walter isaacson

Everyone knows that Apple under Steve Jobs performed wonderfully. But if you ask employees, the Mac maker is doing even better with Tim Cook at the helm. Surprised? You should be.

Apple may be ready to think inside the box -- the television box, that is. One of the juiciest nuggets in Walter Isaacson's authorized Steve Jobs biography is that the iconic tech visionary was working on an actual Apple-branded television as one of his final projects at the company.

As the talent drain at Newsweek continues, the nagging question remains: Who can turn this around? It won't be former New Yorker editor Tina Brown.

The reclusive Steve Jobs, Apple's secretive CEO, has authorized biographer Walter Isaacson to handle his life story. But any hope that Jobs will suddenly turn candid and let Isaacson into every private aspect of his inner life is unrealistic, if not ludicrous.