biography

Pulling Back Apple’s Magic Curtain: Fortune’s Lashinsky Talks About New Book (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 24 at 10:01 am PT

And you’ll be interested to see what he found.

Introducing Lauren Goode

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in Walt Mossberg on December 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Meet our newest AllThingsD writer, who will cover consumer tech products and issues.

“Superman” by Walter Isaacson (Comic)

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on November 14, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

Android Gets Steved (Comic)

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on October 26, 2011 at 3:38 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

Steve Jobs Was an “Awesomely Emotional Person”

Peter Kafka in Media on October 26, 2011 at 3:48 am PT

Walter Isaacson stops by “The Daily Show” for a spoiler-free interview with Jon Stewart.

New Jobs Bio Cover Is All Apple With Pub Date of November 21

Kara Swisher in Media on August 15, 2011 at 8:34 am PT

Walter Isaacson’s new biography of tech legend Steve Jobs certainly looks like an Apple product — at least the simple and elegant cover does, as you can see here.

Update: Steve Jobs Bio Moving Forward, But No Launch Date As Yet

Kara Swisher in News on March 15, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

A little over a year ago, news of a Steve Jobs’ biography, penned by well-known author Walter Isaacson, made the rounds. Since then, according to numerous sources in Silicon Valley, Isaacson has been busy interviewing well over 100 people in the Apple CEO’s past and present, both inside and outside the company.

Another One Down at AMD: COO Rivet Steps Down

John Paczkowski in News on February 9, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

The executive turnover at Advanced Micro Devices continues. Robert Rivet, who has served as the company’s COO since 2000, has left the company, according to an 8-K filing. His last day was yesterday and his executive biography on AMD’s Web site is already returning 404s.