This “lost” Steve Jobs speech from 1983 hints at wireless networking, the iPad, and the app store

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“In 1983, Steve Jobs gave a speech to a relatively small audience at a somewhat obscure event called the International Design Conference in Aspen (IDCA). The theme of that year’s conference was ‘The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be’, which looking back seems all too fitting.”