Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. "The world has lost a visionary," Barack Obama says in tribute.
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Steve Jobs tribute on Apple website Photo: APPLE |
Steven P. Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was just 56 years old. We mourn his passing, and wish his family the very best.
Let's address this up front: Gizmodo and Steve Jobs had, at best, a tumultuous relationship. Yet no matter how much he may have hated us, we admired him.
No, that's not quite right. We loved him.
He was the reason many of us got into this industry, or even care about technology at all. He made the computer personal, and the smartphone fun. Bill Gates may have put a computer on every office desk, but it was Steve Jobs who put one in every dorm room and bedroom and living room. And then, years later, he repeated the trick, putting one in every bag and every pocket, thanks to the iPad and iPhone. If you use a computer or smartphone today, it is either one he created, or an imitation of his genius.
He changed the way movies are made, the way music is sold, the way stories are told, the very way we interact with the world around us. He helped us work, and gave us new ways to play. He was a myth made man.
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07:54 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said: "Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you."
07:40 This lost video from 1984 shows the magic moment a young Steve Jobs introduced the "insanely great" original Macintosh computer.
07:35 One Telegraph commenter has left this moving tribute on our blog below:
markfour says: "After suffering a stroke and finding myself slowly going brain dead my son in law introduced me to Apple. Now at the age of 74 I am on to my fifth computer, third Nikon camera and alive as I can be at 74. Thanks to Steve and all at Apple and Nikon."
07:31 Apple fans in
While Candles, flowers, and an iPhone with Steve Jobs photo displayed outside the Apple Store at
07:26 Telegraph reporter Donna Bowater has created this interactive graphic on Job's career.
07:22 Our Digital Media Editor, Emma Barnett, has tweeted her thoughts:
@emmabarnett Steve Jobs contributed more to the way we listen to music, watch movies & communicate with our friends than most people ever realise. The iPod generation's engimatic creator has gone #apple
07:18 In addition to his work at Apple, Steve Jobs was also a member of Disney’s board and its largest shareholder, thanks to the sale of Pixar to the Mouse house in January 2006.
Bob Iger, CEO and president of Disney, released a statement expressing his thoughts and sadness on the passing of Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined. Steve was such an “original,” with a thoroughly creative, imaginative mind that defined an era. Despite all he accomplished, it feels like he was just getting started. With his passing the world has lost a rare original, Disney has lost a member of our family, and I have lost a great friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Laurene and his children during this difficult time.
Steven Spielberg, one of the founders of Pixar rival DreamWorks Animation, has released the following statement:
“Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips.”
07:10 Lance Ulanoff, the chief editor of technology website Mashable, says the news of Jobs' death felt like a slap in the face.
There it was: On Twitter. In my email. On a phone call. Steve Jobs, the tech industry’s one true icon, was gone — taken from us far too soon, at the age of 56.
Say what you will about the dynamic maverick who built and rebuilt Apple over the course of four decades, but Steve Jobs was a visionary. A maker of things. A doer who intimately understood the excitement of a new product. How the interchange of 1s and 0s could produce a sublime piece of software. Steve Jobs got all this. We admired him for it. Some loved him for it. None of us will forget him for it.
07:04 Richard Blackden, our Wall Street correspondent, asks "Where will we find the next Steve Jobs?"
'Where will we find another one,' Steve Wozniak asked of the man he co-founded Apple with 35 years ago.
Jobs is among a handful of people who have built companies that both reinvent industries and change the wider world. Here in the
07:00 US President Barack Obama President Barack Obama also paid tribute to Jobs in a statement, saying "the world has lost a visionary".
Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.
The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
06:40 During an address to
06:34 Even competitors, who watched as Apple's sales took off over the past decade, have posted messages of admiration:
Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, co-CEOs of Blackberry-maker Research in Motion: "Steve Jobs was a great visionary and a respected competitor."
Dell Inc. founder and CEO Michael Dell: "Today the world lost a visionary leader, the technology industry lost an iconic legend and I lost a friend and fellow founder."
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates: "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with Steve, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely."
06:32 Marks of respect have started to flow from around the world. "iSad" is now a trending topic on Twitter. While Mac Users Group Mexico released a statement that concluded, "Let's breathe deeply and say VIVA STEVE JOBS!"
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| 'Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. 'By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grown-ups alike. 'Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. 'The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.' 'MOLA AMLAZE MAHALI PEMA PEPONI...AMIN' |
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