Reporting for Gizmodo, Cord Jefferson has a great account of what it is like to be an extra in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, “jOBS“, featuring Ashton Kutcher. While Jefferson was able to meet Kutcher, he described the experience as being long and boring. One part of the gig included listening to Kutcher give Jobs’ speech against IBM in Honolulu. Jefferson said he heard the speech 26 times:
As for the biopic’s success, the writer was not able to give a firm answer. He said Kutcher sounds serious about the gig (Kutcher looks close to Jobs, just saying). He talked about Sorkin’s upcoming film, too:
Another great piece we found today was Boing Boing’s interview with Apple’s 12th employee, Daniel Kottke. Kottke was one of the engineers behind the first Apple I computers, working alongside Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the famous garage in 1976, and he went on to help build the Apple II. During the interview, Kottke answered questions on Jobs’ contributions to Apple and more:
Lastly, Ellis Hamburger of The Verge compared iPad keyboards in a thorough video/text review.
In a sense Apple is a spinoff of Intel because Mike Markkula was the business planner and funder for Apple, and he was an Intel engineer. That’s where he made his money from.
He picked Apple’s Bluetooth wireless keyboard with some interesting upsides. However, we disagree and choose Logitech’s keyboard/cover instead with long lasting Micro-USB rechargeable integrated battery. It also performs as a SmartCover.
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We will let you decide:
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You can read the pieces in full from the source links below.
[Gizmodo, Boing Boing, The Verge]
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