Apple’s Steve Jobs transformed the consumer electronics industry – repeatedly achieving what had previously been thought impossible. Macintosh engineer Bud Tribble described Jobs’ near-mystical ...

“Steve has a reality distortion field… In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything.” –Bud Tribble on Steve Jobs Not too long ago, I became fascinated with the ...

Shelton told us what it was like dealing with Jobs' infamous "reality distortion field." In truth, Shelton says, Jobs' was not the master of mind control that many people made him out to be. Joe ...

The iPhone has not only changed the definition of success for Apple ( AAPL), but has altered the perception required to properly sense reality. Similar to the dynamic that exists between rivaling ...

Apple's iPhone 5 launch with new iPods and an iTunes overhaul highlights the new era at the company that revolves around incremental updates, design prowess, and control of an entire user experience.

You know things are bad in the Apple (AAPL) ecosystem when the company tries to explain its side of some controversy. The latest Apple reality distortion field targets the exploding location-tracking ...

So why does Steve Jobs miss the mark? How is the whole so much less than the sum of its parts? The problem lies in Aaron Sorkin's script. Like Jobs, Sorkin has a tendency to bend reality to fit his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. The sheer power of Silicon Valley’s reality distortion field was on full ...

Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs mentions the “reality distortion field” (RDF) about 34 times. It describes the charismatic power of the genius leader who could force his team to breach the ...

At the Red Hydrogen One launch party, we heard about 3D movies from Time Warner and 8K camera add-ons. Such data-intensive features will require strong 5G networks, but what's real? I'm that 5G guy. I ...