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The Wizards behind the Macintosh
Chris Espinosa says, “There was no life before Apple.” At 13 years old he could be found cruising up and down the bus line in his home town, spending a few hours at each Byte Shop on the line until the owner threw him out.
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Steve Wozniak Debunks One of Apple’s Biggest Myths
In 1976, The Apple 1 computer went on sale for a retail price of $666.66. Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with
Read MoreJony Ive in Conversation with Vanity Fair’s Graydon Carter
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter and Apple’s senior vice president of design, Jonathan Ive, sat down for a wide-ranging discussion
Read MoreTim Cook: I’m proud to be gay
Apple’s chief executive publicly confirmed that he is gay in an essay published by Bloomberg Businessweek. The 53-year-old wrote he
Read MoreScrollbar History – UI design is difficult
Some interesting UI design history from Jack Wellborn at Worms and Viruses: While watching the video, I couldn’t help but
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WWDC 1997 – Fireside Chat with Steve Jobs
In this fireside chat at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 1997 Steve Jobs explains how he wants to turn Apple
Read MoreTurning around like Apple
By Sören Stamer
Turnarounds from the brink of death or irrelevance are in high demand these days. Former star companies like AOL, MySpace, Yahoo!, Nokia, and RIM are in deep trouble or slowly faded away. Apple was in 1997 almost bankrupt. But then they came back with a vengeance. How did Steve Jobs do it? Can it be done again?
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Mac
Steve Jobs had assembled a dream team of genius programmers and engineers, whom he urged like a cult leader with flattery and verbal attacks to continually new heights. But the ever-changing demands of Jobs delayed the Mac project, so that the Apple co-founder finally lost his bet against the Lisa team. It was not until the 24th of January 1984, that the Mac was finally ready.
Read MoreTim Cook at Auburn University: “Cross-burning was a Symbol of Ignorance”
Apple CEO Tim Cook isn’t known for talking much about himself, but in a speech this week, he talked about
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