The $17B gamble made on the basis of a handshake with Steve Jobs
It seems to be a week for interesting peeks at Apple history, a new piece telling the story of Softbank founder Masayoshi Son making a $17B gamble on the basis of a gentleman’s agreement with Steve ...
The ‘Crazy Guy’ Who Bet Billions on the iPhone—3 Years Before It Existed
The following is adapted from Gambling Man, my new biography of Masayoshi Son. As the Japanese founder and CEO of SoftBank, ...
Steve Jobs Dropped The First iPod Prototype In A Fish Tank And It Wasn't To Test If It Was Waterproof
Steve Jobs famously rejected the first iPod prototype by dropping it into an aquarium to reveal air bubbles, proving there was unused space, and challenging Apple engineers to make the device smaller, ...