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Virgin America’s Tribute to Steve Jobs

Oliver Haslam ∙ January 24, 2012

Apple's co-founder and former CEO, the late Steve Jobs, was an inspirational figure for many people, with tributes flooding in after his death in October of 2011. People from across the globe, both inside the technology industry and out, all paid their respects in their own ways.

Now Virgin America has also paid tribute to the man that almost single handedly rescued Apple from an uncertain future when he returned to the company in 1997, with the airline having one of Jobs' most memorable quotes emblazoned on one of its new airplanes.

"Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" was a quote that Jobs gave during his famous Standford address in 2005, and has since gone on to become synonymous with Jobs himself. Now one of Virgin America's new A320 airplanes has the same quote written in its side, too...

Apple Has Spent More Than 100 Million Dollars on Android War

Cody Lee ∙ January 23, 2012

By now, most of you have heard Steve Jobs' infamous "war on Android" quote from his recently-released biography. It goes something like, "I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."

He wasn't kidding. The latest estimates suggest that Apple's litigation fees its incurred in its ongoing legal battles with Android manufacturers add up to more than $100 million dollars. And the war is far from over...

Here’s a Steve Jobs-Inspired iPhone SJ Concept

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Antonio De Rosa has come up with yet another awesome iPhone concept, a handset he called the iPhone SJ because it was inspired by the late Steve Jobs.

Shown off in all its glory at De Rosa's ADR Studio website, the concept takes the existing iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S body and reinvents it, creating a gorgeous concept that even Jony Ive himself would be pleased to call his own.

While the specs are not the biggest thing here, De Rosa speculates that the concept could come packed with a dual-core A6 chip and a 10 megapixel camera. That's probably not too far from what we would expect Apple to put inside the iPhone 5...

Steve Jobs Tribute Calendar Rejected by Apple’s App Store Police

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

When Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs passed away in October, people around the world felt like they had lost someone they knew, if only through the devices they own that bear the Apple brand. Many took to Apple Stores as a way of paying their respects, leaving messages and Apple products when they left.

One iOS app developer decided that the best way to honor Jobs was to release a free calendar app on Apple's App Store honoring the late industry titan, but according to MacNN, Apple was not so keen on the idea. Apple's App Store review team decided to reject the app, meaning we will never get to see the tribute ourselves...

Visit to the Steve Jobs Exhibit at the US Patent and Trademark Office

Jeff Benjamin ∙ December 26, 2011

A couple of days ago, I took the opportunity to visit Alexandria, Virginia, home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I visited there with the intention of getting a glimpse of the Steve Jobs patent exhibit before it was scheduled to be removed in a few weeks.

It's pretty interesting to look at some of the history of Apple's patents and the people involved with those patents. The exhibit was uniquely designed to showcase 12 patents per iPhone screen; I guess you could say the patents were the "app icons" of each of the many large-scaled iPhone's that made up the exhibit.

If you won't be able to make it to the exhibit before it gets taken down, don't fret; I've captured my visit on video for you to enjoy...

Rumor: iPad 3 May Launch on Steve Jobs Birthday, February 24

Sébastien Page ∙ December 23, 2011

You're going to have to take this one with a huge grain of salt as it comes straight from unreliable sources. According to Focus Taiwan, via 9to5Mac:

A local Chinese-language newspaper reported Friday that iPad3 might be launched on Feb. 24 to mark the anniversary of the birth of Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs.

While the rumor of the launch date itself doesn't sound completely out of this world, the source is unknown and probably not worthy of trust.

Watch BBC’s Documentary “Steve Jobs – Billion Dollar Hippy” Here

Sébastien Page ∙ December 17, 2011

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This documentary was recently aired on BBC. It features several insiders, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who tell extraordinary stories of the rise, fall, and rise again of Apple with Steve Jobs at its helm.

Steve Jobs Biography Author Says His Book Was Only “First Draft,” More Content to Come

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated April 3, 2018

Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson is considering adding more content to his already-released book on Apple's late co-founder and former CEO.

The book originally went on sale not long after the iconic Jobs' death, but with so many questions left unanswered and some pundits suggesting that the book misses important events from the man's life, Isaacson has admitted that he may well need to add more content to his already-lengthy book.

In fact, during an interview with Fortune, Isaacson went so far as to call the best-seller a "first draft," which we are sure will no doubt not please everyone who spent their hard-earned money on it.

Steve Jobs Biography Ranked as Best-Seller Across Multiple Formats

Cody Lee ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Last week we reported that Walter Isaacson's recently-released Steve Jobs biography had reached a major milestone on Amazon. In less than two months on the market, the book has become the online retailer's best-selling title of 2011.

After making a few adjustments, Amazon re-released its list of top 10 books today. The company figured that, since Kindle e-books outsell hard covers, they should be included in the counting. Where does the Steve Jobs biography rank now?

“Here’s To The Crazy Ones” Steve Jobs Poster is the Perfect Christmas Gift

Alex Heath ∙ December 6, 2011

Sebastien wrote a touching tribute to Steve Jobs after he passed titled "To the Crazy One." Apple's co-founder was responsible for some of the most compelling advertising campaigns in history. This particular "Crazy Ones" ad from 1997 opened with the line "Here's to the crazy ones."

A new letterpress poster has surfaced that captures the Crazy Ones mantra in beautiful typography.

Steve Jobs Biography Tops Amazon Best Sellers List

Guest Author ∙ Updated May 26, 2017

Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs has become Amazon's best-selling title of 2011. The book made its debut on October 24th, and in less than 2 months it has already outsold many popular titles, including Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo, and StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath.

The total sales of the bio haven't been released, but the book did remarkably well in its first week, selling more than 379,000 copies. You can find the book in a hardcover edition on Amazon or digitally on the Kindle Store. You can also grab a copy on Apple's iBookStore...

Steve Jobs Was Right, Tablet Size Does Matter

Oliver Haslam ∙ December 6, 2011

When Apple decided to bring the iPad to market it came to the conclusion that a 9.7-inch screen was the way to go after testing various different sizes and dimension ratios. Steve Jobs later famously declared that a 7-inch form factor was simply too small to be usable, but that didn't stop the likes of Samsung and RIM from releasing tablets with a screen that size.

Amazon has recently joined the group of companies to release a tablet, and it also went for the smaller form factor for the Kindle Fire. Was that a wise decision?

According to usability fiend Jakob Nielson, Amazon's tablet is simply too small to be truly useful, lending credence to what Jobs and Apple have been saying for the last two years...