Archive for October, 2011

Much has been written about Steve Jobs in the days since his death, and nearly all of the praise heaped upon him has been true. Jobs was indeed a visionary, and he helped transform the ways in which the world consumes media. What hasn’t been written about as much is Jobs’ human side—his driven personality [...]

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The death of the e-reader—a small, handheld device dedicated to reading electronic books—has been predicted ever since it was introduced by Amazon.com five years ago. “Who will want to read books on a tiny computer that costs hundreds of dollars, when they can read them for free from the library?” the doubters asked. Then it [...]

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