Kif Leswing, provided by Published 6:15 am, Saturday, May 26, 2018 AP In 1992, Steve Jobs was in exile. The Apple founder had been kicked out of the company and had been building his new computer company, NeXT. (Apple bought it in 1996, bringing Jobs back.) That's the context in which Jobs gave a wide-ranging lecture to MIT MBA students in the spring of 1992, set up by one of Laurene Powell's siblings. The man who would end up spearheading the development of the iPhone ended up talking for over an hour and taking questions about several topics he didn't address later in his career, including his management style, his closest competitors, and how he felt when he left Apple. MIT recently unearthed the video and uploaded it to YouTube. If you don't have an hour, we've pulled some of our favorite highlights below: LATEST BUSINESS VIDEOS Now Playing: Now Playing CEO Jack Dorsey Reveals How He Runs Twitter From Just His Phone Veuer Over 40% of Americans Are … [Read more...] about Watch a recently rediscovered Steve Jobs lecture where he talks about leaving Apple and what he’s learned about management (AAPL)
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Twenty years after Steve Jobs released the iMac, Apple’s famous line of computers account for only a tenth its business (AAPL)
Prachi Bhardwaj, provided by Published 3:32 pm, Monday, May 7, 2018 When Steve Jobs released the iMac in 1998, the bright-colored computer was a lifesaver for Apple, whose business was almost entirely based on Mac sales. Twenty years later, Apple is a completely different company. As this chart from Statista shows, the percentage of Apple's revenue attributable to Mac computer sales has steadily decline over the last two decades, shrinking to roughly one tenth of total sales last year. Apple's Mac sales have actually increased year-over-year, with only a few marginal dips in the last two decades. But that steady growth pales in comparison to the growth provided by a succession of new hit products, from the iPod to the iPhone. Since 2000, sales revenue from Macs almost quadrupled but Apple's total sales revenue multiplied by tens of thousands, as the company released device after device and grew its app store. With almost every product release, the Mac's contribution … [Read more...] about Twenty years after Steve Jobs released the iMac, Apple’s famous line of computers account for only a tenth its business (AAPL)
20 Years of iMac: Steve Jobs iconic internet machine that courageously reinvented Apple
Editorial By Daniel Eran Dilger Sunday, May 06, 2018, 12:58 pm PT (03:58 pm ET) Twenty years ago today Steve Jobs introduced iMac, an ambitious new Mac aimed specifically at easy Internet access. It not only redefined the design and styling of tech products but charted a strategic course that would take Apple from being a minority PC maker to the world's most valuable tech company. Most importantly, iMac had an impact because it courageously made bold decisions that conventional thinking assumed to be wrong.Back on Track with iMac Just ten months prior to the iMac introduction (at the May 1998 event the company named "Back on Track"), Jobs and his hand-selected management team had taken over control of Apple and killed a series of projects and products to focus the company on two simple product lines: the 1997 white desktop Power Mac and a curvey black notebook PowerBook, both powered by a G3 processor. iMac was a unique opportunity for Apple to show off its core competency in … [Read more...] about 20 Years of iMac: Steve Jobs iconic internet machine that courageously reinvented Apple
What I learned working for Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
It would be fair to say that I’m proud of my thirty-five-year career in the computer industry. I’ve had the pleasure of working with thousands of brilliant people and, thankfully, have learned a little bit from each of them. I was once a brash young engineer at NeXT Computer and, many years later, a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft. In a sense, two of the most important lessons I ever learned, I learned from Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. I was a sophomore in college before I took my first computer science class, at the recommendation of an uncle who thought: “This computer stuff is gonna be big.” I was studying psychology at the time. I have no idea why. It was the best I could think of for a major when I entered college. I was set to graduate at seventeen, much too young to know what I wanted to do with my life. I was breezing through college and was completely bored with Psychology. It seemed like mental masturbation: just putting labels on people and on … [Read more...] about What I learned working for Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs’ 1973 job application sells for over $174K at auction
The gavel has fallen, and a job application filled out by tech mogul Steve Jobs in 1973 has sold for $174,757, according to RR Auction.The application, which was for an unspecified position, reveals a young man appearing to be a far cry from a future Apple founder. Under address, Jobs hand-wrote "reed college" (lowercase). His major, "english, lit," also wasn't capitalized. When asked about access to transportation, he wrote, "possible, but not probable." Under "Special Abilities," he wrote, "electronics tech or design engineer. digital.-from Bay near Hewitt-Packard" -- misspelling Hewlett-Packard. Less surprisingly, he noted he had skills with computers and calculators. The application was filled out after Jobs dropped out of Reed College shortly following his enrollment for the 1972 fall semester. He stuck around the Portland campus for a year and a half to audit courses on calligraphy, dance and Shakespeare, eventually completing this application.The sale price of the … [Read more...] about Steve Jobs’ 1973 job application sells for over $174K at auction