The late co-founder of Apple has given his must-read list for aspiring thinkers and innovators, packed full of some classics and some books you may not have expected.
Taking a look back at the old Apple adverts shows how the tech company took a page out of Pepsi’s book, with the help of John Sculley.
Steve Jobs – what a great man. He was innovative, had great ideas, and clearly knew exactly how to explain things to us normal people.
It was thought to be lost, buried somewhere beneath Aspen, Colorado. Back in 1983 Steve Jobs gave a talk at the Aspen International Design Conference. After the conference, those present each donated an object to be added to a time capsule. Steve Jobs’s contribution – one of the first commercially available computer mice.
It’s been three long decades since Apple released its first-ever Macintosh computer for $2,495. Today, the company stands comfortably on top of the tech industry.
On Saturday the 25 January, the original team that created the first Macintosh renunited at Cupertino California for the Mac@30 event, celebrating 30 years since the Macintosh was released. Early Apple was often criticised by skeptics and naysayers. Even so its announcements were always well attended, with geeks clamouring to see what Apple would unveil next. […]
Steve Jobs was an entrepreneur, a pioneer and a creative genius. This is the iconic Jobs we know from the media, yet we only know half the story. Jobs the biopic drama about the Apple founder is an eye-opening journey, taking the tempestuous Jobs from his days as a hippie in college to his crowning […]
Everybody needs their own “mood-room” or “creative space” where they can go to seek inspiration, find solitude, and get down to some serious creative work. For most students, it’s a small wooden desk with strands of two-minute-noodle dangling off the edges. For office-workers, it’s a slightly bigger wooden desk, but without any noodles. But where did Einstein, Steve Jobs and Rudyard Kipling do their work? Take a look.
In 1983, at an International Design Conference in Aspen, a young Steve Jobs (28 at the time) gave a tech talk and afterwards, added some historical gems to a time capsule planned to be unearthed in the year 2000. The time capsule was “lost” for 13 years because of the landscape changing before being unearthed by National Geographic Channel’s team from the TV Show, “Diggers”.
This excellent infographic collates the career data of Fortune 100 CEOs. Amazingly, only 65% of the CEOs have post graduate university degrees. If your career path doesn’t look anything like the data on this infographic, don’t despair too much. Most of these people charted their own paths – you may well be doing the very same thing.
If you’re still undecided about Ashton Kutcher’s ability to nail the role of Steve Jobs, this behind the scenes featurette should get you closer to a definitive opinion.
Last month we got a taste of the upcoming movie titled “JOBS” based on the ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself. The trailer revealed headline star Ashton Kutcher and showed us how similar he looks to the praised entrepreneur. But wait, there is more. The official poster for the JOBS movie that is set to hit theatres on […]
The official trailer for Steve Jobs’ movie has been released on YouTube. The film received mixed reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, but is set for release in mainstream theatres on 16 August 2013.
Steve Jobs was interviewed in 1994 by the Silicon Valley Historical Association, and asked whether he believed that the burst in technological innovation in modern times could be compared to the Renaissance. And what do you think a fully-bearded Steve had to say? Check out the video
Sometimes you have to take a risk to get to where you want to be. We have put together five examples that show how some brands took one courageous leap and found themselves catapulted into the history books. Introducing the top five “shrewdest, smartest maneuvers you’ve ever seen in business.”
Microsoft founder and billionaire, Bill Gates, expressed his emotions when talking about the late Steve Jobs. In industry, the pair were rivals. But according to Gates, nothing mattered more than family and frienship. The pair grew up together and took over the technology industry.
Taking a decidedly Apple-like approach to marketing, the creators of the Steve Jobs film, ‘iJOBS’ have released a sneak preview to drum up excitement. It seems to be having the desired effect.
“Pretty cute, but awkwardly dressed”. That is how the average Mac female user is being described, according to a tech start-up who claims to have compiled the profile using data sourced from 1,1 million different Facebook profiles.
Earlier this year we showed you pictures of Venus – Steve Jobs’s unique, self-designed yacht recently that made its first public appearance in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer. Sadly Jobs never got to use the yacht before his death.
Throughout his life, Steve Jobs was renowned for his perfectionist tendencies, so it’s no surprise that his yacht, Venus, was built to the same specifications. The unique, self-designed yacht recently made its first public appearance in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer.
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A year ago today, the world lost one of the greatest innovators that ever lived, Steve Jobs. In honour of his memory, Apple compiled a touching video montage looking at some of his career highlights.
The “iconic image of Steve Jobs in the lotus position with a Mac on his lap” is exactly that, iconic. It was taken by South African born photographer Norman Seeff and is instantly recognisable. Now, for the first time ever, Seeff has released out-takes from that same shoot.
A monument dedicated to Steve Jobs is in the works to go up in the main square of St. Petersburg, Russia. The Foundation of IT Progress – the organization behind the initiative – has launched a competition to find the best concept for the memorial. Do you think you know what a proper Steve Jobs memorial should look like?
Fanboys always claim that Apple is basically giving us technology from the future. And if these leaked images are anything to go by, they might not be too far off. The photos show that while the iPad was only officially released in 2010, the tablet was already knocking around Apple HQ as long ago as 2002!
Earlier this month, Apple was briefly the most valuable company in the world, and their cash in hand value currently stands at $76,2 billion. You could literally buy anything with that and still have enough change to buy some more anything. Still struggling? Click through for a look at the National Post’s lovely, informative and aptly named More Money Than God infographic.
Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel – among other companies – have been accused of restricting salary increases and restricting career development by agreeing not to poach each other’s staff; California District Judge Lucy Koh has found that there’s enough evidence to support trial for antitrust injury. Intuit, Pixar, and Lucasfilm are also involved.
Did you know Steve Jobs got a Grammy last Sunday, and Betty White? Here are some of our favourite Grammy winners from last Sunday’s Adele-fest that inexplicably didn’t make the headlines.
It’s no secret that Apple is one of the most secretive companies in the world (see what I did there?) – so much so that it’s a core part of their business model. Countless people try to worm their way into the Apple campus at One Infinite Loop, but no-one makes it inside. A new book released this week gives just that – a look inside – and it’s nothing like you think it is.
A few months ago Apple announced their plans for their new headquarters in the Silicon Valley, and submitted plans to the Cupertino City Council. The late Steve Jobs claimed the spaceship-like structure would be “the best office building in the world”, and judging by these recently released documents, he wasn’t kidding.