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When the late Apple co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs first dreamed up the iPhone, he did not want it to run on any network. John Stanton, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, said that Jobs wanted to replace mobile carriers completely. Stanton, who spent a lot of time with the late Apple CEO during the development period of the iPhone, said that...

The authorized biography of Apple co-founder and former chief executive officer Steve Jobs was recently released, and one tiny portion from the book has gotten the interest of the tech world. Before Jobs died, he told Walter Isaacson, a famous biography and author of the book, that he had been busy working on one last game-changing invention — an Apple TV set that is...

Apple Inc. has launched a tribute page for its co-founder and former chief executive officer, Steve Jobs, displaying messages it has received from employees and customers to remember his life and death. “Over a million people from all over the world have shared their memories, thoughts, and feelings about Steve,” writes Apple on the tribute page. “One...

Apple co-founder and former chief executive officer Steve Jobs, which is one of the greatest American CEOs of this generation, died on Wednesday, after spending years battling an unusual form of pancreatic cancer and other health issues. Jobs was 56 years old. “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” said Apple in a statement....

The first and only authorized biography of Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs, which is set to be launched on November 21st, will be updated with news of his surprising resignation last Wednesday. Simon & Schuster, the book’s publisher, said that the highly-anticipated biography, which is written by biographer Walter Isaacson, will include the former CEO’s...

In a surprising development in Cupertino, Apple’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs has resigned from his post, with the board naming Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook as his replacement. Jobs, in a letter, has asked the board if he could still continue working with Apple as its chairman of the board. “Steve’s extraordinary vision and...

The official biography of Steve Jobs, the founder and chief executive officer of Apple, has been given a definite release date. “Steve Jobs,” written by biographer Walter Isaacson, will be launched on 21 November 2011, according to an update on its Barnes & Noble page that was spotted by tech site All Things Digital. Simon & Schuster, the book’s...

Twitter was buzzing this morning after a letter from James Bond shockingly told the co-founder of Apple that he was just ‘a computer salesman’, before telling him he was ‘James f!cking Bond’. We are of course talking about the hoax letter from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs, presented on monogramed paper and dated 1998. This was the first year of the Apple iMac and...

Apple has done something that it has never done before, they have actually announced three new products before an event. That’s right, we now know that OSx Lion, iOS 5 and the brand new iCloud service will be unveiled during next week’s keynote at WWDC 2011. A press release has been sent out detailing the event which is more like a tarted up sales letter for WWDC....

What would you call a book about Steve Jobs? If you came up with iSteve: The Book of Jobs then give yourself a pat on the back, because that’s exactly the name which has been chosen for the book due out next year about the Apple boss. The Book of Jobs is being written by the ex boss of CNN Walter Isaacson and will join the plethora of unofficial Jobs related books which...