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Walter Isaacson sat down with 60 Minutes on Sunday to talk about his new biography that chronicles the life of the late Steve Jobs. If you missed it, you can see the entire interview here. Yesterday, the book finally went on sale around the globe, and it's already looking to be Amazon's top-selling book of 2011. We're tearing through the pages of this book on our Kindles, but also ordered a Read more
Walter Isaacson's 60 Minutes interview aired on CBS last night, and while the interview was relatively short compared to the years of interview material he's amassed over the seven years he's been meeting with the Apple co-founder, it did reveal some interesting tidbits about Steve Jobs. Check out a few below, but stay tuned for more as we tear through our copy of the biography. He invented Read more
Walter Isaacson sat down with 60 Minutes tonight to talk about his new book, Steve Jobs, which hits shelves tomorrow. The book is already available for download on Kindles. The author reveled details about the upcoming biography, and interesting insight into the man himself. In case you missed it, see the entire interview in two parts below. See part two of the interview after the break. Read more
It was the non-April Fools' joke heard around the Internet: Ashton Kutcher has been selected to play Steve Jobs in an indie film called Jobs. Whether or not you agree with the casting, you have to admit: on the surface, there are some striking similarities. Of course, if you don't agree that Kutcher can pull off the legendary tech innovator on screen, here's something to hold on to: the Read more
We've covered 2011 over the past few weeks, but now it's time to take a look forward and get excited about the gadgets of the future. What's coming up in 2012? Here, six gadgets we can't wait to get our hands on. Nokia Lumia 800 — I love the Windows Phone Mango OS, and the Nokia Lumia 800 seems to be the perfect marriage between style and function. Expect to hear more about the US arrival of Read more
The Steve Jobs-approved biography written by Walter Isaacson isn't set to hit shelves and Ereaders until March 6 2012, but you can preorder the book now, thanks to Amazon. The book, titled iSteve: The Book of Jobs, details the life and times of the Apple founder, giving readers unprecedented access to Steve's daily life, family, friends, and colleagues. While there isn't much more I need to know Read more
Buying gifts for men is always a tricky business, because you want to give them something useful, thoughtful, and stylish, which can be a challenge if you don't want to spend a fortune. But we're up for the challenge. If you are on a budget this year, here are five gifts that you can buy for your savvy boyfriend that are $20 or less. Read more
For hundreds of Apple customers, their email to former CEO Steve Jobs regarding customer service or accolades and critiques were actually answered by the man himself. As strange as it may seem for the leader of the country's biggest company to take the time to respond to missive from the public, which he did as documented now in a self-published Kindle book titled Letters to Steve: Inside the Read more
Rumors of Apple creating a full-fledged television set remind me of the days of the iPad before it was announced. In Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, the Apple cofounder says that he cracked the mystery of building a full-fledged television, which sent Apple fans into a frenzy. When will the Apple TV hit? What will it be like? According to a new report from the NYT, there's quite a bit Read more
According to a report, Sony Pictures is close to securing a deal for the feature rights to Steve Jobs's biography, written by Walter Isaacson. The book, which hasn't even hit shelves yet (it's due out on Oct. 24), is the only authorized biography of the Apple co-founder to be published. Read more
