The life of Apple co-founder has been a hot topic since his passing a couple of years ago. First, Walter Isaacson’s biography, titled “Steve Jobs” was released and instantly became a best seller. It was then announced that Ashton Kutcher had been cast as the former Apple CEO in an upcoming biopic titled “Jobs.” Unfortunately, it looks as if the movie’s…
You may have heard of the book Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson. The biography over the Apple founder was a best seller, and was said to accurately depict Jobs’ life. Well, in an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and e-book publishers, it has officially been ruled that notes used from Isaacson’s interviews with Steve Jobs will not be allowed in the…
Today, Ken Segall, a man who worked alongside Steve Jobs for over a decade, and the guy who put the “i” in iMac shared some thoughts on his blog suggesting that Apple’s advertising is losing momentum to Samsung. While you can still argue that Macs and i-devices have a ton of appeal, you can’t argue that Apple is still untouchable when it comes to…
Apple fans the world over will be aware that the ultimate fanboy event has been taking place this week. Macworld/iWord “The Ultimate iFanevent” has been running most of this past week; featuring interviews, discussions and keynotes from an array of Apple-heads. Perhaps the most recognizable was SNL’s Fred Armisen who played Steve Jobs in various SNL…
Steve Jobs was well known for going through crazy spells of extreme dieting (as well as not washing). In preparing for his role as the late, great Apple co-founder in the movie ‘JOBS’, lead actor Ashton Kutcher ended up in hospital after following one of Jobs’ fruitarian diets. In an interview with USA Today, Kutcher stated that he was admitted in to…
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I think it’s fair to say we’re all looking forward to the eventual release of ‘jOBS’. The independent biopic of Steve Jobs’ life starring Ashton Kutcher has been gaining interest since the news of the project first emerged online. It was reported recently that the movie will be previewed at the Sundance Film Festival next week, before seeing a theatrical…
You may or may not be aware that, right now, Apple is involved in an anti-poaching lawsuit. Some big companies are involved, including Apple, Google and Intel. Many of Silicone Valley’s giants have been taken to court for making illegal agreements to not take each others’ employees. During the case, one piece of evidence regarding Steve Jobs was…
C.E.O. and co-founder of Google, Larry Page, recently sat down with Wired for an interview. Although not unexpected, one of the first topics discussed was Apple. To be more specific, Wired asked Page about his thoughts on Steve Jobs’s comments about waging “thermonuclear war” on companies who Apple believed was copying its designs and using already…
We’re back in the full flow of regular life now, as bloggers, fathers, students, teachers and all the rest. Life is busy, we get that. So, just in case you missed any of the key stories and articles from the past week, here’s what those who did check in found most interesting/noteworthy: . 1. Is the physical home button redundant? In 2007 when the…
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