Biography

On Thursday night, the SoHo Apple Store hosted a “Meet the Author” event with Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, the authors of the new biography about Steve Jobs titled Becoming Steve Jobs. The event was hosted by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber and sheds a new light on the colourful figure who became one of the...

Earlier this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a negative feedback regarding Walter Isaacson’s official Steve Jobs biography, saying it has done Jobs “a tremendous disservice”, while at the same time, the company has been heavily promoting the upcoming Becoming Steve Jobs book on its iBooks Twitter account as well as through iTunes marketing emails, while also offering an exclusive...

Upcoming biography titled ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’ by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli, which is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.ca, is set to make some interesting new revelations about the Apple co-founder’s life, including the fact that current Apple CEO Tim Cook had offered Jobs his liver when the ailing Steve Jobs was in need of a donor. Cook...

Universal Pictures is set to release the long-anticipated Steve Jobs biopic on October 9. The movie, which is based on Walter Isaacson’s official biography of Jobs, is being directed by Danny Boyle. Michael Fassbender will play the role of Steve Jobs and Seth Rogen will play the role of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Kate Winslet,...

Written by Cult of Mac editor and publisher Leander Kahney, a new biography titled Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products is now available on Amazon (hardcover) and iBooks (digital download). The biography draws a portrait of the British designer behind the iMac, iPod, iPad and iPhone, whom Steve Jobs called his "spiritual partner" at Apple, with interviews from...