Michael Hawley, a computer programmer, professor, musician, speechwriter and impresario who helped lay the intellectual groundwork for what is now…
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Scott Forstall reveals how his interview with Steve Jobs went
On Wednesday, Scott Forstall, co-inventor of iPhone and iOS (and Tony-Award winning Broadway producer) joined Code.org co-founder Hadi Partovi…
Larry Tesler, Apple employee who created cut-and-paste, dead at 74
Computer scientist and user interface guru Larry Tesler, a key figure at Apple during its early years, died Monday at the age of 74…
30 years ago, Steve Jobs pulled off an extraordinary comeback – here’s how he did it
Although Steve Jobs had unique vision and the ability to inspire, he could also be overbearing, impatient, and downright rude…
Unix at 50: How the OS that powers iOS and Android started from failure
Maybe its pervasiveness has long obscured its origins. But Unix, the operating system that in one derivative or another powers nearly all smartphones…
SwiftUI and Catalyst: Apple executes its invisible transition strategy
Catalyst, which arrives this fall, will allow developers who are well-versed in the vagaries of writing iOS apps…
Here are the iOS frameworks Apple’s Catalyst brings to Mac
Catalyst is here, Project Marzipan never existed and we may soon see tens of thousands of iPad apps…
Paradigm shift: The NeXT era ends, the Swift era begins
WWDC 2019 marks the end of Apple’s NeXT era and the beginning of the Swift era…
Steve Jobs nailed a bunch of predictions in the 1980s and ’90s
Steve Jobs made several assessments about the impact that computers and the internet…
When Gil Amelio asked me about the idea of acquiring NeXT and bringing Steve Jobs back to work
In late 1996, while serving as an outside adviser to Apple and their executive committee…
The secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple buy NeXT
An engineer walked me to my office while saying it had been nice knowing me…
New facts we just learned about the legendary Steve Jobs
A fresh set of fascinating insights into the mind of Steve Jobs have emerged…
The operating system fountain of youth: Apple’s iOS
Operating Systems are like the Tax Code…
The world’s first website went online 25 years ago today
On this day 25 years ago the world’s first website went live to the public…
Apple officially makes one of Steve Jobs’s favorite projects obsolete
It was last updated for devs in 2008, the year after the iPhone shipped, and in 2009 Apple stopped…
Apple’s first 40 years: An oral history from insiders; Spoiler: Bill Gates had a bigger role in Apple’s success than even he may know
Four decades after Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak set out to turn computers into a tool that anyone could use…
15 years of OS X: How Apple’s big gamble paid off big time
Although OS X is now an integral part of the Mac experience, it represented a big gamble for Apple…
Watch Steve Jobs launch ‘his biggest product failure’
The only record of Steve Jobs’ unveiling of the NeXT Computer in 1988…
The Steve Jobs you never saw: Amazing photos of the Silicon Valley revolution
In 1985, the year that Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple…
Steve Jobs and the most remarkable growth story of all time
In 1997, shortly after Steve Jobs had returned to Apple as CEO…
This OS nearly made Apple an entirely different company
Steve Jobs returned to Apple after a 12-year absence when it acquired NeXT…
How much would you pay for Steve Jobs’ business cards from NeXT, Apple and Pixar?
If you like a little Steve Jobs memorabilia and want to contribute…
Be, Inc.’s 1998 demo video
While Windows users were barely getting by with Windows 98…
OS X: Back to the beginning
It’s hard to believe that 14 years have elapsed since OS X was born…
Longtime NeXT/Apple developer exalts Swift 1.2
A developer whose association with Apple began with a contract for NeXT…
Steve Jobs’ photographer shares the stories behind his most iconic images
Between 1985 and 1994, award-winning documentary photographer Doug Menuez photographed Steve Jobs…
Leonardo DiCaprio exits Steve Jobs biopic as contenders line up
Leonardo DiCaprio will not be tackling the role of Steve Jobs…
Another way to track your money on a Mac
Who’s watching the expenses?
Candid photos of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and other tech titans posted online
In 1985, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States…
Swift: Apple’s next-gen programming language 4 years in the making
The Swift project started at Apple roughly 4 years ago as one of several…
Leonardo DiCaprio eyed to star in Steve Jobs biopic
Moving fast to replace David Fincher on its highly anticipated Steve Jobs movie…
David Fincher out of Steve Jobs biopic in $10 million fee fight
Sony Pictures is looking to replace David Fincher as director…
David Fincher in talks to direct Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic
Sorkin has publicly said the Jobs biopic will be divided into three long scenes…
Today is the 59th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Today is the 59th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth…
Apple’s Macintosh: ‘Doomed’ for 30 years and counting
Apple’s Mac turns 30 today…
Steve Jobs as entertainment
Steve Jobs has been many things to many people…
Like Walter Isaacson’s ‘Steve Jobs,’ Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ somehow misses the whole point
I know the Jobs story fairly well…
Set your DVRs: E! premieres ‘Pop Innovators Presents: Steve Jobs’ this Thursday night
E! presents “Pop Innovators Presents: Steve Jobs” taking an in-depth look at the life, work, and global impact of Steve Jobs..
Nolan Bushnell: Steve Jobs ‘was difficult but valuable’ to work with
Nolan Bushnell seems to be in constant motion…
Today is the 58th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ birth
Steve Jobs was a college dropout when he teamed up with Steve Wozniak in 1976
What it was really like to work with Steve Jobs
People who worked with Steve Jobs usually don’t talk about it…
Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs biopic to focus on 3 launches: Mac, NeXT, and iPod (with video)
Sorkin revealed that the movie will be comprised of three, 30-minute sections…
