Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs' biographer, reveals his most memorable interactions with the Apple founder and international legend, in a fascinating chat with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Walter Isaacson says Jobs' design sense was greatly influenced by the "simplicities of Zen Buddhism."
In his final weeks, a severely ill Jobs had met Isaacson, the author of his biography Steve Jobs at his Palo Alto, California home.
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Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs, who is described by his biographer as being "brittle and very mean to people," had high regards for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and admired his Silicon valley counterpart for "not selling out."
'iSteve: The Book Of Jobs will hit bookshops early next year, written by Walter Isaacson, who is rumoured to have been penning the biography since 2009 after interviewing the computer genius, members of his family, colleagues at Apple and competitors.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs's authorised biography seems to be a great hit in China as dozens of people were seen lined outside book stores even before they were opened and entire copies being almost sold off within an hour.
Steve Jobs' youngest daughter Eve makes her modelling debut.
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TIME said a record 45 people on this list are under 40 -- including the youngest designer ever, 14-year-old actor Millie Bobby Brown -- and a common theme in the tributes is how much people can learn from them.
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