Steve Jobs

Ken Segall served as Apple’s agency creative director under Steve Jobs from the NeXT years on through, including some years under John Sculley’s disastrous reign. Now he’s written a book, called Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success, and I have a feeling that it’s likely to give us a better picture of Jobs than the official bio. At its core, says Segall, the book is about business. “The idea is that in a complicated world, nothing stands out like Simplicity. If you...Read Full Story

Steve Jobs WIRED: Steve Jobs, Revolutionary It’s hard to imagine a better subject than the life and times of Steve Jobs—charismatic and difficult, mysterious and inspiring, with a biography that might have been plucked from Greek myth. In the wake of his death WIRED presents Steve Jobs: Revolutionary, an eBook featuring our best stories about him. The anthology begins with a remembrance by Wired senior writer Steven Levy, who interviewed Jobs many times over the last two decades. We...Read Full Story

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Author), Dylan Baker (Narrator) (1112) Buy new: $34.99 $29.95 10 used & new from $29.95 (Visit the Best Sellers in Audible Audiobooks list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)Read Full Story

The Guardian Your iPhone's Privacy Sucks Because of Apple—and Even Steve Jobs Agrees Gizmodo Someone found out that Path—and most probably other apps—was stealing your contacts' information from your iPhone and iPad without telling you about it. This happened because of Path's greediness, but also because Apple is not protecting your privacy ... Android May Be Losing Ground in the App War BusinessWeek Apple gets more new apps than Android, widens app gap Apple Insider iPad vs. Android tablet...Read Full Story

Daily Nation Your iPhone's Privacy Sucks—And Even Steve Jobs Agrees Gizmodo Someone found out that Path—and most probably other apps—were stealing your contacts' information from your iPhone and iPad without telling you about it. This happened because of Path's greediness, but also because Apple is not protecting your privacy ... Your address book is mine: Many iPhone apps take your data VentureBeat Android May Be Losing Ground in the App War BusinessWeek HP to Release Server Management...Read Full Story

Who Was Steve Jobs ? by Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Nancy Harrison, John O'Brien Release Date: March 29, 2012 Buy new: $4.99 (Visit the Hot New Releases in Biographies & Memoirs list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Product Details Amazon Sales Rank: #20574 in Books Published on: 2012-03-29 Released on: 2012-03-29 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Binding: Paperback 112 pagesRead Full Story

Yesterday, ahead of tonight’s much more celebrated Grammy Awards telecast, the Record Academy held its ceremony for the annual Special Merit Awards. Perhaps the most noteworthy award was the one honoring the late Steve Jobs. Jobs was announced as a posthumous receipient of the award last year, celebrating his extraordinary achievements in the advancement of digital music distribution. At the very least, it was the most noteworthy award that people in our industry took note of. At yesterday’s...Read Full Story

For the late Steve Jobs, the awards just keep on coming. On Saturday night, Feb. 11, 2012, he was awarded a Grammy Trustees Award, and Apple senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, accepted the award, posthumously, on his behalf. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences awards its Grammy Trustees Award annually to "individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording." Past...Read Full Story

Does the FBI have a file on all of us? Some conspiracy theorists believe so, but it should probably come as no surprise to discover that the Feds definitely had one on the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, dating back to 1991. Curious to read what it says? Thankfully, the 191-page document is now available for all to read, complete with redacted segments. But that’s just the icing on the cake for what’s been happening since this morning -- here’s a look at what else is making news for...Read Full Story

Yesterday, ahead of tonight’s much more celebrated Grammy Awards telecast, the Record Academy held its ceremony for the annual Special Merit Awards. Perhaps the most noteworthy award was the one honoring the late Steve Jobs. Jobs was announced as a posthumous receipient of the award last year, celebrating his extraordinary achievements in the advancement of digital music distribution. At the very least, it was the most noteworthy award that people in our industry took note of. At...Read Full Story