The $17B gamble made on the basis of a handshake with Steve Jobs
It seems to be a week for interesting peeks at Apple history, a new piece telling the story of Softbank founder Masayoshi Son making a $17B gamble on the basis of a gentleman’s agreement with Steve ...
The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed
The following is adapted from Gambling Man, my new biography of Masayoshi Son. As the Japanese founder and CEO of SoftBank, ...
Steve Jobs' letter at 19 reveals his spiritual inclination and his want to visit Kumbh Mela in India
Steve Jobs' handwritten letter from 1974, evoking his spiritual journey to India and deep affinity for Zen Buddhism, has been ...
12 Times White Actors Portrayed A Person Of Color Or Put On Blackface, Brownface, Or Yellowface For A Role
Scarlett Johansson played Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell. The casting received a lot of criticism ...
Steve Jobs Dropped The First iPod Prototype In A Fish Tank And It Wasn't To Test If It Was Waterproof
Steve Jobs famously rejected the first iPod prototype by dropping it into an aquarium to reveal air bubbles, proving there was unused space, and challenging Apple engineers to make the device smaller, ...
Steve Jobs Used the 2-Hour Rule to Come Up With Some of His Greatest Ideas. So Can You
Steve Jobs knew that constant busyness is the enemy of great ideas. Put his insight to use with the two-hour rule.