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Jon Stewart interviews Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson

by Chris Rawson (Oct 26th, 2011)

Walter Isaacson recently appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to promote his biography of Steve Jobs. In the seven-minute interview (embedded below), Stewart and Isaacson discuss the the process of writing the biography while trying to stay objective about its subject -- a task Isaacson ...

Journalist Brent Schlender shares memories of Steve Jobs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 26th, 2011)

Steve Jobs interacted with many people over the course of his career at Apple, NeXT and Pixar. Employees and journalists covering his companies became part of his inner circle and got a rare glimpse of the real man behind the public persona. One such journalist was famed Fortune writer Brent ...

Review: Walter Isaacson's 'Steve Jobs'

by Chris Rawson (Oct 25th, 2011)

I've just finished a marathon session of reading all the way through Steve Jobs on my iPad -- and I'm sure Jobs would have appreciated the odd harmony of people reading his life story on a device he helped create. After reading his biography, I'm no longer convinced that Steve Jobs would have ...

Steve Jobs bio debuts atop Amazon, Barnes & Nobles best-seller list

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 25th, 2011)

Steve Jobs's biography debuted ahead of schedule this week and skyrocketed to the top of the charts at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Exact sales numbers are not available, but the biography is the top seller on Amazon's Kindle, hardcover and audiobook bestseller lists. It also tops the charts on ...

Jobs bio fosters resurgence in Apple-branded TV rumors

by Steven Sande (Oct 24th, 2011)

The Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs has just been officially released and now everyone from TUAW readers to Wall Street analyst Gene Munster is reading between the lines to see what Apple's "next big thing" will be. The biggest rumor? That Apple will be coming out with a branded HDTV ...

Steve Jobs biography released early for Kindle, iBookstore (updated)

by Chris Rawson (Oct 23rd, 2011)

Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs has been released a couple hours early on the Kindle Store, and its release in the US iBookstore is expected at midnight. The US iBookstore is still showing the book as available for pre-order as of this writing, but it should be available for download ...

Steve "finally cracked" the TV puzzle, says bio

by Mel Martin (Oct 23rd, 2011)

We're seeing an unending stream of tidbits from the new biography of Steve Jobs to be released tomorrow. Author Walter Isaacson, who interviewed Jobs extensively has this interesting passage as quoted by Razorianfly: "He very much wanted to do for television sets what he had done for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...