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Rare photos of Steve Jobs testing out Photo Booth filters in 2005
Mike Matas is a former Apple designer who helped design user interfaces and artwork for the iPhone. Late on Wednesday night, Matas posted a series of never before seen photos of a laid-back Steve Jobs testing out Photo Booth filters in Matas’ office in 2005. Hit the break for 3 more never before seen photos.
Continue reading...Iconic “Crazy Ones” ad narrated by Steve Jobs [Video]
6. October 2011
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Network World directs us to this great and never before aired clip of Steve Jobs narrating Apple’s iconic Think Different ad featuring the famous “Crazy Ones” dialogue – you know, the one that heaped praise upon “the rebels, the troublemakers, the ones who see things differently.” Though the final advertisement featured narration from Richard Dreyfus, […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs circa 1996 – Apple needs to innovate to return to glory [Video]
19. September 2011
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Back in the Summer of 1996, Steve Jobs was the CEO of Pixar and the idea that he’d someday return to the helm of Apple and save the company from the brink of bankruptcy wasn’t on anybody’s radar. During that time, Jobs – who was much more willing to chat it up in public back […]
Continue reading...When Steve Jobs and Apple put George Harrison on the Apple.com homepage
15. September 2011
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In the wake of Steve Jobs’ resignation, there have been an overwhelming number of stories detailing fascinating encounters with Apple’s former CEO. One in particular that stood out to us comes from Mike Evangelist who worked at Apple from 2000-2002 as the director of product marketing for applications. Evangelist recounts a story from 2001 where […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs explains why Apple wasn’t keen on tablet computing back in 2003
1. September 2011
Apple didn’t release the first tablet computer or even come up with the idea for tablet computing itself. If anything, Microsoft, and Bill Gates in particular, were championing tablet computers years before the iPad was released. In this video clip from the first All Things D conference in 2003, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs explains […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ father regrets giving him up for adoption; hopes to one day meet his son
30. August 2011
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Those familiar with Steve Jobs’ life story know that Jobs was adopted as a child and has never met his birth parents. It’s also well known that Jobs’ biological father is of Syrian descent. In the wake of Jobs’ resignation, new details surrounding Jobs’ adoption, the reasons behind it, and the man who is Jobs’ […]
Continue reading...Mark Benioff, Salesforce CEO, recounts why he gave Apple the ‘app store’ trademark
29. August 2011
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Apple is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Amazon over the latter’s use of the phrase ‘app store’ in connection with the Amazon App Store. Apple’s suit accuses the online retailing giant of both trademark infringement and unfair competition while Amazon asserts that term ‘app store’ is a generic phrase that doesn’t warrant trademark protection. […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs talking about remote computing at WWDC 1997
8. June 2011
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For all the talk about Apple’s iCloud initiative following in the footsteps of Google, here’s a fascinating look back at Steve Jobs talking about remote computing during his closing keynote at the 1997 WWDC. Some choice quotes from an extremely interesting chat with developers: I have computers at Apple, at Pixar, at NeXT and at […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs reads “The Times They Are A-Changin'” by Bob Dylan
13. April 2011
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An old clip of Steve Jobs reading the lyrics from “The Times They Are A-Changin'” by Dylan. That’s Bob Dylan. The video is from Apple’s 1984 annual shareholders meeting.
Continue reading...The design process behind OS X 10.0 and Steve Jobs’ remarkable level of involvement
8. April 2011
On March 24, 2001, after years of intense development, Apple publicly released the first version of OS X. OS X, based on the NeXTstep OS Apple acquired from Steve Jobs, marked a radical departure from the UI Mac users had grown accustomed to. There was the dock, the aqua interface, and of course, those red, […]
Continue reading...OS X turns 10 years old
28. March 2011
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Last Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of OS X, Apple’s modern OS built on the technology of Steve Jobs’ NeXT OS. Looking back over the past 10 years, Macworld’s Dan Moren highlights the importance and integral role OS X had in helping Apple reemerge as an innovator and force on the technological landscape. Though nobody […]
Continue reading...Former Apple engineers speak on the departing Bertrand Serlet
24. March 2011
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Apple yesterday announced that its spirited senior vice president of Mac software engineering Bertrand Serlet, who some are calling the father of OS X, will be leaving the company to focus less on products and more on science. Below are some enlightening and, at times, opposing viewpoints on Bertrand Serlet from two former Apple engineers as […]
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6. October 2011
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