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Steve Jobs recounts meeting his biological father without him knowing Jobs was his son
Steve Jobs’ biological father was a Syrian immigrant named Abdulfattah John Jandali. In the days following Jobs resignation as the CEO of Apple, Jandali came forward and explained the impetus behind giving Jobs up for adoption. The short of it is that Jandali’s girlfriend and Jobs’ biological mother Joanne Simpson had a family that wasn’t […]
Continue reading...Bill Clinton asked Steve Jobs for advice regarding the Monica Lewisnky scandal
23. October 2011
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So you’ve just been accused of cheating on your wife and getting a little bit of action on the DL from a young 24-year old intern, what do you do? Well if you’re Bill Clinton, you call and ask Steve Jobs for advice. In just one of the many revealing tidbits housed in Jobs’ upcoming […]
Continue reading...Jony Ive had “more operational power” at Apple than anyone besides Steve Jobs
21. October 2011
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Bits and pieces of Steve Jobs biography continue to trickle in and, man, this is going to occupy a lot of time for us next week. In one snippet relayed by the AP, Jobs says that Apple design guru Jony Ive, someone Jobs had previously referred to as his best friend, wielded the most power […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs promised to “destroy Android”, claims it was a stolen product
21. October 2011
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Steve Jobs was furious when he learned of Google’s plans with Android, famously yelling at then Google CEO Eric Schmidt for what Jobs deemed as being stabbed in the back. You’ll recall that Schmidt, at the time, was a member of Apple’s board of directors before resigning in August 2009 citing conflicting interests. It’s subsequently […]
Continue reading...John Mayer reflects on Steve Jobs, recounts getting a pre-release iPhone
20. October 2011
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Apple yesterday held a special event celebrating the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs on its Cupertino campus. As part of the 3 hour proceeding, and highlighting Jobs’ affinity for music, there were performances by Norah Jones and Coldplay. Looking back at some of the iPod media events Apple has held over the past few […]
Continue reading...When Dropbox told Steve Jobs that they weren’t for sale
18. October 2011
Apple this week delivered its latest attempt at giving users the ability to seamlessly share documents and media across a multitude of devices with the roll-out of iCloud. But before Apple developed iCloud in-house, it sought to acquire Dropbox – which you might recognize as the highly regarded web based file hosting and digital storage […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt praises Steve Jobs – “He was always ahead of me”
17. October 2011
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Erick Schmidt and Steve Jobs have had their squabbles over the years, most famously when Jobs felt Schmidt stabbed him and Apple in the back with their plans for Android. You might remember that Schmidt at one point was a board member at Apple before resigning in 2009 citing a conflict of interest due to […]
Continue reading...Man catches wife cheating with Apple’s “Find my Friends” app
16. October 2011
In conjunction with the release of iOS 5, Apple last week released “Find My Friends”, a new app which enables iPhone users to track the location of friends who have agreed to share their location data with a trusted group of people. When Apple introduced the feature at their iPhone 4S media event, some of […]
Continue reading...Who inspired Steve Jobs? Edwin H. Land, co-founder of Polaroid
13. October 2011
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It’s been common, and well deserved, to see obituaries and tributes to Steve Jobs compare the Apple co-founder to Thomas Edison, perhaps the most esteemed inventor in history. That’s all well and good, but Christopher Bonanos of the New York Times points out an interesting fact: Jobs wasn’t enamored with Edison. Rather, he looked to another […]
Continue reading...Richard Branson on the inspiring Steve Jobs
12. October 2011
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Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech is largely considered one of the best graduation speeches in recent memory. Interestingly enough, I recently showed the speech to a friend of mine and it wasn’t long before she had tears streaming down her face, so touched she was by Jobs’ inspirational story. Truth be told, I wasn’t […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs explains why he wore a black turtleneck every day
11. October 2011
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The release of Steve Jobs highly anticipated biography is set for release in just under two weeks. The book is the first authorized Steve Jobs biography and promises to be a page-turner, with Jobs advising friends, colleagues, ex-girlfriends, and even infuriated rivals to speak candidly about him and not hold anything back. Penned by famed […]
Continue reading...Siri continues trend of Apple products being extremely friendly to the blind
11. October 2011
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Apple’s new Siri app for the iPhone 4S has gotten pretty stellar reviews from those lucky enough to give it a go thus far. Here, in the Apple produced video below, we see some of the many uses of Siri. Interestingly, though not at all surprising, the last use-case in the video depicts a blind […]
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24. October 2011
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