Steve Jobs told Clinton to come clean on Lewinsky

LATE Apple founder Steve Jobs advised Bill Clinton to come clean about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, according to a new biography released tomorrow.

Jobs received a late-night phone call from the President in 1998, when Clinton was facing allegations of adultery with Lewinsky, who had been an intern at the White House. "I don't know if you did it," Jobs told Clinton. "But if so, you've got to tell the country."

Jobs's advice was met by a period of silence on the other end of the line.

The conversation is just one of the revelations from biographer Walter Isaacson's new book, Steve Jobs. Isaacson, former editor of Time magazine, interviewed the Apple founder 40 times. He heard tales of how Jobs was "tongue-tied" when meeting his musical hero Bob Dylan and unimpressed by Mick Jagger, who he presumed was either "on drugs" or "brain-damaged".

Clinton, who attended a private memorial service on Sunday commemorating Jobs's death, has spoken recently about his friendship with the Apple boss, saying Jobs had "the most intense powers of concentration I ever saw." He also described Jobs's generosity, offering the President the use of his home when his daughter Chelsea Clinton was studying at Stanford University in Silicon Valley.

"He got in touch with me, and said, 'It's hard to travel to see your child when you're President. I've got a place out in the country. You and Hillary can stay there and bring Chelsea and her friends there anytime you want to," Clinton said. "He gave me a priceless gift: the opportunity to see my child while I was still a very public figure, so I'm highly biased in his favour. Plus, even I can work an iPad."

Jobs was not above making his own requests in return, however. According to Isaacson, when Jobs was working on the 'Think Different' advertising campaign he asked Clinton to put in a call to Tom Hanks and ask him to narrate the commercial. Clinton declined. ·