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Jordan Golson / MacRumors:
The Full Walter Isaacson/Steve Jobs Interview From 60 Minutes — CBS has posted the full 60 Minutes interview with Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson, including a number of extras that weren't included in the broadcast piece. The double-length interview promotes Jobs' authorized biography …
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Steve Jobs: Revelations from a tech giant — His products - the Mac, iPhone, iPad and others - forever changed the way we think about technology. But how should we think about the man behind them, Apple's hard-driving co-founder Steve Jobs? In the years before his death …
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What We Learned About Steve Jobs on ‘60 Minutes’ … Walter Isaacson, the author of the new authorized biography “Steve Jobs,” talked to Steve Kroft of “60 Minutes” about his book. — In the interview, Isaacson discussed how Jobs dealt with the pancreatic cancer that took his life …
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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple Posts Steve Jobs Memorial Celebration Video — Last Wednesday Apple held a company-wide memorial for its late co-founder Steve Jobs at which CEO Tim Cook, former Vice President and Apple board member Al Gore, and Jonny Ive, Apple's head of design, all spoke.
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Felix Salmon:
The Groupon roadshow — Here's something I haven't seen before: an IPO roadshow appearing online for the world to see. (Click the link on the left; the link on the right basically just takes you to a copy of Groupon's S-1.) In fact, I've never seen an IPO roadshow pitch before. They're boring!
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David Sinsky / Yipit Blog:
Groupon Now!, Groupon's Bet on the Future, Off To a Disappointing Start — With Groupon's IPO roadshow kicking off on Monday, Groupon executives will be spending the next two weeks busily pitching investors on the future prospects of their company. — Groupon recognizes that with the growth …
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Michelle Conlin / Associated Press:
Groupon's fall to earth swifter than its fast rise
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The 11 Techstars Startups 6 Months After Demo Day — Earlier this week, the season finale of Bloomberg's Techstars show aired. — Eight of the eleven startups from the incoming class reunited to talk about what has happened in the six months since Demo Day. — Some raised financing.
Janet I. Tu / Seattle Times:
Patents emerge as significant mobile strategy for Microsoft, other tech companies — (This story is running in the print edition of The Seattle Times Oct. 23, 2011. - Janet I. Tu) — It seems not a week goes by these days without news of another patent battle or announcement …
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Brad Sams / Neowin.net:
Half of all Android devices have entered into patent agreements with Microsoft
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Apple hires Yahoo's data center chief — Updated: Scott Noteboom, the man who led Yahoo's data center operations since 2005, has now joined Apple as the iconic consumer electronics maker expands into the cloud. According to LinkedIn, Noteboom is now a “distinguished gentleman” …
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Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Kindle users getting theirs hands on Steve Jobs biography NOW (update: now available in iTunes too) — Amazon has begun early delivery of Walter Isaacson's much anticipated Steve Job' biography to Kindle users. — As the screenshot below from @davidj, editor of Tmonews, shows …
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Wall Street Journal:
Millionaire Watch: In Silicon Valley a Countdown Is Under Way — Luxury Merchants Hope to Clean Up The Day LinkedIn Stock Unlocks — PALO ALTO, Calif.—Eric Trailer is counting down to Nov. 21 like a merchant waiting for Black Friday. — “We have anticipated this for quite some time …
Benj Edwards / Macworld:
The birth of the iPod — The events that led to Apple's great unveiling on October 23, 2001 — The destiny of Apple changed drastically 10 years ago with the release of a deceptively simple digital music player. — On October 23, 2001, Apple lifted the curtain on the very first iPod …
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News:
iPod at 10: A game changer getting long in the tooth
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Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
Apple's Lower Prices Are All Part of the Plan — Something unexpected has happened at Apple, once known as the tech industry's high-price leader. Over the last several years it began beating rivals on price. — People who wanted the latest Apple smartphone, the iPhone 4S …
