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Time magazine compiled a list of 50 of the biggest, most consequential inventions of the past year. Siri made the list. So did a malaria vaccine, But others, you’ll have to read to believe.

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Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs dies at 56

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigns

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New Book Explores the Legacy of Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson’s highly anticipated new biography on Steve Jobs hit book shelves this week and reveals layers of a man most of us never knew. The book has kept Jobs in the global conversation and Howard Rheingold, visiting lecturer in Stanford University’s Department of Communications and author of the book, “Smart Mobs: The Next Social […]

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Flash forward: The future of innovation in a post-Steve Jobs era

Arts, Culture & Media

Steven Johnson, the author of “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” and advertising consultant Cindy Gallop talk about what it takes to nurture innovation, and the essential role of branding in innovation.

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Steve Jobs: iconoclast, innovator, design maverick

Business, Economics and Jobs

We talk to graphic designer John Maeda and former Apple store employee Adaliz Guzman about how the iconoclastic innovator impacted their lives and the world around them.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies Aged 56

Former chief executive and co-founder of US technology giant Apple Steve Jobs has died, the company says. He was 56.

Top of the Hour: Steve Jobs Leaves Apple, Morning Headlines

Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook a 13-year veteran of Apple is taking over for co-founder Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO.  Cook has been running Apple’s day-to-day operations since January when Jobs went on medical leave.  Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004. He announced his resignation in a letter yesterday.  Apple’s shares fell […]

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