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Apple government liaison suggests that next two iPhone models were designed under Steve Jobs

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 2nd, 2013)

A common refrain from Apple critics is that without the visionary talents of Steve Jobs steering the ship, Apple is toast. Just recently, former Microsoft COO Bob Herbold added his name to the long list of people who are pessimistic about Apple's ability to innovate during the post-Jobs ...

Watch the trailer for Funny or Die's upcoming iSteve biopic

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 2nd, 2013)

Will Ferrell's comedy website, Funny or Die, is working on a biopic of Steve Jobs starring Justin Long, who played opposite John Hodgman in Apple's popular "Get a Mac" advertising campaign. Titled iSteve, the hour-long film will make its debut on April 15th on the Funny or Die website. To ...

Photos from the night Steve Jobs returned to Apple

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 27th, 2013)

Former Apple employee and Mac OS evangelist Tim Holmes has posted a series of photos on his Flickr account from December 20, 1996. That's the night Steve Jobs returned to Apple after an 11-year absence. As Holmes explains on Flickr: Working late on a Friday on December 20th at Apple ...

First chapter of Steve Jobs manga now on sale in Japan

by Dave Caolo (Mar 25th, 2013)

The first chapter of the eponymous Steve Jobs manga is now available in Japan. The comic, penned by award-winning artist Mari Yamazaki, is reportedly the graphic version of Walter Isaacson's official biography Jobs. The story begins with Jobs asking Isaacson to write his biography. Shoppers ...

Awesome Steve Jobs portrait made by injecting bubble wrap with paint

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 20th, 2013)

An artist by the name of Bradley Hart has created an amazing Steve Jobs portrait by injecting paint into individual nodules of bubble wrap. As Benjamin Starr at VisualNews describes: Hart's newest works -- mostly portraits -- are exceptional in the way they use each bubble in the wrap as ...

Justin Long to play Steve Jobs in Funny or Die biopic parody

by Steven Sande (Mar 18th, 2013)

For years, actor Justin Long played the Mac to John Hodgman's PC in Apple's US TV advertising. Now Long is starring as Steve Jobs in a biopic parody due from the comedy website Funny or Die on April 15, 2013. Ryan Perez, the writer and director of the upcoming iSteve, said that "in true ...

Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher delays release

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2013)

Ermagerd! It's a catastrophe of Hollywood proportions! Jobs, the somewhat biographical movie starring Ashton Kutcher that chronicles the rise of late Apple founder Steve Jobs from stinky college dropout to highly-successful CEO, has been given a delayed release date so that Open Road Films can ...

TUAW Bookshelf: The Apple Revolution

by Steven Sande (Mar 15th, 2013)

On occasion, I will get a request to review a product, and based on the initial description sent to me by a PR flack, I just know that I am going to hate it. That was my initial impression of the book The Apple Revolution by Luke Dormehl. Fortunately, I ultimately found the book to be much more ...

Steve Jobs' prank call to Starbucks lives on

by Steven Sande (Mar 4th, 2013)

On January 4, 2007, I was fortunate enough to be one of the few thousand people in the audience at Moscone West when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the world. Most of us had been standing in line in a chilly pre-dawn San Francisco alley for hours, and between the lack of sleep and a need for ...

Steve's 'One More Things' all in one video

by Mike Schramm (Feb 25th, 2013)

Steve Jobs' "One More Thing" pronouncements made for some of the most memorable and fun moments of the various Apple events he hosted over the years. Near the end of each show, he would usually pull out a "I've got one more thing to share with you" reveal, and it would always be something not ...

Art Levinson discusses the post-Jobs era

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 21st, 2013)

Art Levinson summed up his experience as chairman of Apple's board of directors since Steve Jobs passed in one word. "Weird," said Levinson who spoke on Tuesday at Stanford's Graduate School of Business "I'm still not to the point where I walk into that boardroom and don't miss Steve," Levinson ...

Jonathan Ive on Apple's design philosophy

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2013)

Late last year, Tim Cook put Jony Ive in the position of heading up Apple's Human Interface (HI) design across the company's products. Known for his work on Apple hardware, the British designer has worked his way up the ranks at Apple. He was highly regarded by Steve Jobs, who called him his ...

'80s throwback photo of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 20th, 2013)

You don't see too many photos of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates together, and you definitely won't see many more like this. This photo was posted a few years ago by Minimal Mac and is a classic that I've never noticed before. I absolutely love that '80s Breakfast Club-inspired cut on Jobs and the ...

Macintosh pen holder holds your writing utensil in a classic way

by Mike Schramm (Feb 19th, 2013)

Sure, at over US$53 it's a little pricey, but I am completely charmed by this pen holder shaped like an old Macintosh. Maybe it's that Susan Kare face, or the floppy drive slot, or just the reassuring, all-in-one, boxy shape, but there's something about this little 3D-printed desktop decoration ...

Disney CEO Bob Iger speaks about his relationship with Steve Jobs

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 24th, 2013)

Yesterday at the Hollywood Radio and Television Panel, Producer Brian Grazer lead a Q&A with Disney CEO and current Apple board member Bob Iger. Though the discussion was to center around the television and film industry it quickly turned to Iger's relationship with Steve Jobs. In 2006, ...