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Apple, the iPhone, and the Innovator's Dilemma

Feb 1, 2019
If you re-read the first few chapters of The Innovator’s Dilemma and you insert "Apple" every time Clayton Christensen mentions "a company," a certain picture emerges.
The Apple logo is seen onstage prior to an event at the Steve Jobs Theater on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California.
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Looking back at the birth of the iPhone, 10 years later

Jun 15, 2017
Brian Merchant has the backstory on the iPhone's creation in his new book, "The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone"
Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone at the Macworld Conference in January 2007 in San Francisco.
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When the CEO is sick, how much disclosure is enough?

Oct 20, 2015
There are no hard-and-fast rules, so companies have to decide for themselves.

Steve Jobs, the movie: an all too human story

Oct 10, 2015
Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle bring a fictionalized – and flawed – Jobs to the screen

Why we cried when Steve Jobs died

Sep 3, 2015
Alex Gibney tries to find the reason for the tears in his documentary.
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Edwin Land: "The original Steve Jobs"

Feb 23, 2015
The name Edwin Land may mean nothing to you, but to Steve Jobs he's a hero.

Are Apple's halcyon growth days over?

Apr 22, 2014
Apple is expected to report mostly flat revenues from a year ago.

For public good, not for profit.

Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs movie opens tonight

Aug 16, 2013
Ashton Kutcher plays Apple CEO Steve Jobs in the first Hollywood film about the visionary Silicon Valley legend. It's a an opportunity to move Kutcher's career from TV to the big screen. But it could also impact his side vocation as a tech company investor if he doesn't get it right.

Apple goes to court over alleged e-book price fixing

Jun 3, 2013
The Justice Department has accused Apple of colluding with publishers to fix the price of e-books.

Vintage Apple computer sells for $668,000

May 27, 2013
The computer sold for only $666 back in the '70s.