Steve Jobs

All six Steve Jobs interviews at the D conference now available as audio and video podcasts

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, May 31, 2012 a 2:10 am

All Steve Jobs appearances at the All Things D conference have now been made available as podcasts on iTunes. There are many videos of Steve Jobs around today, there are a lot of him presenting at product launches and of course his famous Stanford commencement but there are very few actual sit down interviews.

Tim cook speaks about running Apple and the legacy of Steve Jobs

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 a 11:03 pm

Tim Cook's interview at the D10 Conference returned several times to Steve Jobs, his legacy at Apple, what he meant to Cook, and how Apple may or may not be changing since Jobs passed away.

Be part of the unofficial Steve Jobs biopic, Craigslist ad seeks cast members

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, May 28, 2012 a 5:40 am

Rich King Casting has placed an ad on Craigslist seeking cast members for the upcoming unofficial Steve Jobs biopic. The movie which stars Ashton Kutcher, officially titled jOBS will start filming next week and needs cast members that look like they are from the seventies.

Steve Jobs given huge star studded tribute at the Webbys

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, May 22, 2012 a 3:18 am

During the annual Webbys award show nearly a dozen high profile celebrities, politicians, and people of note gave a huge tribute to the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. The tribute was shown on a huge video screen and simultaneously streamed over the web.

jOBS, the unofficial Steve Jobs biopic, gets a website, reveals new details

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 19, 2012 a 9:42 am

The unofficial, independent Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, has gotten an official name -- jOBS -- a website, and has released some new details about the production.

Sony hires Steve Wozniak as an advisor on Steve Jobs film biopic

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, May 18, 2012 a 8:49 am

Sony has hired Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to advise on its upcoming film based on the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacsson. Woz will be there to consult on Jobs and on technical aspects of computers. Sony has already hired Aaron Sorkin to write the film and he was also responsible for the recent film based on Facebook, The Social Network as well as television's The West Wing. Unfortunately this project does not seem that straight forward for Sorkin.

Steve Jobs wanted to create an iCar according to current Apple board member

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, May 18, 2012 a 2:44 am

According to J. Crew CEO and current Apple board member, Mickey Drexler, Steve Jobs didn’t just want to re-invent the personal computer, mobile phone, and music industry -- he also wanted to take a stab at the car industry too. In an interview at Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored conference earlier this week, Drexler said that Steve Jobs wanted to build... an iCar.

Steve Jobs rumored to have worked closely on iPhone 5 redesign

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, May 17, 2012 a 10:59 pm

According to the latest rumor, Apple's co-founder, Steve Jobs, worked one the next generation iPhone 5 design prior to his passing last October. Bloomberg claims 3 sources familiar with the matter say there will be a redesign, 1 claims the redesign will involve a bigger screen, and 1 claims the redesign involved Steve Jobs.

Aaron Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic for Sony

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 a 11:06 pm

This is me putting my hands in my pockets, turning my head, and smiling. And it's because Sony Pictures has announced that Aaron Sorkin will be writing the script for Steve Jobs, adapted from Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography.

Aaron Sorkin is legitimately brilliant, and the writer behind TV's Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60, and the upcoming The Newsroom, as well as the movies Malice, A Few Good Men, The American President, and the recent The Social Network about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook.

17 more states join e-book class action lawsuit against Apple, Steve Jobs involvement surfaces

By Simon Sage, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 a 1:58 pm

17 more American states have joined the class action lawsuit against Apple and publishers for e-book pricing collusion according to amended court documents. The new docs also revealed an e-mail from the late Steve Jobs describing how he saw the situation to the parent company of one of the conspiring publishers.