In a Rare Moment of Self- Doubt, Steve Jobs Wanted a Back Button on the i. Phone. Steve Jobs was legendary for knowing what he wanted and leaning on his designers until he got it. But according to a new book on the history of the i.

Phone, he insisted that it should have a back button. After one of his people presented a good argument for the distinctive single home button, he backed down. The One Device: The Secret History of the i. Phone by Brian Merchant has been getting a lot of attention and it sounds like a pretty decent attempt at covering the insider story at a company that’s notoriously difficult to get inside of. Among Merchant’s findings is this little gem: The touch- based phone, which was originally supposed to be nothing but screen, was going to need at least one button. We all know it well today – the Home button.

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But Steve Jobs wanted it to have two; he felt they’d need a back button for navigation. Chaudhri argued that it was all about generating trust and predictability.

One button that does the same thing every time you press it: it shows you your stuff.…“Again, that came down to a trust issue,” Chaudhri says, “that people could trust the device to do what they wanted it to do. Part of the problem with other phones was the features were buried in menus, they were too complex.” A back button could complicate matters too, he told Jobs.“I won that argument,” Chaudhri says.”And thus, history was made.

The single home button was decided, plus Steve Jobs doubted his own instincts and listened to someone else. What’s interesting is that the i. Phone sort of set the template for all the subsequent smartphones to come. But Android competitors did throw on a back button. Adding extra stuff is basically the Android way.

The simplicity of the i. Phone kept it distinctive.

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At least in that one moment, Chaudhri understood the Apple way better than Steve. It’s a perfect time for that little story to come to light because it looks like we’re about to see the home button’s demise. Smartphone accessory maker Mobile. Fun has a reputation for accurately leaking i. Phone details months in advance. This weekend, the company posted a listing for an i. Phone 8 tempered glass screen protector: It certainly looks like this is the best evidence yet that the home button is officially dead.[BGR, Forbes].

Shopkins owner Manny Stul cracks Forbes billionaire list. Manny Stul, 6. 8, amassed a fortune of $1.

Forbes billionaire's list thanks to his wildly successful toy empire. The man behind the Shopkins toy craze Manny Stul has joined the elite Forbes billionarie's club this year after his net worth cracked the $1. US$1. 4 billion) mark. Mr Stul joined the ranks of the richest Australians including Gina Rinehart and James Packer, his net worth making him the 1,4. Australia. Shopkins is a global phenomenon which Mr Stul acquired when he bought Moose Toys in 2. They are miniature collectible dolls which come with accessories, names and back stories - and children around the world are obsessed.

The figurines have made the 6. One Shopkins doll sold on e. Bay for $2. 1,5. 00 and collectors are forking out thousands for other one- of- a- kind characters. The collectible toys have won the hearts of children around the world who adore the cute characters. The company's colourful and collectable Shopkins toys - which are basically tiny models of supermarket products with cute faces and accessories - have proved a massive hit with young children in more than 8.

Mr Stul made his debut on the Forbes list with 1. Asia or the Asia Pacific. Overall, the total number of billionaires jumped by 2. US7. 6. 7 trillion. Shopkins has surpassed iconic toy brands such as Lego and even Barbie in popularity. TOP 1. 0 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 1 Bill Gates $1.

Microsoft. 2 Warren Buffett $9. Berkshire Hathaway. Jeff Bezos $9. 4bn Amazon. Amancio Ortega $9. Zara. 5 Mark Zuckerberg $7. Facebook. 6 Carlos Slim Helu $7.

Larry Ellison $6. Charles Koch $6. 2bn diversified. David Koch $6. 2bn United States. Michael Bloomberg $6. Bloomberg *All currency in AUD Source: Forbes. Watch Before All Others Online Ibtimes there. Moose Toys also creates the wildly popular toy brands Betty Spaghetty, Little Live Pets, Mighty Beanz and Aqua Sand. Shopkins toys are becoming more in- demand than Barbie Dolls and Bratz Dolls, and are sold for much lower prices. A pack of 1.

Shopkins characters sell for  $1. Stul's fortune is even more impressive when it is compared to his humble beginning in life. The billionaire was born in a refugee camp during World War II to his Polish parents who had escaped the Holocaust in 1. He dropped out of school and became a labourer before buying a business which would conquer the world's toy market.

Stul bought the struggling Moose Toys in 2. Its head office is based in Cheltenham, Melbourne. Topping the rich list this year again was Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who lined his pockets with $8. AUD$1. 11billion) from his computer software giant. Collectors of Shopkins toys are willing to pay thousands online for one- of- a- kind characters Gina Rinehart's mining profits propelled her to number 6.

Ms Rinehart's $1. Australian, and the mining tycoon's personal wealth has been calculated as more than twice the gross domestic product of Cambodia.  Forbes said out of the 2.

Ms Rinehart had enjoyed the best year after her fortune nearly doubled, pushing her up the rankings to 6. Unlike all the other women ahead of her, Rinehart also has bragging rights for actively building her fortune,' Forbes said. Mining mogul Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest person with a $1. Rinehart took her late father's bankrupted estate and rebuilt it into something much larger. Her massive Roy Hill project, a world- class iron ore mine in Western Australia, has shipped 3. Just four other women were among the 3.

Australians on the list, including sisters Fiona Geminder and Heloise Waislitz who hold large stakes in their family's packaging business Visy. Seven Network founder Kerry Stokes returned to the list after a surge in the value of his shares in his media, mining and construction company Seven Group Holdings. Meanwhile, casino tycoon James Packer had about half a billion dollars sliced off his fortune while Mike Cannon- Brookes and Scott Farquhar - the 3. Atlassian - were the youngest Aussies on the list.

Nearly a fifth of the 3. Australian billionaires were aged over 7. Westfield founder Frank Lowy and Linfox boss Lindsay Fox.