Palo Alto

Geek Out

A Man Of Uncompromising Vision, Steve Jobs Is Still A Sweet Guy

6:20AM September 1, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Stories that have come out of Steve Jobs’s retirement typically focus on his genius and ideas. Writer Lisen Stromberg veers away from all that, though, and describes him as what he is behind the scenes: a really normal, neighbourly guy. More »


Mobile

Stolen Mobile Phone Leads To Full Scale Manhunt

5:01PM October 7, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

In Palo Alto, mobile phone theft is taken very seriously. If you think I’m exaggerating, then consider this: Officers from three law enforcement agencies conducted a full-on manhunt – complete with a helicopter search – just because some guy stole a Droid. More »


Apple’s Prototype Palo Alto Store Will Be Inside Out, With Trees

5:08AM January 9, 2010 | Jason Chen

Mercury News found that Apple’s going to kill its downtown Palo Alto store and build a crazy one, one block over. Essentially, it’s the California equivalent of a transparent NY cube, which means it has trees inside. More »


Computing

The Birthplace Of Silicon Valley Is A Palo Alto Garage

3:30AM June 21, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

This is the Palo Alto, CA garage where two young Stanford engineering grads named Bill Hewlett and David Packard started building what would one day become the world’s largest PC manufacturer. In 2000, HP turned it into a museum. More »