AppleInsider March 23, 2026 Rumor

Wi-Fi wouldn't exist without Apple, Steve Jobs said right after the iBook launched

A newly released video of an internal event from 1999 has Steve Jobs explaining why Microsoft would never have added Wi-Fi, and why Apple did. Steve Jobs launches the iBook in 1999, one week before the video of him at Apple was recorded — image credit: Apple As Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary,…

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Wi-Fi wouldn't exist without Apple, Steve Jobs said right after the iBook launched

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