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Steve Jobs vowed to "destroy Android" according to biography

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 21st, 2011)

Steve Jobs doesn't like Android and considers the mobile OS to be Apple's main competitor. It was apparent in the Q4 2010 earnings conference call when he discussed the mobile operating system and berated competitor's adoption of the 7-inch tablet. And this same hostility is very apparent in his ...

Fortune to publish first excerpt from Isaacson's biography of Jobs

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 20th, 2011)

On Monday, the scheduled release date for Steve Jobs: A Biography, Fortune Magazine will publish an exclusive excerpt from Walter Isaacson's highly anticipated biography of Steve Jobs. The sections to appear will focus on Steve's working relationship with the former CEO of Microsoft, Bill ...

Daily Update for October 10, 2011

by Steven Sande (Oct 10th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Sony Pictures acquires rights to Steve Jobs biopic

by Chris Rawson (Oct 8th, 2011)

Sony Pictures has successfully bid for the rights to turn Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs into a motion picture. Deadline reports the deal is worth between one to three million dollars and headed by producer Mark Gordon. Deadline suspects bidding had already been taking place ...

Jobs reportedly authorized bio so his kids can know him better

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 7th, 2011)

In an essay for Time magazine's October 17th issue, Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson says the reason Jobs agreed to a biography was because he wanted his kids to know him better. "I wanted my kids to know me. I wasn't always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand ...

Fortune publishes 'All About Steve' ebook featuring Jobs

by Chris Rawson (Sep 27th, 2011)

If you can't wait another two months for Walter Isaacson's official Steve Jobs biography, Fortune has you covered with All About Steve, a collection of 17 stories drawn from Fortune's articles. Available as a Kindle ebook at a list price of US$10.99, the collection features stories that "are the ...

Steve Jobs biography updated to included resignation details

by Dave Caolo (Aug 25th, 2011)

The official Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson is reportedly being updated to include details on Steve's resignation. According to Simon & Schuster, the update will not affect publication deadlines, and the book is still scheduled to hit shelves on November 21. A Simon & Schuster ...

First, fake Apple Stores. Now, fake Steve Jobs biography.

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 19th, 2011)

First fake Apple Stores, now China has fake Steve Jobs biographies. The fake biography's title roughly translates to Steve Jobs Gives 11 Advices To Teenager in English and its author is a man who goes by the name "John Cage." MicGadget says the fake bio first went on sale at Taiwanese ...

Steve Jobs bio gets cover, new name (again), and new publication date (Updated)

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 15th, 2011)

The Steve Jobs' authorized biography by Walter Isaacson has officially got a cover now. As first reported by All Things D, the cover is a black and white close-up of Steve Jobs (apparently pulling a stray hair from his beard). Above the image of Jobs, which fills 96% of the cover, is the title ...

Steve Jobs biography gets new title: 'Steve Jobs'

by Mike Schramm (Jul 5th, 2011)

"iSteve: The Book of Jobs" was the title originally ascribed to the very first authorized biography of Apple's head honcho, written and put together by Walter Isaacson. But according to CNNMoney, the title has changed. While the book's Amazon page now lists the title as the much more tame, ...

"CNBC Titans" Steve Jobs biography airs Thursday

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 23rd, 2011)

CNBC will air an unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs on its "CNBC Titans" show this Thursday. The season premiere of the Titans show will explore "the undisputed king of Silicon Valley for the better part of three decades." Being an unauthorized documentary, there's probably not that much new ...

Steve Jobs' comic book bio coming to stores in August

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 14th, 2011)

Steve Jobs' official biography comes out next March, but those who don't want to wait that long to read about iSteve can grab a comic book biography from Bluewater Productions. The 32-page comic book Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple highlights the important moments in the life and career of ...

Official Steve Jobs biography now available for pre-order on Amazon

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 6th, 2011)

The official biography of Steve Jobs is now available for pre-order on Amazon. iSteve: The Book of Jobs will be available in hardcover for US$18.00 and as a Kindle edition for $14.99. We first told you of the authorized Steve Jobs biography back in February 2010. The book is written by Walter ...

Authorized Steve Jobs biography due in early 2012

by Chris Rawson (Apr 10th, 2011)

As we reported in February of 2010, Walter Isaacson, former managing editor of Time magazine, has been working on an authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs for some time. Over at Apple 2.0/Fortune, Phil Elmer-DeWitt reports that iSteve: The Book of Jobs has been completed and will be ...

JFK Historymaker: an iOS biography app for the 35th President

by David Winograd (Mar 4th, 2011)

JFK Historymaker (US$4.99) from MultiEducator, Inc. is an extensive and comprehensive multimedia biography app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The amount of information is massive and includes 250 photos, 200 full text documents and 25 videos chronicling the life of John F. Kennedy, the ...