Thursday, October 6, 2011

MaiLayan!-Steve Jobs Rest In Peace

R.I.P. Steve Jobs (1955-2011) died at the age of 56 due to pancreatic cancer
News Discovery: 
Steve Jobs, who stepped down as Apple CEO in August, has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Apple fans are invited to share their thoughts, memories and condolences by sending messages to rememberingsteve@apple.com. Jobs' death comes the day after Apple unveiled the new iPhone 4S.

The Times Of India:
Apple on Wednesday announced the death of its visionary co-founder Steve Jobs. The Silicon Valley icon who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone resigned as CEO of the world's largest technology corporation in August, handing the reins to current chief executive Tim Cook. The news Apple fans and shareholders had been dreading came the day after Apple unveiled its latest version of the iPhone, just one in a procession of devices that shaped technology and society while Jobs was running the company.

MSN
Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56.

Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. He had been battling pancreatic cancer.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January, his third since his health problems began before resigning as CEO six weeks ago. Jobs became Apple's chairman and handed the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.

By the time he turned the reins of the company over to Cook, Jobs had become one of the business world’s greatest comeback kids. The company he founded, was fired from and then returned to had gone from also ran to technology industry leader. Under Jobs’ intensely detail-oriented leadership, Apple created several iconic products, including the iPod, iPhone and iPad, that have changed the face of consumer technology forever.

"Jobs leaves behind his wife, four children, two sisters, and 49,000 Apple employees" (cnet)

Video: A look back at the life of Steve Jobs (source MSNBC)

Video: Steve Jobs dead at 56 (source ABC News)

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