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The Flawed Brilliance of Steve Jobs

by Nicole Tanner on January 9, 2019January 28, 2019 at 12:59 pmComment

What were the formative events in Steve Jobs’ life? How do you tell the story of a man who revolutionized human communication while struggling to find personal connection himself? GeekWire… Read More

Calendar Picks: Seattle Opera and GeekWire present panel on the ‘flawed brilliance’ of Steve Jobs

by Nicole Tanner on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 at 12:59 pmComment

Did you know Seattle Opera is getting ready to put on a show all about the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs? The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs opens Feb. 23. In advance of… Read More

Fascinating Jobs application: Apple co-founder listed ‘tech, design’ as skills in 1973 hunt for work

by Kurt Schlosser on February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 at 10:58 amComment

Three years before he co-founded Apple, Steve Jobs filled out a job application at Reed College in Portland in which he replied “yes” to a section asking whether he had… Read More

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Seattle opera staging the story of Apple’s iconic leader with ‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs’

by Kurt Schlosser on January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 at 1:58 pm1 Comment

Talk about Apple Music. The Seattle Opera is bringing a production about the iconic leader of the tech company to the stage this season with “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs.”… Read More

‘Most important computer in history’: Steve Jobs machine part of Apple exhibit at Paul Allen museum

by Kurt Schlosser on April 10, 2017April 12, 2017 at 9:11 am 5 Comments

The Living Computers: Museum + Labs in Seattle is home to some of the most noteworthy machines ever created. But a new exhibit opening this week will showcase what one… Read More

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Woz in Seattle: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on automation, Steve Jobs, and Dancing with the Stars

by Mark Briggs on March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 at 9:12 pm1 Comment

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak – who is often credited with inventing the modern personal computer – thinks it will probably be “a couple hundred years” before we have machines that can do… Read More

Watch drone footage of Apple’s nearly-complete ‘spaceship’ campus before the grand opening in April

by Monica Nickelsburg on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 at 8:11 amComment

Apple’s massive new campus, which Steve Jobs once joked is “a little like a spaceship” is almost ready to take on its first crewmembers. Employees will begin moving into the… Read More

Apple’s spaceship has landed: 175-acre ‘Apple Park’ opens in April with 1,000-seat ‘Steve Jobs Theater’

by Todd Bishop on February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 at 6:59 am1 Comment

We’ve been having fun tracking the progress of Apple’s new Cupertino, Calif., campus through a series of drone videos by an aerial videographer. Today the company made things official with… Read More

Apple frustrated that it still can’t do for TV what it did for music

by Greg Sandoval on January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 at 6:57 amComment

“I finally cracked it,” Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson. Jobs was referring to his company’s efforts at creating a new television and viewing experience, presumably one… Read More

Microsoft donates $500k to Portland college where Steve Jobs was a dropout

by Kurt Schlosser on January 13, 2016January 14, 2016 at 11:11 am 3 Comments

Microsoft has made a significant contribution aimed at jumpstarting a computer science program at Reed College in Portland, Ore. Students proficient in irony would be quick to note that Apple… Read More

Hollywood’s big Steve Jobs movie is a bomb

by Molly Brown on October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 at 9:58 am 2 Comments

Is everyone just sick and tired of hearing about Steve Jobs? Perhaps. Jobs has been one of the most covered — and hyped about — film subjects this year, with… Read More

‘Steve Jobs’ movie review: An exaggerated-yet-impressive depiction of the Apple legend

by Taylor Soper & Kevin Lisota on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 at 1:41 pmComment

Since his passing, there have been three attempts to capture the epic and complicated life of Steve Jobs in a movie. The first two efforts weren’t exactly our favorites: Jobs,… Read More

The big Hollywood movie ‘Steve Jobs’ is out today, and the critics are loving it

by Molly Brown on October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 at 10:12 amComment

It seems we get a new take on Steve Jobs every few months, but this latest one might be the greatest one to date. Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender as… Read More

New trailer for ‘Steve Jobs’ movie stops being polite and starts getting real

by Molly Brown on September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 at 8:54 amComment

While the first trailer for the big Hollywood Steve Jobs film focused on a lot of Apple’s high notes, this new one, released today, really delves under the hood to look… Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook chats with Stephen Colbert about coming out, and why he hates the new Steve Jobs movies

by Molly Brown on September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 at 9:33 amComment

Apple CEO Tim Cook was the latest big-name techie to drop by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, and like the calm, collected older brother who always brings… Read More

Laurene Powell Jobs giving $50M to rethink high schools and drive innovation

by Molly Brown on September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 at 9:04 am1 Comment

That Seattle teachers strike has reached a tentative end with school set to open Thursday, but the bigger problem of the broken U.S. public school system remains. One organization, XQ:… Read More

Woz says Steve Jobs left Apple on his own, wasn’t pushed out in mid-80s

by Molly Brown on September 14, 2015September 14, 2015 at 11:15 am 2 Comments

The myths and realities of Apple continue to unfold, and this latest piece of info from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is a big one. Woz recently wrote in a Facebook… Read More

GeekWire at the Movies: Our review of the new documentary, ‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’

by Todd Bishop on September 5, 2015September 5, 2015 at 11:27 am 6 Comments

Several members of the GeekWire team watched, with high hopes, the new Alex Gibney documentary, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, on opening night at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle… Read More

From ‘visionary’ to ‘a-hole,’ that Steve Jobs’ doc ‘The Man in the Machine’ is getting mixed reviews

by Molly Brown on September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 at 10:26 amComment

That anticipated Alex Gibney documentary about Apple’s iconic co-founder Steve Jobs is out today, and let’s just say the reviews are not as overwhelmingly positive as one might think. Right… Read More

This is not a flashback: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs wins patent for iPod Shuffle

by James Risley on August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 at 9:30 am 2 Comments

It’s been almost four years since Steve Jobs died from pancreatic cancer, but that doesn’t mean he’s done getting patents. The US Patent and Trademark Office awarded Jobs a patent… Read More

President Obama references Steve Jobs, Bill Gates at White House Demo Day

by Taylor Soper on August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm 3 Comments

Anybody with a great startup idea in America should have a chance to explore their entrepreneurial dreams. That was the message from President Barack Obama at the first-ever White House Demo… Read More

‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’s’ trailer makes movie look absolutely amazing

by Molly Brown on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 at 10:47 amComment

Mashable released the first exclusive new trailer of the upcoming Steve Jobs film, The Man in the Machine, and hold onto your britches, this freaking thing looks intensely good. Made… Read More

‘Steve Jobs,’ featuring Michael Fassbender, might be the awesome biopic we’ve been waiting for

by Molly Brown on July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 at 11:32 amComment

Certainly one of the most iconic people in the history of tech, Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has been tough to capture on screen. Let us not forget the… Read More

Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: Steve Wozniak talks about Nat Geo’s new show ‘American Genius’

by Molly Brown on May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 at 10:25 am 4 Comments

The road to genius superstardom is hardly paved with daisies and chocolate. It takes a lot of work to get to the status of being able to dominate an industry… Read More

Apple throws official support behind upcoming Steve Jobs biography

by Blair Hanley Frank on March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 at 9:32 am1 Comment

In an interesting move, Apple has thrown its support behind a forthcoming unauthorized biography of Steve Jobs, praising it for providing a broader view of the company’s late founder. “Becoming… Read More

Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to ‘testify’ at trial through video deposition

by Blair Hanley Frank on December 2, 2014December 2, 2014 at 9:54 am1 Comment

Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be a key part of a case against the company that goes to trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of… Read More

Steve Jobs movie picked up by Universal; Michael Fassbender will play Apple icon

by Taylor Soper on November 25, 2014November 25, 2014 at 9:47 am 5 Comments

The upcoming Steve Jobs biopic has a new star and a new studio. After Sony Pictures dropped the movie last week following two years of development, Hollywood Reporter reports that Universal… Read More

From Batman to Apple: Christian Bale to play Steve Jobs in new biopic

by Taylor Soper on October 23, 2014October 23, 2014 at 9:19 am 2 Comments

#469856115 / gettyimages.com It didn’t take Aaron Sorkin much convincing to decide who should play Steve Jobs in his upcoming biopic about the late Apple co-founder. In an interview with Bloomberg,… Read More

Steve Jobs to appear on U.S. postage stamp in 2015

by John Cook on February 21, 2014December 2, 2014 at 10:15 amComment

Steve Jobs is joining the ranks of Ray Charles, Joe DiMaggio, Dwight D. Eisenhower and countless other American heroes. Yep, the Apple co-founder will be immortalized on a U.S. postage… Read More

Why Jeff Bezos is determined to avoid “Steve Jobs’ mistake”

by Todd Bishop on October 15, 2013October 15, 2013 at 8:17 am 7 Comments

Amazon is legendary for its thin profit margins, but there’s a method to the company’s madness, as detailed in Brad Stone’s new book, “The Everything Store.” Part of it is… Read More