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Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs Biography Could Be Expanded In A Special Edition
Walter Isaacson was at an event hosted by the Commonwealth Cub of California and he shared some additional information about the Steve Jobs biography. The 630-page biography may be expanded in a special edition. It may be in the form of an extensively annotated version or putting in an addendum that addresses the period during Steve Jobs’ death.
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Steve Jobs Biography Is Amazon’s Best Selling Book Of 2011
Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs has become the best-selling book of 2011 on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). What makes this milestone so outstanding is that the book was released in October, which is 10 months into the year.
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Jeff Robbin Believed To Be Spearheading The Rumored Apple HDTV Initiative
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) vice president of consumer applications Jeff Robbin is best known for developing iTunes and helped create the iPod. According to sources with Bloomberg, Robbin will now be spearheading the development of an Apple television set. Before Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away, he told his biographer Walter Isaacson that he had “finally cracked” how to build an integrated TV set with a simple user interface that could wirelessly synchronize content with Apple’s other devices.
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Walter Isaacson’s Interview on 60 Minutes [VIDEO]
Walter Isaacson, the author of the Steve Jobs biography, was interviewed on 60 Minutes. CBS has decided to post the full interview on the Internet. Below is part 1 and part 2 of the videos. There are a couple of extra videos available on the Internet to watch also.
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Steve Jobs Biography Indicates Apple Is Going To Enter The Television Market
Walter Isaacson, the author of the new Steve Jobs biography, indicated that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may eventually start manufacturing television sets. Apple already sells a product called the Apple TV, but Jobs wanted to do more for the TV market.
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Steve Jobs Questioned Authority Throughout His Whole Life
The late Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs had questioned authority throughout his life. Jobs gave up religion because he was troubled by children that were starving and he called executives that took over Apple as corrupt. Jobs also refused cancer surgery to favor herbal medicine and cleansing.
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Walter Isaacson, Author Of Steve Jobs Biography, Appearing On “60 Minutes” This Sunday
Walter Isaacson, the author of the Steve Jobs biography, will be interviewed this Sunday on “60 Minutes.” The interview will actually be aired on October 23rd, one night before Isaacson’s book, “Steve Jobs: A Biography,” is released. Jobs was usually a private man, but he allowed Isaacson to follow him around and put together the biography. Jobs said “nothing is off limits” when it came to chronicling his life to Isaacson.
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Authorized Biography Of Steve Jobs Written By Walter Isaacson Coming In Early 2012
Walter Isaacson is writing an authorized biography on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs. Book publisher Simon & Schuster announced this past weekend that Isaacson’s book will be called “iSteve: The Book of Jobs” and it will be out in early 2012. Isaacson has been working on the biography since 2009.
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