Steve Jobs is the leading contender for Time‘s annual Person of the Year award, even though it’s not usually awarded to someone who is no longer alive. “The smartphone has changed the world as much as the Bible has,”...Steve Jobs Is Leading Contender For Time’s Person of Year
Steve Jobs is the leading contender for Time‘s annual Person of the Year award, even though it’s not usually awarded to someone who is no longer alive. “The smartphone has changed the world as much as the Bible has,”...Steve Jobs: The World Class Asshole Who Dented The Universe [Walter Isaacson Biography Review]
There have been a lot of complaints on Twitter that most of the best bits of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs have already leaked. After reading sundry blog posts, news stories and tweets about Jobs’s life, is there anything left to read in...Infographic: A Brief History of The iPod
iPod 10th Anniversary: To celebrate the iPod’s 10th anniversary on Sunday October 23, we’re running several special features this weekend. We’ll have an illustrated cultural history, appreciations and op eds. Check back for more. This Mursi woman has two tools essential to survival in...Why The iPod Is Music to The Ears [iPod 10th Anniversary]
iPod 10th Anniversary: To celebrate the iPod’s 10th anniversary on Sunday October 23, we’re running several special features this weekend. We’ll have an illustrated cultural history, appreciations and op eds. Check back for more. Fire, the wheel, and the iPod. In the history of...New York Times Raves About Walter Isaacson’s Bio of Steve Jobs
The first review of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs is in, and it’s a good one. Writing in the New York Times, critic Janet Maslin says the 630-page tome is “clear, elegant and concise.” “Steve Jobs” greatly admires its subject. But its most...Steve Jobs Had His DNA Sequenced In Bid To Beat Cancer
Steve Jobs was one of only 20 people in the world to have his DNA sequenced as well as the DNA of his tumor, Walter Isaacson’s upcoming biography reveals. After Jobs delayed treatment for cancer for nine months while he tried alternative cures (including...Steve Jobs Was Designing His Own Super Yacht
Although Steve Jobs is not known for ostentatious displays of his wealth, he was designing his own luxury yacht. And typical of Jobs, he was designing it himself so that he could obsess over every detail. According to a snippet in the New York...Check Out Apple’s Cool TV Ad For iPhone 4S and Siri
Apple’s first ad for Siri and the iPhone 4S that started airing on TV tonight. Makes it look very attractive and cool. It’s going to be a monster smash. BTW: The ad hasn’t yet been added to Apple’s official YouTube account. Similar Posts:Remember the Milk...Steve Jobs Finally Reveals Where The Name “Apple” Came From
Although everyone knows that Apple Computer was named after the namesake fruit, Steve Jobs has never talked about where the name came from — until now (AFAIK). It was named during one of his fruitarian diets, Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Jobs reveals. On...Steve Jobs Was a Closet Republican?
In a conversation with President Obama last year, Steve Jobs sounded like an out-and-out Republican, according to another excerpt from the upcoming official biography. During President Obama’s trip to Silicon Valley in the fall 2010, where he met several business leaders, Jobs complained about...While Some Apple Stores Remove Steve Jobs Memorials, Palo Alto’s Grows
As Apple’s stores nationwide prepare to close for a few hours on Wednesday to remember Steve Jobs, many are removing the memorials that sprang up on their windows and doorsteps. The memorial at Apple’s flagship store in San Francisco, for example, was removed last...Thanks To Siri, The iPhone 4S Is A Serious Upgrade [CultofMac's Big Fat Mega Review]
The big question about the iPhone 4S is whether it’s worth the upgrade. The answer is yes, and that’s because of Siri, the talking personal assistant. Siri is unbelievable; a paradigm shift. It’s new way of interacting with computers that’s as big...
