Walter Isaacson, author of the Steve Jobs biography, appeared at the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam where he gave a presentation sharing anecdotes about his time with the Apple cofounder and discussing the process of writing the book. Check out the video after the break. » Walter Isaacson Gives A Presentation About Steve Jobs

Google CEO Larry Page, claimed that Steve Jobs anger at Android was all “for show”. But biographer Walter Isaacson was present behind-the-scenes with Jobs, and last night he disputed Page’s assertion that Steve Jobs anger was “for show”:

Isaacson continued: “It’s almost copied verbatim by Android. And then they licence it around promiscuously. And then Android starts surpassing Apple in market share, and this totally infuriated him. It wasn’t a matter of money. He said: ‘You can’t pay me off, I’m here to destroy you’.”

As for what will happen now that Jobs isn’t around to go ‘thermonuclear’ on Google, Isaacson thinks that Apple CEO Tim Cook will handle things differently. “Tim Cook will settle that lawsuit”, Isaacson added.

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Walter Isaacsons biography of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs leapt to the top of bestseller lists in its first week in book stores, flying off shelves to the tune of 379,000 copies. But there is just one problem, the book is 630 pages thick and takes a very long time to finish. For people who do not like to read that much there is a solution. Malcom Gladwell has captured the essence of the book and created a 3,000-word review in the current New Yorker called The Tweaker. » Steve Jobs Biography In 3000 Words

Apple is sending emails to customers requesting that they re-download the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson from the iBookstore because the first version was plagued with some formatting issues, according to a report by Macworld UK. Some customers did complain that the “Pictures do not load correctly and the formatting is off”, and Apple confirmed to macworld that the first version was plagued with some formatting issues. » Apple Asked iBooks Customers To Re-Download Steve Jobs Biography Due To Formatting Issues

60 Minutes has posted its two-part interview with Walter Isaacson, the authorized biographer of Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, which aired at 7 p.m. local time Sunday evening. The first part you can check out above and the second part you can see after the break. » Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs Biographer On “60 Minutes”

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. » Steve Jobs Official Biography By Walter Isaacson: Now Available In The iBookstore

Rumors of an Apple television are going around for years, but it never entered the market. “Steve Jobs himself noted that the current environment of “balkanized” cable operators controlling everything through their own set-top boxes makes it difficult to envision a go-to-market strategy for Apple.” Walter Isaacsons forthcoming biography of Jobs suggests that Apple may have developed a solution to those ideas. » Steve Jobs On An Apple Television Set: “I Finally Cracked It”