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Steve Jobs — 1955-2011 — Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor.
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Christopher John Farley / Speakeasy:
Steve Jobs Knew The End Was Near Weeks Ago, Says Coming Biography — Steve Jobs knew that he was dying weeks before the end, according to a coming biography. — Walter Isaacson's book “Steve Jobs” is due out Nov. 21 from Simon & Schuster. Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56.
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Brian Lam / The Wirecutter:
Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An A**hole) — I met Steve Jobs while I worked at Gizmodo. He was always a gentleman. Steve liked me and he liked Gizmodo. And I liked them back. Some of my friends who I used to work with at Gizmodo refer to those days as the Good Old Days.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
The day Steve Jobs called Walter Isaacson — In a special Time Magazine cover story, a preview of his forthcoming biography — For the seventh and perhaps the last time, Steve Jobs appears this week on the cover of Time Magazine, a special issue that includes a photo essay by Diana Walker …
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Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD:
The Steve Jobs I Knew — That Steve Jobs was a genius, a giant influence on multiple industries and billions of lives, has been written many times since he retired as Apple's CEO in August. He was a historical figure on the scale of a Thomas Edison or Henry Ford, and set the mold …
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Fred / A VC:
What We've Lost And What We've Gained — I shed my tears when Steve Jobs stepped down less than six weeks ago. That's when I knew it was over. The news came to me last night during a board dinner. My 18 year old daughter kik'd me. I asked her if she was sure. She said “it's all over twitter”.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot — After the WWDC keynote four months ago, I saw Steve, up close. — He looked old. Not old in a way that could be measured in years or even decades, but impossibly old. Not tired, but weary; not ill or unwell, but rather, somehow, ancient. But not his eyes.
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Steven Levy / Wired.com:
Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011 — Steven Paul Jobs, 56, died earlier today at his home with his family. The co-founder and, until last August, the CEO of Apple, Inc., was the most celebrated person in technology and business on the planet. No one will take issue with the official Apple statement that …
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Andy Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
Steve Jobs' Biography Sales Jump 22,000 Percent Upon Death
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
My apology to Tim Cook and remembering Steve Jobs
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Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
Steve Jobs narrates the first Think Different commercial “Here's to the Crazy Ones”
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
Steve Jobs biography brought forward to October 24 release
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AP / YouTube:
Wozniak Tearfully Remembers His Friend Steve — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak spoke with The Associated Press Thursday morning about his friend and former business partner Steve Jobs. (Oct. 6)
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Stephen Wolfram Blog:
Steve Jobs: A Few Memories — I'm so sad this evening—as millions are—to hear of Steve Jobs's death. Scattered over the last quarter century, I learned much from Steve Jobs, and was proud to consider him a friend. And indeed, he contributed in various ways to all three of my major life projects so far …
Shantanu Narayen / Adobe Blogs:
With Our Deepest Sympathy — Steve was a unique visionary and his influence as a technology innovator will be sorely missed. This is a sad day for the entire industry, and we offer our deepest sympathy to his family. — Below are thoughts from John Warnock and Chuck Geschke, Adobe co-founders and co-chairmen of the board:
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Jonathan Schwartz / What I Couldn't Say:
Realigning the Stars — I got to know Steve Jobs during a period when success eluded him.
Kori Schulman / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama on the Passing of Steve Jobs: “He changed the way each of us sees the world.”
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BBC:
Steve Jobs dies: Steve Wozniak's tribute
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Larry Page / Google+:
I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve.
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Bill Gates / The Gates Notes:
I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death.
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News:
Bob Metcalfe recalls Steve Jobs' cold call
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend.
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Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Samsung Galaxy Nexus full specs revealed; Verizon Wireless exclusive — Well, now that Apple has announced the iPhone 4S, there's only one other flagship on the horizon that people are eagerly anticipating and that's the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Codenamed “Nexus Prime,” the Galaxy Nexus …
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Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
HTC announces the Sensation XL with Beats Audio, we go hands-on — We suspected there'd be a special guest at HTC's party in London tonight and here it is: the brand new Sensation XL. You might recognize the mug shot from the many leaks we've reported under the Runnymede codename …
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Zach Epstein / BGR:
HTC profit up 68% in Q3, revenue climbs 80%
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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Intellectual Ventures Joins the Mobile Patent War, Suing Motorola Mobility — Intellectual Ventures filed suit Thursday against Motorola Mobility, saying that the company is infringing on its patents and refuses to take a license to its technology. — The patent amassing firm …
Rdio Blog:
Introducing: Free Access to Rdio — Some of the best things in life are free, and starting today, Rdio is one of them. New Rdio users in the US can take advantage of many of our popular features for free, including streaming full songs without hearing a single ad — a meter at the top …
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Ben Popper / Betabeat:
Jack Dorsey Offers Mayor Bloomberg a Job at Twitter's First New York Office — Jack Dorsey took the stage with Mayor Bloomberg this morning and officially opened Twitter's first New York office, just in time for Ad Week. “I want to thank the Mayor for his vision on creating 21st century jobs.
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