Right at the start of Apple‘s iPhone 4.0 event, Steve Jobs revealed the “boom!” many iPhone lovers had been waiting for–multitasking. Jobs laughed off the several years of anti-Apple criticism ...

Steve Jobs and company show off new skills for the iPhone, such as multiple apps running at one time, plus services including background location and Internet calling, and a new iAd platform.

Topping the wish list for the iPhone and the iPad: broader ability to run more than one program at a time. And Steve Jobs delivered just that at an event Thursday to unveil the iPhone's 4.0 operating ...