Brent Schlender is running an article for Fast Company about Steve Jobs’ time away from Apple after rediscovering a bunch of lost interview tapes he recorded with Jobs during his “Wilderness Years,” as Schlender notes. Of particular interest are Jobs’ views on running a successful organization. The late Apple co-founder regarded a company as...
A “revolutionary” new product from Apple is to be announced / released within a matter of months, according to famous French designer Phillippe Starck, who has worked with Apple and Steve Jobs for years. The internationally-renowned designer is one of the few lucky people to have spent time with the late Apple co-founder, Steve...
iCloud is already a simple and intuitive service, though its underpinnings are quite complex. After all, the late Steve Jobs had envisioned the service since his triumphant return at Apple in 1997, but it wasn’t until last year that Apple could roll it out properly. And now that they’ve gotten a handle on it,...
Aereo is a new service which allows tablet PC owners to sign up for a $12 monthly program and watch all their favorite TV shows, sports, movies etc., anywhere they are, even on the street. Aereo supplies customers with a coin-sized antenna (the company doesn’t specify where the thing actually goes) and everything is...
Dag Kittlaus, one of the co-founders of Siri, has revealed to the press that Steve Jobs was never too fond of the name of his application. After Apple purchased the company’s assets, Jobs failed to come up with a better name, so it remained in place, according to Kittlaus. “Siri” is Norwegian for “beautiful...
Sina Weibo (China’s own Twitter) broke news today that Apple’s Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Cook, arrived at one of the five Apple retail locations in mainland China at around 11 a.m. this morning. According to the post, Cook was eager to visit the company’s store in Joy City, a shopping mall situated in Xidan,...
Shaquille O’Neal, former NBA star and now an analyst for TNT, reveals in an interview with Fast Company that Steve Jobs denied him the luxury to be one of the first people to own the iPhone. Shaq suggests he literally begged Steve Jobs to give him the first iPhone handset, but Apple’s co-founder vehemently...
Steve Jobs, Apple’s iconic co-founder and leader for most of its glorious days, was born 57 years ago today, February 24th. Little did anyone know at the time that Jobs would become the CEO of what is today the most valuable company on the planet. Jobs, as most Apple fans should know, died last...
An essay by Ronald G. Wayne details the reasons why Apple’s third co-founder decided to ditch Apple Computer after less than two weeks since he had signed the papers along with the two famous Steves that used to work in a garage. Most people who know a thing or two about Apple as a...
Author Ken Segall, an advertising executive who worked with Steve Jobs for over 12 years both at NeXT and Apple, is coming out with a new book this April entitled “Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success.” Touted as “a fascinating read for anyone curious about life in Steve Jobs’s world,” the book...
