute film was written in three days, and filmed in just 5–oooook. I know this movie is produced by a humor …
Despite what Tim Wu thinks, open doesn’t ALWAYS win
According to Tim Wu’s recent diatribe for the New Yorker online News Desk, open systems are always destined to win over integrated or closed systems, with one exception- a company with an integrated system that has a genius, such as Steve Jobs, at the helm. The whole gist of Mr …
Cool Things: Steve Jobs’ Yacht ‘Venus’ Launched
It was revealed in Walter Isaacson’s biography that the late Steve Jobs had been working on designing a yacht for his family since 2009. Sadly the ship was not completed before Jobs passed last year. Nonetheless the project has been completed and the ship was christened “Venus” with Jobs’ widow Laurene …
Apple’s Video Tribute to Steve Jobs on the One Year Anniversary of His Passing
The apple.com home page has a lovely video tribute to Steve Jobs today, on the one year anniversary of his death. Here’s the message from Tim Cook that accompanies the video: Steve’s passing one year ago today was a sad and difficult time for all of us. I hope that …
Eddy Cue Convinced Steve Jobs a 7-Inch iPad is a Good Idea
During an Apple earnings call in late 2010, then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that he believed a tablet with a 7-inch display was a subpar experience, and that a tablet with a 9.7-inch display was the minimum size needed for an enjoyable user experience. Ever since Jobs made that statement, …
Time Lists Steve Jobs Among Top 20 Most Influential Americans of All Time
Time has released their list of the 20 most influential Americans of all time. The late Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and former CEO was the last entry on the list (which was sorted chronologically). Other people on the list were the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Henry Ford. …
Recommended: Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview on iTunes
If you’re at all interested in Steve Jobs and especially his ‘wilderness years’ away from Apple or his thoughts on Apple, Microsoft and future technology, then you’re going to want to check out Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview. It’s a movie available in iTunes that’s a little over an hour’s …
Steve “Wonka” Jobs Had an Idea for the Millionth iMac Sold
This is an odd story to emerge regarding the late Steve Jobs, the enigmatic co-founder of Apple. It turns out, according to the new book, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success, Jobs had big plans for when the millionth iMac was sold, an event that would symbolize Apple’s …
My Thoughts on Recent Comments Made by Google CEO Larry Page
I am not coming to the defense of the late Steve Jobs or Apple. Instead, I feel that I am pointing out the latest dribble to come from the latest Microsoft-like company to grace the tech industry. Recently in a Businessweek interview, Google CEO Larry Page stated that he believed …
Apple Seeds: Estimated $1 Trillion Market Cap, New iPad has 98% Satisfaction Rate, More
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Estimates Pin Apple Stock at $1000, $1 Trillion Market Cap Reports are coming in from research analysts wherein they claim that …