At the Webby awards held yesterday in New York, President Obama, President Clinton, George Lucas and a number of other luminaries paid tribute to Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs, who passed away last year.
Apple Director: Steve Jobs Wanted to Design an iCar
Business Insider reports that Mickey Drexler, Chairman and CEO of J.Crew, who has been a director at Apple since 1999, has revealed in a interview that Steve Jobs also wanted to design a car before he died.
Steve Jobs’ Notes For His Keynotes Were Also Beautiful
Steve Jobs’ keynotes aka “Stevenotes” were quite legendary.
Reddit user points us to a photo on Flickr, which gives a rare glimpse of the notes that Steve Jobs used for his keynotes.
Steve Jobs Take on Heads-Up Display Glasses
Last week, Google unveiled their long rumored wearable augmented reality glasses, officially dubbed Google Glasses, which received quite a lot of buzz.
CBS Turned Down Steve Jobs’ Offer to Join Subscription Video Service For Apple Television
At an entertainment symposium in Los Angeles, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said that he was approached by Steve Jobs a year ago about a content licensing deal for the much rumored Apple Television, which he turned down.
UK’s Chief Rabbi Blames Steve Jobs And Apple For Creating “Egocentric Culture”
Lord Sacks, UK’s chief Rabbi, in an interfaith gathering attended by the Queen, blamed Apple for creating an “egocentric culture.” He said that the consumer-driven society, which Apple helped create, spread unhappiness amongst people.
Excerpts From Steve Jobs’ Biography: “Let’s Show Him What A Tablet Can Really Be”
If you love your iPad then in addition to Steve Jobs and Apple, we also have to thank one loud mouthed Microsoft employee who bugged Steve Jobs so much “about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers” that he decided that Apple should create a device to show them what a tablet really can be and rest of it as we know is history.
Steve Jobs’ Biography Now Available On iBooks, Kindle
The eagerly awaited official biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is available in the U.S. on Apple’s iBooks. Over the last few days we have already seen a number of excerpts and quotes from the book.
Also a number of users are reporting that Steve Jobs’ biography which they had pre-ordered at Amazon is now available on their Kindles.
60 Minutes: Steve Jobs [Videos]
CBS has posted videos of the 60 minutes interview with Walter Isaacson, who has written Steve Jobs’ official biography that is expected to be released on Monday, October 24th.
CBS has also published some of the extras that were not included in the original broadcast.