1901 readersApple has announced that Steve Jobs has died. The Apple co-founder was 56.
Apple released this statement: “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring
2089 readersWith the passing of the irreplaceable Steve Jobs earlier this week, many people are speculating on the future of Apple. There is concern that without the visionary, Apple will not be able to come out with the groundbreaking inventions that they are known for.
Not to worry, Jobs anticipated this and created an Apple University to
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1620 readers The following video has just been released from the personal archive of Craig Elliot, a former Apple employee. It’s a hoot.
The video dates to 1985. It was originally made for Apple’s sales team to encourage them to sell more Macs and beat IBM, who was so big at the time that it had single
2018 readersWe had to expect it sooner or later, and sooner or later turned out to be today. Just a couple of hours ago, Steve Jobs announced he is resigning as CEO of Apple. He will be succeeded in that position by Tim Cook. However, Jobs is not going into retirement just yet—he will take up
2456 readersFortune has a new eBook out about Steve Jobs. The book, titled All About Steve: The Story of Steve Jobs and Apple From the Pages of FORTUNE, is about the rise of Apple over the last three decades.
From the Lisa to the iPad, the book chronicles the company and its chief using Fortune reporting from Brent
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By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World
In 2008, Steve Jobs reportedly said the book business was “unsalvageable.” Two years later, Jobs unveiled his latest world-beating device – the iPad, a product that many major publishers hoped would help them grow their e-book business.
Today, less than a month after the death of Apple’s founder and
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In twenty-five years I’ve written twelve books. The first ten were traditionally published. However, when the publisher of my book called Enchantment couldn’t fulfill an order for 500 ebook copies, I decided to self-publish my next book, What the Plus!
This experience taught me that self-publishing is a complex, idiosyncratic, and challenging endeavor—as Steve Jobs said,
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Walter Isaacson‘s authorized biography of Steve Jobs is out today.
Isaacson talked about interviewing Jobs for the book on 60 Minutes last night. (We’ve embedded the video above in case you missed it). Isaacson told CBS’s Steve Kroft about conversations that he had had with Jobs about his cancer. When Jobs first heard about it,
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2132 readersTrade publisher McGraw-Hill Professional has released its first wave of enhanced eBooks.
The enhanced eBooks, which are optimized for the iPad and iPhone, include rich media features like video, audio and rich media illustrations.
The publisher enters...
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5700 readersExcuse the quickly written post, but here are a few thoughts – written on the fly – on the impact of Apple and Steve Jobs.
Newspapers, tech sites and other media outlets will be recapping the incredibly career of Steve Jobs, who yesterday informed the world that he would be stepping down as CEO of Apple.