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Do You Remember Your Commencement Speaker?

Debbie Ray — Sat, 12 May 2012 18:42:46 +0000

I guess if the President of the United States or a movie star is speaking at your college commencement you remember who they were and what they said- and if not, these days, you can always watch it on YouTube. Steve Jobs at Stanford in 2005, Ellen Degeneres at Tulane in 2009 were a couple of the famous speeches made in recent years. Some of the big ones for 2012 according to Hercampus.com are names you'll know and the graduates are sure to remember:

Barbara Walters Chooses Steve Jobs as Her 'Most Fascinating Person' of 2011 [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:11:41 +0000

Barbara Walters has named her Most Fascinating Person of 2011: Steve Jobs.

While her policy has always been to choose only living people for the annual roundup, Walters said that when Jobs retired as CEO of Apple last summer, she knew he’d be her pick to top the list. And even after his death on October 5, Walters stuck to her choice because, much like Jobs believed, “rules were made to be broken.”

iPod Turns 10 — Happy Birthday to the Greatest Invention of All Time

Dylan Schenker — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:45:51 +0000

The iPod, Apple’s MP3 player that revolutionized the way we listen to music, recently celebrated its tenth birthday. How do ya like them apples, Microsoft Zune! Can anyone remember MP3 players before the iPod? They were dinky and only held, at most, a handful of songs. The iPod forever changed how we listen to music by [...]

Watch Apple's First 'Think Different' Television Commercial, Circa 1997

JayCee — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:52:01 +0000

When Apple came out with their “Think Different” campaign in 1997, their first television ad featured many historical figures. Now, 14 years later, the only ‘figure’ missing from the ad is Steve Jobs himself. Wikipedia.com has a fairly detailed timeline of Steve Jobs, outlining his early years, his career, and his resignation as CEO from [...]

Steve Jobs Through the Years [PICTURES]

Stephanie Berning — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:31:20 +0000

The man who changed the face of technology as we know it has died. Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, who was battling pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant in 2009, has passed away at the age of 56. Jobs co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Together, the pair launched the [...]