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Petulant, impatient, perfectionist: Steve Jobs began Apple in 1976 with Steve Wozniak. He left the company for about 12 years but returned to
rescue it in 1997. Jobs died in 2011 but the company, under Tim Cook, continues to flourish.
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The apple of Steve Jobs’ s eye turns 25 this year

More than a decade after his death, the genius behind the brand remains at Apple

Showman: Steve Jobs launches a new iPhone.

Top 10 Apple products of all time

The M&G picks out the brands best products over the past 25 years

Henry J Ford thought that the everyday American should be able to afford to drive a car, so he built one..  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

What it takes to become a great leader

The purpose of business is to make money – but good leaders are more than bean counters

This wasn’t in the Jobs description

Steve Jobs died two years ago this month. They should have waited a few more years before releasing Jobs.

The iPhone 5s can read your fingerprint

Apple lacks imagination with ‘meh’ iPhone 5S

Once a company renowned for breaking new ground, Apple is turning into a typical American corporation, writes Aditya Chakrabortty.

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Ashton Kutcher channels Steve Jobs to give advice at teen awards

Ashton Kutcher, who stars as Steve Jobs in the "Jobs" biopic, has decided to use his status to impart worldly advice at the Teen Choice Awards.

Apple founder Steve Jobs is the subject of jOBS

Steve Jobs biopic featuring in upcoming Sundance Festival

A Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, "jOBS", will be the closing night film at the 2013 Sundance film festival.

Apple Inc has acknowledged that personal data can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicised techniques by employees.

Apple’s map flop and the battle for mobile control

Renowned perfectionist Steve Jobs would likely not have been pleased with Friday’s launch of the new iPhone 5 in North America and other countries.

Jason Bartlett

Apple victory could harm Google but benefit RIM and Microsoft

Apple’s victory in a landmark US patent case against Samsung could reshape the mobile sector and slow the momentum of Google and its Android system.

Apple’s Cook shares $98-billion cache

Apple’s Tim Cook fulfilled a desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45-billion over three years.

iPad

iPad, therefore I love computers

The tablet has revolutionised the way its enthusiastic users work, live and play.

‘Steve Jobs’ is most used name in media for 2011

‘Steve Jobs’ is most used name in media for 2011

"Arab Spring" and "Royal Wedding" have been deemed the top phrases of 2011, while late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is the year’s top name.

‘Steve Jobs swore to destroy Android’

Steve Jobs was furious at what he saw as outright copying of Apple’s ideas in HTC’s Android phones, claims his biography.

Apple sales rise

Apple sales rise, but fail to soar

Weaker iPhone sales than expected have prompted questions over the decision of Apple to release its latest smartphone model when it did.

Malaysian Buddhists hold Apple ritual for Jobs

Malaysian Buddhists hold Apple ritual for Jobs

A Buddhist temple in Penang has held a religious ritual in which mourners bit an apple to hasten Apple visionary Steve Jobs’s reincarnation.

Silicon Valley elite honour Apple founder Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs’s cause of death released as Apple mourns

The official cause of death for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been made public, even as pre-orders for the new iPhone 4S broke new records.

Steve Jobs: ‘Death is very likely the single best invention of life’

Steve Jobs: ‘Death is very likely the single best invention of life’

As Apple chairperson, inventor and entrepreneur, Steve Jobs made an unprecedented impact on the world’s consumer electronics markets.

Malaysian Buddhists hold Apple ritual for Jobs

‘Death is very likely the single best invention of life’

As Apple chairperson, inventor and entrepreneur, Steve Jobs made an unprecedented impact on the world’s consumer electronics markets.

Silicon Valley elite honour Apple founder Steve Jobs

Apple founder Steve Jobs dies from cancer, aged 56

US President Obama, Bill Gates and thousands of people across the world have paid tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs, who has died aged just 56.

New Apple iPhone fails to wow fans and investors

New Apple iPhone fails to wow fans and investors

Apple’s newest iPhone left fans wishing for more than a faster version of last year’s device, drawing a rare outburst of criticism and disappointment.