Selected Articles about Steve Jobs

See below for a list of articles about Steve Jobs, his work at Apple, and his legacy. All the articles have hyperlinks, though some may be behind a paywall (e.g., the Wired magazine articles). Except for the burglary articles at the end, the articles are listed in alphabetical order based on the primary author’s last name.

Roberto Baldwin, The Surprising Patents of Steve Jobs, Wired magazine, October 5, 2012.

Nick Bilton, Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent, New York Times, September 10, 2014.

Matt Blum, 10 Years Ago Today: Apple Introduces the iPod, Changes Everything, Wired magazine, October 23, 2011.

Christina Bonnington, Apple’s Software Boss Reveals the Origin Story of iOS, Wired magazine, August 3, 2012.

Brian X. Chen,Apple Opens iTunes Store, Wired magazine, April 28, 2010

Eliana Dockterman, The TIME Magazine Story That Plays a Key Role in “Steve Jobs”, TIME magazine, October 22, 2015.

Eamonn Forde, 20 Years of the iPod: How It Shuffled Music and Tech into a New Era, The Guardian, October 23, 2021.

Bryan Gardiner, Glass Works: How Corning Created the Ultrathin, Ultrastrong Material of the Future, Wired magazine, September 24, 2012.

Malcolm Gladwell, The Tweaker: The Real Genius of Steve Jobs, The New Yorker, November 6, 2011.

Leander Kahney, Inside Look at Birth of the iPod, Wired magazine, July 21, 2004.

Leander Kahney, Straight Dope on the iPod’s Birth, Wired magazine, October 17, 2006.

Andy Langer, Is Steve Jobs the God of Music? Esquire magazine, originally published July 2003 (revised September 10, 2014).

Stephen Levy, Not the Same Old Song, Newsweek, May 11, 2003.

Tony Long, April 28, 2003: Apple’s iTunes Music Store Opens for Business, Wired magazine, April 28, 2007.

Tony Long, Oct. 23, 2001: Now Hear This ... The iPod Arrives, Wired magazine, October 23, 2008.

Charlie McCollum, Tech Icon Left Mark on Pop Culture, San Jose Mercury News, October 2011.

Harry McCracken, Apple II Forever: A 35th-Anniversary Tribute to Apple’s First Iconic Product,TIME Magazine, April 16, 2012.

Jason D. O’Grady, Motorola ROKR Shunned by Consumers, ZDNet website, October 25, 2005. See: zdnet.com/article/motorola-rokr-shunned-by-consumers/

David Pierce, The Wired Guide to the iPhone, Wired magazine, December 7, 2018.

Evan Ramstad, Jobs and Intel’s Noyce Forged Early Bond, Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2011.

Frank Rose, Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone, Wired magazine, November 1, 2005.

David Clark Scott, Robert Noyce: Why Steve Jobs Idolized Noyce, Christian Science Monitor, December 2011.

Rob Siltanen, The Real Story Behind Apple’s “Think Different” Campaign, Forbes magazine, December 2011.

Fred Vogelstein, The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry, Wired magazine, November 1, 2005.

Fred Vogelstein, Inside Apple’s 6-Month Race to Make the First iPhone a Reality, Wired magazine, June 28, 2017.

(The following is a compilation of news articles about the burglary at Steve Jobs’s home a few months after his death)

Jason Green, Steve Jobs Home Burglary Suspect Accused of Stealing Wallet, Driver’s License, Special Computers with House Key, San Jose Mercury News, August 14, 2012.

Marcus Wohlson, Burglar Swipes Computers From Steve Jobs’ House, Wired magazine, August 14, 2012.

Gennady Sheyner, Tiffany Necklace, iPads Reported Stolen from Steve Jobs’ Home, Palo Alto Online, August 14, 2012.

Malathi Nayak, Burglar of Steve Jobs’ House Admits to Eight Break-Ins, Reuters via Firstpost, November 22, 2012.