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by Isaacson, Walter

Return: Interviews with Steve Jobs, George Riley, Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Brian Roberts, Andy Hertzfeld.

  CHAPTER 38: THE iPAD

  You Say You Want a Revolution: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Phil Schiller, Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Tony Fadell, Paul Otellini. All Things Digital conference, May 30, 2003.

  The Launch, January 2010: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Daniel Kottke. Brent Schlender, “Bill Gates Joins the iPad Army of Critics,” bnet.com, Feb. 10, 2010; Steve Jobs, keynote address in San Francisco, Jan. 27, 2010; Nick Summers, “Instant Apple iPad Reaction,” Newsweek.com, Jan. 27, 2010; Adam Frucci, “Eight Things That Suck about the iPad” Gizmodo, Jan. 27, 2010; Lev Grossman, “Do We Need the iPad?” Time, Apr. 1, 2010; Daniel Lyons, “Think Really Different,” Newsweek, Mar. 26, 2010; Techmate debate, Fortune, Apr. 12, 2010; Eric Laningan, “Wozniak on the iPad” TwiT TV, Apr. 5, 2010; Michael Shear, “At White House, a New Question: What’s on Your iPad?” Washington Post, June 7, 2010; Michael Noer, “The Stable Boy and the iPad,” Forbes.com, Sept. 8, 2010.

  Advertising: Interviews with Steve Jobs, James Vincent, Lee Clow.

  Apps: Interviews with Art Levinson, Phil Schiller, Steve Jobs, John Doerr.

  Publishing and Journalism: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Jeff Bewkes, Rick Stengel, Andy Serwer, Josh Quittner, Rupert Murdoch. Ken Auletta, “Publish or Perish,” New Yorker, Apr. 26, 2010; Ryan Tate, “The Price of Crossing Steve Jobs,” Gawker, Sept. 30, 2010.

  CHAPTER 39: NEW BATTLES

  Google: Open versus Closed: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Bill Campbell, Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Tim Cook, Bill Gates. John Abell, “Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra Is ‘Bullshit,’” Wired, Jan. 30, 2010; Brad Stone and Miguel Helft, “A Battle for the Future Is Getting Personal,” New York Times, March 14, 2010.

  Flash, the App Store, and Control: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Bill Campbell, Tom Friedman, Art Levinson, Al Gore. Leander Kahney, “What Made Apple Freeze Out Adobe?” Wired, July 2010; Jean-Louis Gassée, “The Adobe-Apple Flame War,” Monday Note, Apr. 11, 2010; Steve Jobs, “Thoughts on Flash,” Apple.com, Apr. 29, 2010; Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Steve Jobs interview, All Things Digital conference, June 1, 2010; Robert X. Cringely (pseudonym), “Steve Jobs: Savior or Tyrant?” InfoWorld, Apr. 21, 2010; Ryan Tate, “Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom from Porn,’” Valleywag, May 15, 2010; JR Raphael, “I Want Porn,” esarcasm.com, Apr. 20, 2010; Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, Apr. 28, 2010.

  Antennagate: Design versus Engineering: Interviews with Tony Fadell, Jony Ive, Steve Jobs, Art Levinson, Tim Cook, Regis McKenna, Bill Campbell, James Vincent. Mark Gikas, “Why Consumer Reports Can’t Recommend the iPhone4,” Consumer Reports, July 12, 2010; Michael Wolff, “Is There Anything That Can Trip Up Steve Jobs?” newser.com and vanityfair.com, July 19, 2010; Scott Adams, “High Ground Maneuver,” dilbert.com, July 19, 2010.

  Here Comes the Sun: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Eddy Cue, James Vincent.

  CHAPTER 40: TO INFINITY

  The iPad 2: Interviews with Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell. Steve Jobs, speech, iPad 2 launch event, Mar. 2, 2011.

  iCloud: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Eddy Cue. Steve Jobs, keynote address, Worldwide Developers Conference, June 6, 2011; Walt Mossberg, “Apple’s Mobile Me Is Far Too Flawed to Be Reliable,” Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2008; Adam Lashinsky, “Inside Apple,” Fortune, May 23, 2011; Richard Waters, “Apple Races to Keep Users Firmly Wrapped in Its Cloud,” Financial Times, June 9, 2011.

  A New Campus: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ann Bowers. Steve Jobs, appearance before the Cupertino City Council, June 7, 2011.

  CHAPTER 41: ROUND THREE

  Family Ties: Interviews with Laurene Powell, Erin Jobs, Steve Jobs, Kathryn Smith, Jennifer Egan. Email from Steve Jobs, June 8, 2010, 4:55 p.m.; Tina Redse to Steve Jobs, July 20, 2010, and Feb. 6, 2011.

  President Obama: Interviews with David Axelrod, Steve Jobs, John Doerr, Laurene Powell, Valerie Jarrett, Eric Schmidt, Austan Goolsbee.

  Third Medical Leave, 2011: Interviews with Kathryn Smith, Steve Jobs, Larry Brilliant.

  Visitors: Interviews with Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mike Slade.

  CHAPTER 42: LEGACY

  Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It (Yale, 2008), 2; Cory Doctorow, “Why I Won’t Buy an iPad,” Boing Boing, Apr. 2, 2010.

  INDEX

  Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

  Abby Road (Beatles), 412

  ABC, 219, 436, 438

  Academy Awards, 244, 248

  Adams, Ansel, 105, 277, 330

  Adams, Scott, 523

  Adobe, 241, 247, 381, 518

  Apple and, 514–16

  Adobe Director, 363

  Adobe Flash, 380, 514–15, 517

  Adobe Illustrator, 242

  Adobe Photoshop, 380

  Adobe Premiere, 380

  Advertising Age, 165, 418

  Advocate, The, 280, 282

  A4 (microchip), 492–93, 496

  Agnelli, Susanna, 126

  Aguilera, Christina, 418

  Agus, David, 550

  Airborne Express, 359

  Air Force, U.S., 23

  AirPort (base station), 466

  Akers, John, 219, 231, 569

  Akon (performer), 479

  Aladdin (film), 439

  Alcorn, Al, xiii, 42–43, 45, 52, 54, 67, 72, 74, 195

  Ali, Muhammad, 307

  Alinsangan, Susan, 391

  Allchin, Jim, 403

  Allen, Gary, 376

  Allen, Paul, 59, 61

  Allen, Tim, 432

  Allen, Woody, 429

  All One Farm (commune), 39, 50, 53, 59, 63, 103

  All Things Digital conference, 463

  “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” (Brautigan), 57

  Alps Electronics Co., 146–47

  Altair (personal computer), 59, 173

  Alto (computer), 95

  Amazon, 410, 531, 533

  Kindle of, 503, 534

  SJ on, 503–4

  Amelio, Gil, xiii, 296–97, 327, 332, 335, 336, 341

  Apple-NeXT deal and, 299–303

  Macworld gaffe of, 307–8, 339

  media and, 311–12

  Newton crisis and, 309, 338

  ouster of, 305–15, 324, 326

  ship parable of, 310

  SJ’s first meeting with, 297–98, 304, 316–17

  American Express, 410

  Ames, Roger, 398–99, 401, 402

  Ames Research Center, 8–9

  Anderson, Fred, 313, 316, 317, 332, 349, 459

  backdated stock options controversy and, 450–51

  Angelou, Maya, 330

  “Annie” skunkworks project, 94, 109

  Ansen, David, 290

  “Antennagate,” 519–23

  Antz (film), 427–30

  Anywhere but Here (Simpson), 4, 254–55

  AOL, 502

  AOL Time Warner, 394–95, 398, 407

  Apollo 13 (film), 290

  Appel, Richard, 250, 274, 548

  Apple Computer Co., 54, 90, 132, 207, 239, 295, 306–7, 308, 317–22, 394–95, 409, 512

  Adobe and, 514–16

  Apple Corps lawsuits against, 419–20, 523–24

  applications controlled by, 516–17

  art-technology connection and, 526–27

  badge controversy in, 83

  Blue Box and creation of, 27–30

  business plan of, 76–77

  collaborative culture of, 362–63

  Cook Doctrine and, 488

  Cook’s role in, 360–61

  design mantra of, 127

  design philosophy of, 344–45

  design studio of, 345–47

  desktop concept and, 98–99

  desktop publishing and, 295–96

  incorporation of, 77–78

  Intel chips adopted by, 446–48

  IPO of, 102–4

  logo of, xviii, 68–69, 79–80

 
Macintosh deal and, 324–25

  Microsoft out-competed by, 562–63

  motto of, 69

  name of, 63

  NeXT and, 213–15, 217–18, 221–22, 298–300, 305–6

  original partnership of, 63–66, 73

  origins of, 61–63

  product review process of, 336–39

  products of, 565–66

  retreats of, 142–45, 147, 154–55, 175, 398–99

  Sculley’s reorganization of, 205–7

  showcase headquarters of, 534–35

  SJ as interim CEO of, 332–33, 364–65, 367

  SJ ousted from, xvii–xviii, 202–6, 215–16, 217

  SJ’s aesthetic and, 126–27

  SJ-Scott dispute in, 83–84

  SJ’s resignations from, 215–16, 217, 303–4, 557–59, 563–64

  SJ’s return to, 306–8, 317–21

  stock options controversy and, 365–66, 448–51, 477

  turnover of board of, 318–20

  uniforms idea and, 361–62

  Wozniak’s departure from, 192–93

  Xerox “raided” by, 96–97, 98

  Apple Corps, 419–20, 523–24

  Apple Foundation, 263

  Apple I computer, 56, 63, 66, 163

  early competition to, 69–70

  first sales order for, 66–68

  Wozniak and, 60–61, 67–68, 534

  Apple II computer, 91, 93, 94, 109, 114, 125, 137, 138, 154, 173, 189, 192, 200, 207, 565

  brochures of, 79–80

  capitalization of, 72, 75, 77

  circuit board of, 74–75

  Commodore company and, 72–73

  launch of, 80–81

  Markkula and, 80–81

  packaging of, 73–74

  PC sales and, 160

  peripherals and, 74–75

  power supply of, 84, 146

  sales of, 84, 92, 160

  SJ’s vision of, 71–72

  Snow White ad for, 132–33

  VisiCalc feature of, 84

  warranty of, 84

  Wozniak and, 80–81, 84–85, 92, 534, 562

  Apple III computer, 92–94, 154

  failure of, 92–93, 160

  AppleLabs, 196–98, 203, 204–6

  “Apple Marketing Philosophy, The” (Markkula), 78

  Apple products, see individual product names

  Apple Stores, 368–77, 368, 461, 470, 472, 566

  checkout design of, 372

  on Fifth Avenue, 376–77, 514

  first opening of, 374

  floors of, 375

  Gap and, 370

  genius bar in, 375–76

  minimalist nature of, 370

  product organization in, 372–74

  prototypes of, 371–74

  staircases of, 375

  success of, 374, 376

  Apple University, 461

  Arab Spring, 258

  Architectural Digest, 276

  ARM architecture, 492–93

  Arnold Worldwide, 328

  Aspen Institute, xvii, 126

  Associated Press, 293

  AT&T, 27, 136, 521

  Atari, 42–45, 52, 53, 57, 63, 72, 74, 81, 217

  SJ hired by, 83–84

  Atkinson, Bill, xiii, 93–94, 95, 96–97, 99, 101, 110, 111, 113, 117, 118, 122–23, 128–32, 134, 144, 179, 181, 207, 385, 470, 474, 555

  Lisa Computer and, 99–101

  overlapping windows concept of, 100, 323

  QuickDraw program of, 169–70, 180

  SJ’s worldview described by, 119–20

  Atom (microchip), 492

  Augmentation Research Center, 57

  Auletta, Ken, 256

  Autobiography of a Yogi (Yogananda), 35, 46–47, 527

  Avon, 321, 481

  Axelrod, David, 497, 547

  Bach, Johann Sebastian, 413

  Badu, Erykah, 479

  Baez, Joan, 57, 153, 168, 261, 269, 412, 415

  SJ’s romance with, 250–53

  Ballmer, Steve, 375, 474, 569

  Bank of America, 83

  Barnes, Susan, 204, 212, 216

  Barnicle, Mike, 312

  Barrett, Craig, 448

  Bartz, Carol, 545

  BASIC (computer language), 59, 61, 66, 84, 94, 173, 174–75

  Batman Forever (film), 290

  Bauhaus movement, 126, 265, 372

  Baum, Allen, 26, 60, 67, 77

  Bay, Willow, 438

  Bayer, Herbert, 126, 127

  Beatles, 402, 412–13, 415, 418–19, 570

  in move to iTunes, 523–24

  Beauty and the Beast (film), 439

  Beck, Glenn, 508

  Be company, 297–301

  Be Here Now (Ram Dass), 34, 37, 52

  Belleville, Bob, 99, 145–47, 190, 200, 204

  Bellini, Mario, 126

  Bell Labs, 9

  Bell System Technical Manual, 27–28

  Berg, Paul, 211–12

  Berkeley Barb, 61

  Bertelsmann, 395

  Bertolucci, Bernardo, 126

  Betrayal (Pinter), 204

  Bewkes, Jeff, 506–7

  Bezos, Jeff, 503

  Big Mac (computer), 212, 214

  Billboard, 418, 423

  bitmapping concept, 95, 97, 111

  BlackBerry, 469

  Black Eyed Peas, 392, 413

  Black-Scholes valuation, 449

  Blade Runner (film), 163

  Blood on the Tracks (Dylan), 52, 208, 412

  Bloomberg News, 479, 497

  Blue Box design, 27–30, 73

  SJ-Wozniak partnership and, 29–30

  Blue Van, 498

  Bob Dylan (Dylan), 412

  Bohlin, Peter, 430

  Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 375

  Bohr, Niels, 171

  Boich, Mike, 177

  Boing Boing, 563

  Bono, 58, 180, 402, 406, 411, 424, 459–60

  iPod deal and, 420–23

  “Book of Macintosh, The” (Raskin), 109

  Boston Globe, 312

  “Both Sides Now” (song), 414

  Bourke-White, Margaret, 330

  Bourne Ultimatum, The (film), 527

  Bowers, Ann, 121, 537

  Brand, Stewart, 58–59

  Brandenburg Concertos (Bach), 413

  Braun company, 132, 343

  Brautigan, Richard, 57

  Breaking Away (film), 126

  Breakout (game), 118

  Brennan, Chrisann, xiii, 5, 31–32, 41, 49, 86, 103, 104, 119, 257, 259, 265, 279, 280–81, 486

  pregnancy of, 88–90

  SJ’s relationship with, 86–91

  Brennan-Jobs, Lisa, xiii, 90, 140, 256, 257, 270, 542

  Mona Simpson and, 282

  SJ’s relationship with, 259–61, 265, 266, 278–81, 315, 486, 542, 551–52

  Brilliant, Larry, 47, 106, 453

  Brin, Sergey, 511–12

  Brother Bear (film), 437

  Brown, Bryar, 477, 549

  Brown, John Seeley, 471

  Brown, Tim, 32

  “Brown Eyed Girl” (song), 411

  Buffalo Springfield, 413

 

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