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20 unusual facts about Steve Jobs


Antoine Schmitt

After earning his engineer diploma from the Telecom Paris in 1984, he worked as programming engineer specialised in artificial intelligence and human-machine interactions, in Paris, especially for the company Act Informatique for five years (1985–1991), and in Silicon Valley as an R&D engineer for the NeXT company with Steve Jobs for three years (1991–1994).

Apple A4

On June 7, 2010, Steve Jobs publicly confirmed that the iPhone 4 would contain the A4 processor, although it was not yet known at the time if it would have the same frequency, bus width, or caches as the A4 found in the earlier produced iPad.

Arthur Renowitzky

Arthur cites American inspirational public figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Pauley Perrette, Michael Jordan, Eminem, Steve Jobs, Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z and 2Pac as major influences, with 2Pac being his biggest.

BlackBox Component Builder

After Steve Jobs' return to Apple and the death of OpenDoc, Oberon Microsystems dropped the support for Apple with Release 1.3.3 around 2001.

Communication and Leadership During Change

Steve Jobs is an example of one of the great technological innovators of our time.

Digital Safari Multimedia Academy

2000–Steve Jobs CEO, Apple Computer nominates The Digital Safari for the Computerworld Smithsonian Honors.

Fatehgarh

This is well known that founder of Apple (iPhone) Steve Jobs once visited India especially to meet the famous saint.

Fredric Alan Maxwell

In 2005, Maxwell was the first to break the story of Steve Jobs biological father, in an article originally intended for Fast Company but pulled by that magazine prior to publication.

IBench

At the 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs used a modified version of iBench 5.0 to show the render speed of Safari 3.0 versus Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP.

Insulinoma

The Co-founder of Apple, Inc., Steve Jobs, died of Metastatic Insulinoma on October 5, 2011.

Issey Miyake

He also developed a friendship with Apple's Steve Jobs and produced the black turtlenecks which would become a part of Jobs' signature attire.

Jezper Söderlund

On March 5, 2010, it was reported that Jezper emailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs directly, asking if iPhone to iPad tethering was possible.

Katherine Sarafian

She started at Pixar as an artist but was shifted from the art department to marketing during the making of A Bug's Life by Pixar head Steve Jobs.

Ken Burns effect

Steve Jobs contacted Burns to obtain the filmmaker's permission to use the term "Ken Burns Effect" for Apple's video production software.

Laurence Tosi

In January 2011, Tosi was offered the job of CFO at Apple by Steve Jobs, but turned it down.

Marty Neumeier

"Apple Computer", Communication Arts, May/June 1985: A feature article on Steve Jobs, John Sculley, and Apple Creative Services.

Options backdating

Some of the more prominent corporate figures involved in the controversy currently are Steve Jobs and Michael Dell.

Pixlet

When it was introduced by Steve Jobs at Worldwide Developers Conference 2003, it was said that the codec was developed at the request of animation company Pixar.

Regis McKenna

In that year, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak “approached him and asked for help in launching what was to be the world's first personal computer.”

Robert Friedland

During his time at Reed he met Steve Jobs the founder of Apple, with whom he shared an interest in Eastern spirituality.


Andrea Cunningham

In 1983, Andy moved to Silicon Valley, where she joined Regis McKenna and was immediately given project lead responsibilities to work with Steve Jobs for the launch of the Apple Macintosh.

Boardroom coup

In 1997, Apple Inc. (at the time known as Apple Computer inc.) and Steve Jobs ousted Gil Amelio in a boardroom coup, after which Jobs became interim CEO of Apple Computer, moving on to become full-time CEO shortly after.

Circle 7 Animation

With the success of Toy Story 2 in 1999, then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then-Pixar owner Steve Jobs began to disagree on how Pixar should be run and the terms of a continued relationship.

Cuisinart

Steve Jobs stated that he based the physical design of the Apple II, a personal computer first released in 1977, in large part on the Cuisinart food processor.

Disney Store

Furthermore, Disney Announced in November 2009 that they were planning a massive "re-launching" and re-branding of all Disney Store locations, spearheaded by Apple's Steve Jobs, who pioneered the Apple Retail Store concept.

FoxTrot

On occasion, there have been a few celebrity guest appearances in the strip, such as The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

I Am the Media

Shot in 15 countries, Benjamin Rassat interviewed people such as Vinton Cerf, Steve Jobs, Justin Kan, Robert Scoble, Andrew Keen, Loic Le Meur and Magibon, discussing the history of digital narcissism and social networks.

IMac G4

Apple advertised the iMac G4 as having the adjustability of a desk lamp, and was nicknamed the "iLamp", similar to "Luxo Jr.", who was featured in a short film produced by Pixar, another venture of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Laurie Coots

Over the course of her career, she worked with notable executives including Jay Chiat, Lee Clow, Guy Day, Steve Jobs, Jean-Marie Dru, and Jim Stengel.

Matthew Naythons

In addition to substantive coverage of seven wars and revolutions, the collection includes his features on the Centers for Disease Control, Burmese rubies, and the film Apocalypse Now, and portraits of such high-profile figures as Steve Jobs, Charles M. Schulz, Pope John Paul II, President Jimmy Carter, Kevin Costner and Hunter S. Thompson.

Paul Rand

Paul Rand (August 15, 1914 – November 26, 1996) was an American art director and graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc., Westinghouse, ABC, and Steve Jobs's NeXT.

Power Macintosh

In August 2006, the Power Mac's retirement was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference by Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller, making way for its Intel-based replacement, the Mac Pro.

Reality distortion field

Reality distortion field (RDF) is a term coined by Bud Tribble at Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Macintosh project.

Ruth Montgomery

Alleged extraterrestrial candidates include far-reaching public figures such as technology visionary Steve Jobs, psychic medium Danielle Egnew and the Dalai Lama.

Teton Gravity Research

A clip from the film Lost and Found was shown at the Macworld 2008 Keynote by Steve Jobs.

The Bite in the Apple

The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs by Chrisann Brennan is an autobiographical book written by Steve Job's first girlfriend and the mother his first child, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

The BrandLaureate

Some of the recipients of the BrandLaureate Award include Hillary Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Tiger Woods and Michael Schumacher.

West Coast Computer Faire

It took place on April 16–17, 1977, in San Francisco Civic Auditorium & Brooks Hall, and saw the debut of the Commodore PET, presented by Chuck Peddle, and the Apple II, presented by then-21-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.