New book explores personal evolution of Steve Jobs, features interviews with Jony Ive, Tim Cook
Becoming Steve Jobs is a new book coming later this month that explores how Steve Jobs became one of the leading figures in technology and business of our time.
Written by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, Becoming Steve Jobs draws on Schlender’s reporting on Jobs during his time at the Wall Street Journal and Fortune, as well as new reporting and interviews. From the book’s website:
A brilliantly reported, compellingly written book that overturns the conventional view of Steve Jobs—the Jobs that is frozen forever as half genius, half jerk—Becoming Steve Jobs answers the central question about the life and career of the Apple cofounder and CEO: How did a young man so reckless and arrogant that he was exiled from the company he founded become the most effective visionary business leader of our time?
Becoming Steve Jobs features new interviews with several people close to Jobs, including Pixar and Apple employees, Apple executives Eddy Cue and Jony Ive, along with CEO Tim Cook, and Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs.
The book can be pre-ordered as an iBook from iTunes for $14.99, as well as a hardcover or Kindle book on Amazon. Becoming Steve Jobs will be available on March 24, 2015.
Source: Becoming Steve Jobs, Daring Fireball
Withings Activité and Activité Pop now work with your Android device
Withings Activité and Activité Pop are gaining the ability to sync with Android devices with the launch of the Health Mate app, which was thus far exclusive to the iOS platform.
Apple-Google Anti-Poaching Lawsuit Nears $415 Million Settlement
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in a San Jose, California courtroom on Monday raised no objections about a $415 million settlement that would end an ongoing anti-poaching class-action lawsuit involving Apple, Google and other large tech companies. Koh rejected a previous $324.5 million settlement last August after one of the plaintiffs in the case objected the deal was too low, according to Reuters.
Tech workers filed the antitrust class-action lawsuit in 2011 against Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel, alleging that the four companies reached anti-poaching agreements that resulted in less job mobility and lower salaries. Apple and Google were accused of signing one of the earliest wage-fixing deals in 2005, although the anti-poaching agreements extended far beyond those companies. According to court documents, up to one million tech employees may have been affected by the agreements.
BlackBerry announces the BlackBerry Leap!
BlackBerry has finally taken the covers off their latest device better known as the BlackBerry Leap. Announced at Mobile World Congress, the BlackBerry Leap is an affordable all-touch smartphone in a modern and powerful design that is built for career builders and companies who value security and privacy when pushing their productivity to the next level.
This week’s Deals with Gold include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Assassin’s Creed Unity and more
If you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, look no further for great deals on recent titles. This week’s Deals with Gold include discounts on Assassin’s Creed Unity for Xbox One, which is now available at a discounted price of $40.99, down from its usual price of $59.99. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has also been discounted, and is now available for $29.99.
Microsoft announces preview program for Xbox 360
The Xbox One is getting all the attention these days, but that doesn’t mean that Microsoft is neglecting Xbox 360 owners. The Redmond giant has today announced that it is starting a preview program for the console, with selected customers getting access to test new features before they hit general availability.
BlackBerry Classic in white arrives this month, blue and bronze in April
A lot of folks have been asking when the white, blue and bronze BlackBerry Classic smartphones would be arriving and today during their Mobile World Congress event, BlackBerry gave us all a timeline.
The white version of the BlackBerry Classic will land at some point in time this month while the blue and bronze versions will see release in April. There was no mention of carriers at this time but they will no doubt be available through ShopBlackBerry as well. For now, BlackBerry says to stay tuned for more info.
Hands-on with the BlackBerry Leap
This is BlackBerry’s newest smartphone: the BlackBerry Leap. Sporting a 5-inch 720×1280 IPS LCD display, an 8MP rear camera, and 16GB of storage, the phone offers quality mid-range specs at an affordable $275 off-contract. We’ve been told the phone’s built by Wistron, the manufacturing arm of Taiwan-based Acer. It has a Foxconn feel to it, but this is more the entry-level design language of BlackBerry than simply what Foxconn made for the Z3 (there are some differences in the layout between this and the Z3).
Lenovo’s Pocket Projector is an affordable way to pump videos to your wall (or ceiling)
Whether it’s in the kids’ play room or the boss’ boardroom, the Lenovo Pocket Projector is a quick, easy and affordable way to up-size videos for group viewing.
It used to be the only folks who carried around those little pocket projectors were those who got paid to do it — road warriors who have to be able to give presentations whenever, wherever. And they were either big and clunky, or smallish and expensive. Lenovo’s got the best of both worlds in its Pocket Projector, making its debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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