Like many other parents, Janell Burley Hofmann of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, gave her son an iPhone last Christmas. But her gift to 13-year-old Gregory came with strings attached—a long list of rules that he must follow.
When I was in high school, there was a brief period of obsession over a small handheld gadget that served as a directory and a calendar. Best of all, it had a matchmaking application so you could see what the future held for you and your crush!
He was a true blue hippie. As a young man, Jobs would walk to work barefoot. He lived in a commune of free spirits, went to India to find a guru and railed against authority.
I was at MacWorld in 2007 when Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone.
I had just woken up and learned that you had passed on. I couldn’t believe it. And I’m surprised to find myself crying. Not just tearing up, but seriously crying.
Apple updates are so thankfully predictable that when June passed by without the announcement of an iPhone refresh, the Internet world was abuzz with rumors over the delay. Was it because it was going to be so different that it took some time to develop it? Did it have something to do with Japan’s recent earthquake that caused a delay in manufacturing components needed for the new phone?
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