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Woz hired as technical advisor on Jobs biopic

  By Kelly Hodgkins | May 18, 2012 - 3:30 pm | Uncategorized
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Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter for the Facebook-inspired The Social Network, is working on an adaptation of the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. To help him in this quest, Sorkin has hired Steve Wozniak as a technical advisor, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. Woz will help Sorkin accurately represent Jobs personality and show the technology that drove Steve Jobs's life.

Sorkin said he wants to focus on a controversial or difficult time in Jobs's life and won't do a full-life story. He's been busy working on another project and hasn't decided what part of Jobs's life he will cover. Work on the screenplay will begin in earnest over the summer.

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Steve Jobs subject of new children’s book

  By Mike Schramm | May 16, 2012 - 9:20 pm | Uncategorized
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The Loop spotted a new book over at Amazon called "Who Was Steve Jobs?" that appears to be a children's book, of all things. It's part of a series of books designed to tell kids about famous historical figures and why they're so admired or well-known.

Looking inside the book shows that it talks about Steve's life and times, all the way from the garage in California, up through the NeXT days, and to "Think Different" and "Insanely Great." There's also a detailed timeline included, and even a bibliography of sources. This might be just the thing for any little ones who could use a primer on Jobs and his life.

Steve Jobs subject of new children's book originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aaron Sorkin to pen Jobs’ biopic, Variety reports

  By Megan Lavey-Heaton | May 16, 2012 - 4:00 am | Uncategorized
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Aaron Sorkin, fresh from winning an Oscar for writing "The Social Network," will move from covering Facebook to Apple. Sony has hired Sorkin to turn Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" biography into a feature film, Variety reports. Sony acquired the movie rights to Isaacson's biography a couple weeks before it was released in October.

Another Jobs biopic is scheduled to begin filming this month. This film, with the working title "Jobs," stars Ashton Kutcher and covers the years 1971-2000. "Jobs" is slated to be released in the fourth quarter of this year.

[Via Mashable]

Aaron Sorkin to pen Jobs' biopic, Variety reports originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple’s "1944" filmmaker describes the production

  By Kelly Hodgkins | May 8, 2012 - 4:45 pm | Uncategorized
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Last week, footage of an internal Apple sales video, titled 1944, landed on YouTube. The most notable part of the production was a cameo by Steve Jobs, who was impersonating FDR in the mock war film. One of the creative talents behind the video, Michael Markman, tells the back story about how the film came to be.

It's an interesting tale about a moment of brilliance that started off as a routine meeting with Apple's Marketing Director, Mike Murray, and quickly turned into a face-to-face with Steve Jobs. You can read all the details on Markman's blog and watch the video on YouTube.

Apple's "1944" filmmaker describes the production originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 08 May 2012 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Daily Update for May 4, 2012

  By Steven Sande | May 4, 2012 - 10:45 pm | iPad, iPhone
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It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world.

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Daily Update for May 4, 2012 originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 04 May 2012 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steve Jobs interview returning to theatres

  By Steven Sande | May 4, 2012 - 7:00 pm | Uncategorized
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Last November, a 70 minute documentary based on "lost" interview footage with Steve Jobs was shown in a number of Landmark theaters in the U.S. Now "Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview" is returning to Landmark theaters for a limited run in 19 cities beginning on May 11.

The footage was originally recorded in 1995 when journalist Robert Cringely was working on his "Triumph of the Nerds" series for PBS. The master tapes were lost, but a VHS copy was found in London last October. After digitization and restoration, the interview footage was released to capitalize on the publicity surrounding both the death of Jobs and the release of the Walter Isaacson biography.

MacNN reports that the resolution of the film has now been enhanced using digital cleanup techniques, and that Robert Cringely provides "context and linking narrative." The Landmark Theatres website doesn't show the listings for the film at this time, so check your local theater listings next week for show times and locations.

[via AppleInsider]

Steve Jobs interview returning to theatres originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How the iMac was almost called "MacMan"

  By Mike Schramm | May 4, 2012 - 12:00 am | iPad
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There's a great story about Steve Jobs and naming the computer that would eventually come to be called the iMac in a new book about Apple, available now. Ars Technica talked to Ken Segall, who was one of the stars of TBWA\Chiat\Day, the ad firm that has handled most of Apple's big products.

Ken worked for a long time with Steve Jobs and his company, trying to name this new groovy computer. Segall hit on the name "iMac" early on, but Jobs didn't like it, and didn't like any of the other names offered as well. He had one name that he liked, he told Segall: "If you can't beat MacMan, that's what it's gonna be."

Eventually, Jobs relented, but Segall says that he never officially agreed, of course. Because he's Steve Jobs. One day, iMac was just the name, "and that was the end of the story."

Looking back, MacMan is not quite right, but even Segall says he didn't know that the "i-" prefix would come to be so "iConic." In the end, he says, Jobs was "a smart guy who was willing to act on his common sense." It's a good thing that common sense held out in this case, otherwise you might be reading this on your PadMan.

How the iMac was almost called "MacMan" originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 03 May 2012 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steve Jobs plays FDR in this old Mac sales video

  By Victor Agreda, Jr. | May 3, 2012 - 5:00 pm | Uncategorized
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It's not often you see Steve Jobs impersonating a former president, but leave it to the creatives who made Apple sales videos to make it happen. Yes, in this never-before-seen footage (well, never seen outside the sales meetings at Apple back in the 1980s), Steve Jobs plays a certain commander-in-chief, and gives his generals (sales guys) a rousing speech. It's a great watch for Jobs, but check out the full video as well, over at Network World. Sales videos are a source of endless entertainment, from Apple or elsewhere, but it's kinda cool to see Jobs have fun with a role like this.

Steve Jobs plays FDR in this old Mac sales video originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Traveling exhibit to display Steve Jobs patents

  By Dave Caolo | May 3, 2012 - 2:30 pm | Uncategorized
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ImageSteve Jobs fans in the Washington, DC area will want to check out an exhibit of his patents. Jobs had more than three hundred patents to his name, and 312 of them will be on display at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, which is part of the Smithsonian Institute.

The exhibit contains physical examples of the patented items, like an Apple II, a Lisa, a NeXT computer and an iPod, as well as a facsimile of the accompanying patent.

The exhibit was created by the nonprofit Invent Now, Inc, which works to highlight creativity and invention. It will run from May 11 to July 8. Tickets will be made available through the Smithsonain Associates website.

Traveling exhibit to display Steve Jobs patents originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 03 May 2012 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Memory of Steve Jobs helped inspire Facebook’s organ donation initiative

  By Megan Lavey-Heaton | May 2, 2012 - 9:00 am | Uncategorized
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told ABC's Good Morning America that it was a combination of ideas from his girlfriend and his friendship with Steve Jobs that prompted him to use Facebook as a platform for addressing organ shortage for patients in need of transplants.

Zuckerberg said seeing how Jobs's liver transplant extended his life for years was part of what helped him decide to go ahead with Facebook's new organ donor promotion.

As of April 30, Facebook users in the US and UK can indicate they are organ donors on their timelines. If people have not registered to be organ donors, they are directed to where they can do so.

Memory of Steve Jobs helped inspire Facebook's organ donation initiative originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 02 May 2012 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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