Tag Archive | "Apple History"
Mark Benioff, Salesforce CEO, recounts why he gave Apple the ‘app store’ trademark
Apple is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with Amazon over the latter’s use of the phrase ‘app store’ in connection with the Amazon App Store. Apple’s suit accuses the online retailing giant of both trademark infringement and unfair competition while Amazon asserts that term ‘app store’ is a generic phrase that doesn’t warrant trademark protection. [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs talking about remote computing at WWDC 1997
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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For all the talk about Apple’s iCloud initiative following in the footsteps of Google, here’s a fascinating look back at Steve Jobs talking about remote computing during his closing keynote at the 1997 WWDC. Some choice quotes from an extremely interesting chat with developers: I have computers at Apple, at Pixar, at NeXT and at [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs reads “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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An old clip of Steve Jobs reading the lyrics from “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Dylan. That’s Bob Dylan. The video is from Apple’s 1984 annual shareholders meeting.
Continue reading...The design process behind OS X 10.0 and Steve Jobs’ remarkable level of involvement
Friday, April 8, 2011
On March 24, 2001, after years of intense development, Apple publicly released the first version of OS X. OS X, based on the NeXTstep OS Apple acquired from Steve Jobs, marked a radical departure from the UI Mac users had grown accustomed to. There was the dock, the aqua interface, and of course, those red, [...]
Continue reading...OS X turns 10 years old
Monday, March 28, 2011
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Last Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of OS X, Apple’s modern OS built on the technology of Steve Jobs’ NeXT OS. Looking back over the past 10 years, Macworld’s Dan Moren highlights the importance and integral role OS X had in helping Apple reemerge as an innovator and force on the technological landscape. Though nobody [...]
Continue reading...Why movie trailers always appear on Apple’s website
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Apple’s movie trailer page is not only a great spot to check out previews for upcoming flicks, but is often the first spot on the web where movie trailers even appear. But why is that the case? Tackling the question, former Apple web designer and developer Chad Little – whose first position within Apple was [...]
Continue reading...Old School Computer Chronicles interview with Apple Lisa VP John Couch
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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An interesting look back at an interview with John Couch, one of the earliest Apple employees and one of the driving forces behind the development of the LISA computer. The video below, we think, aired in 1984 and was part of the Computer Chronicles show which aired on PBS from 1982 through 2002. While not [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs reminisces about building illegal blue boxes with Woz [Video]
Friday, February 25, 2011
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A great video find of a bearded Steve Jobs (with a curious blue denim button-up) reminiscing about the good ole’ days he spent with Woz tinkering with and building illegal blue boxes to make free telephone calls around the world. We were so fascinated by them that Woz and i actually figured out how to [...]
Continue reading...When Steve Jobs rebuffed MTV exec Jason Hirschorn’s idea for iTunes Subscriptions
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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One of the biggest Apple stories to land last week was Apple’s announcement that it plans to take a 30% cut of all app subscriptions that originate from within the iOS ecosystem Our philosophy is simple,” Steve Jobs explained. “When Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share; when [...]
Continue reading...“We are Apple (Leading the Way)” – 1984 promotional video
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Check out this ridiculous and in-house produced Apple Mac (or Lisa??) promo released back in ’84. If you’re in need of a laugh, check out the dude at the 2:48 mark who’s walking around holding a Lisa computer like a damned laptop!
Continue reading...Video of 24 year old Steve Jobs prepping for his first Television appearance circa 1978
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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In a never before seen clip that surfaced just a few days ago, a 24-year old Steve Jobs is seen prepping and getting mic’d up for what may very well have been his first Television appearance, circa 1978. Visibly nervous, Jobs is excited when he sees his image on a nearby monitor, and at one point even asks, [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs and the original spinning beach ball of death [Photo]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
There’s nothing more frustrating to a Mac OS X user than the dreaded spinning Beach Ball of death. Steve Jobs, though, doesn’t seem to mind at all. Pictured above is a young Jobs kicking around a Beach Ball at a 1987 NeXT company retreat. The spinning beach ball of death, which is technically referred to [...]
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Monday, August 29, 2011
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