Andy Miller started Quattro Wireless in 2006. The company was acquired by Apple in 2009 and Miller led the Apple mobile advertising group that created the iAd effort which launched to much fanfare in 2010 but interest from advertisers petered out quickly and Apple as a company has distanced itself from advertising business ever since.
Nevertheless, in a new video interview, Miller tells a never-before-reported story of how Quattro Wireless was acquired and a (in retrospect) hilarious anecdote about the stresses of working with Steve Jobs, which involved Miller accidentally stealing Jobs’ laptop from his office … and he says he still has Jobs’ mouse at his home. Watch the video after the jump …
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