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: AppleAs Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary, a video from nearly 30 years ago has surfaced. Released on YouTube by ex-Apple engineer Akira Nonaka, it shows Steve Jobs making a speech one week after the company's successful launch of the iBook.This was Apple's first consumer laptop and it came as Apple was finally coming out of its long decline. Jobs talked about how the company had then had seven consecutive profitable quarters, and had made $200 million the year before. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums