In an August 2024 letter published today by The Steve Jobs Archive, Tim Cook reflected on joining Apple and what he learned from working with Steve Jobs. Jobs convinced Cook to join Apple in 1998 to help turn the company around: I’ll never forget that first conversation with Steve. At the time, Apple was struggling … Read more
February 24, 1955: Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco. He co-founded Apple and became one of the most important figures in the history of consumer technology. He’s also probably a big part of why you’re reading this site right now. Happy Birthday Steve! Let’s take a moment to reflect on your innovation, artistry and … Read more
February 22, 2001: Sporting a wild design that would make a hippie happy, the special edition iMac puts a crazy face on the colorful computer that saved Apple’s bacon at the turn of the century. iMac Flower Power and iMac Blue Dalmatian evoke tie-dyed shirts and other unconventional imagery from the 1960s. A far cry … Read more
February 21, 2007: Apple has settled with Cisco over the iPhone trademark, which Cisco legally owns but Apple wants to use. Under the agreement, the two companies can use the iPhone trademark on products worldwide. The two companies also dismiss pending lawsuits against each other and agree to “explore opportunities for interoperability in security and … Read more
February 18, 2004: Apple CEO Steve Jobs sends an internal message to employees revealing that the company is completely debt-free for the first time in years. “Today is a historic, fateful day for our society,” he writes. It’s a big turnaround from the bad old days of the 1990s, when Apple was carrying more than … Read more
February 15, 1982: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is on the front cover Time magazine for the first time. The long opening story makes Jobs the public face of a successful technology business. The first of many Time cover for Jobs, the article — titled “Striking It Rich: America’s Risk Takers” — casts him as the … Read more
The death of Steve Jobs sparked a wave of support. Photo: Grammy February 12, 2012: Months after his untimely death, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is being honored with a special Grammy Award for his contributions to music through the iPod and iTunes Music Store. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior … Read more
February 9, 1993: NeXT Inc., founded by Steve Jobs after being forced out of Apple, is ending computer production. The company changes its name to NeXT Software and focuses its efforts exclusively on producing code for other platforms. In mass layoffs, 330 of NeXT’s 500 employees will lose their jobs in an event known internally … Read more
February 8, 2010: Apple CEO Steve Jobs allegedly flipped a tweet sent from an iPad by an editor at the address The Wall Street Journal. Reason? Apple showed the iPad to top employees in a news release months before its official release. While Jobs had already unveiled the device to the public a few weeks … Read more
February 4, 2008: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is reportedly considering buying the search engine Yahoo. Apple is one of several companies interested following reports that Microsoft offered $44.6 billion for the Web portal last week. In the end, nothing came of it, but Apple’s interest is later confirmed in Jobs’ authorized biography. Is Apple buying … Read more