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Steve Jobs honored during the 54th annual Grammy Awards

Steve Jobs Wins Grammy Award

During the 54th annual Grammy Awards last night, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs with a Grammy Award. Every year, awards are presented to the individuals who have made some kind of contribution to the field of recording. Jobs was honored with a trustee award during the ceremony of Grammy Special Merit Awards for his role in creating iTunes along with the iPod and its impact on the music industry.

Bill Gates discuses his last meeting with Steve Jobs

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Bill Gates the founder and former CEO of Microsoft, sat down for an interview with “Nightline” ABC News in which he discussed several topics about his private life and the moments he shared with Steve Jobs. Gates talked in detail about his last meeting he had with Steve Jobs at his house a few days prior to his death, and how his passing affected him.

Steve Jobs doll won’t be sold after all

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The incredibly realistic Steve Jobs doll won’t get made after all because In Icons has decided to halt production after “immense pressure from the lawyers of Apple and Steve Jobs family.” The Steve Jobs doll was going to sell for $99.99 with a number of accessories, including different hand styles, a bar stool, removable glasses, two apples, and a backdrop with “One more thing…” printed on it.

Apple has an Education Announcement on January 19th

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On Thursday, January 19th at 10 a.m. EST, Apple will hold an event at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City to make an education announcement. According to 9 to 5 Mac, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue will likely announce new iBook or textbook products or services. This makes sense since Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson he wanted to disrupt the school textbook industry.

BBC 2 documentary “Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy” now viewable online

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Earlier this week, the BBC aired a documentary about the life of Steve Jobs, titled “Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy.” The documentary was hosted by Evan Davis, and is now available online. The show featured special appearances from many insiders who knew jobs personally and professionally, with exclusive interviews from Steve Wozniak, John Sculley and Avie Tevanian. Walter Isaacson was scheduled to make a special appearance, but decided to exclude himself.

Walter Isaacson plans to update Steve Jobs Biography.

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Walter Isaacson, speaking at an event hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California on Dec 14th, revealed plans for an update of his biography of Steve Jobs. Isaacson shared with the crowd that he plans to revise his book to incorporate the numerous anecdotes about the two years he spent talking to the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. According to the report, “One possibility is doing an extensively annotated version with additional information to the story. Another is writing an addendum that addresses the period surrounding Jobs’ death in early October.”

Steve Jobs documentary “One Last Thing” available in iTunes, free on PBS

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The PBS documentary which aired on November 2nd (a few weeks after the death of Steve Jobs) is now available in the iTunes Store. The 60 minute program featured a never-seen before interview with Steve Jobs from the NeXT years (1994), as well as multiple interviews with several personalities such as Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne, Walt Mossberg and Dean Hovey. Those who missed the PBS premiere now have another chance to rent or buy the documentary directly from the iTunes store for $3.99 and $9.99 respectively.

Steve Jobs biography is Amazon’s best-selling book of 2011

The book “Steve Jobs,” written by Walter Isaacson, has in just a couple short months positioned itself at top of Amazon’s list of best sellers for 2011. It also ranked No. 3 on the Kindle charts. Amazon spokeswoman Brittany Turner issued a statement weeks ago predicting, “The way things are trending, it could very likely be our top-selling book of the year.” On its first day of sales, data from BookScan US revealed that “Steve Jobs” sold a total of 379,000 copies in its first weeks in the U.S.

Aaron Sorkin still considering Steve Jobs movie

Word spread throughout Hollywood that Sony Studios was buying the rights from Walter Isaacson to make a film based on his biography based on Steve Jobs life. Allegedly, the movie was going to be produced by Mark Gordon, and Aaron Sorkin was the strongest contender to write the script. Though Sony has neither denied or confirmed the story, E! Online managed to get an official confirmation from Sorkin himself that, indeed, Sony approached him to write the film, which he’s considering.

Isaacson: Steve Jobs wanted to reinvent TV and photography

Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson recently sat down for a personal interview with Nick Bilton of the New York Times. The interview gives us a deeper insight into Isaacson’s biographical process and into the very goals Jobs had in mind for every product he envisioned. Isaacson reveals that Jobs had several ideas in mind on how to revolutionize television, photography and textbooks. Steve Jobs had on several occasions talked to him about Apple’s upcoming products, although Isaacson doesn’t reveal much about the details discovered.