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Showing posts with label Steve Jobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Jobs. Show all posts

11/11/20

Tech Industry: Industry Insiders Don’t Use Their Products Like We Do. That Should Worry Us - by Eleanor Cummins

Apple founder Steve Jobs didn't let his kids use the iPad, or really any product their dad invented, according to a 2014 report from Nick Bilton in The New York Times.

"They haven't used it," Jobs told Bilton. "We limit how much technology our kids use at home." Every night, the family had a phone-free dinner together, according to Walter Isaacson, author of the definitive biography Steve Jobs. "The kids did not seem addicted at all to devices," Isaacson told Bilton.

Read more at: Industry Insiders Don’t Use Their Products Like We Do. That Should Worry Us.

10/6/11

Computer Industry: Steve Jobs Dead: 5 Ways His Legacy Changed the World - by Maggie Astor

Today, the term "PC" refers to computers that run on Intel processors and use Windows software -- in other words, pretty much every computer that isn't a Mac. But when the term was first coined, it simply stood for "personal computer." The first Mac computers were known as PCs, because they were computers designed to be used by individuals -- and the Apple II series, designed by Steve Jobs and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, was in fact the first widely successful PC. Today's computers may be classified as "PC" or "Mac," but they all evolved from the original PC prototype -- and we have Steve Jobs to thank for that.

He made PCs before they were PCs.
He made computers simple.
He made advertising innovative.
He turned technology into art.
He connected every aspect of our lives.

For more: Steve Jobs Dead: 5 Ways His Legacy Changed the World - International Business Times