By: Aseem Gaurav on October 6, 2011
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer.
Apple announced his death in a statement saying: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.
"Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."
"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's family also released a statement saying: "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness.”
Microsoft Corp co-founder and chairman Bill Gates used the Apple co-founder's own words in his tribute. Gates said: "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor.''
US President Barack Obama remembered him as a visionary and great American innovator.
www.iPadfanzz.blogspot.com mourns the horrible and shocking loss of the King of iPad and iPhone.
The sheer genius of Steve Jobs made possible that every dorm room and bedroom now has an iPad and iPhone – the gadgets we adore all. His impact on computer hardware and software industry is immeasurable and his departure leaves a vacuum that is not easy to fill. He has built a legacy that which in my imagination could only a few ever rival. His death has prompted a global gasp with countless people remembering how much valuable he was and how much he has transformed the worlds of computing, mobile and music.
Charismatic, visionary, perfectionist are some of the words that people have used to describe Jobs.
A college drop-out and the son of adoptive parents, Jobs founded Apple in his family’s garage in 1976 with his friend Steve Wozniak and the second time after a return credited with saving the company, which now vies with Exxon Mobil as the most valuable publicly traded corporation in the United States.
Wozniak said it was Job’s eye for detail and nothing less than perfectionism were instrumental in delivering products that “were at the intersection of art and technology."
Job’s relationship with the company that he co-founded was not silky as a slump in May 1985 ensue that he was fired from Apple by the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) John Sculley and the board. Imagine being fired from the company that you founded and by the very people that you recruited. Jobs said that “I still loved what I did...And so I decided to start over” and called this a story about "love and loss."
In 1997, Jobs again returned to Apple, which was then losing money. It was his sheer vision and leadership that transformed a directionless company into producing key products in 1998 with iMac. From there on, it was going to be Apple all over. The iMac's launch was accompanied by an advertising campaign called 'Think Different.' Three years later the iPod was launched, the iPhone arrived in 2007 and, then last year, came the iPad – dubbed the "Jesus phone" for its quasi-religious following.
Steven Spielberg, one of the founders of Pixar rival DreamWorks Animation, has called Jobs the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison.
Outside Jobs' house in Palo Alto, neighbors and friends drew messages with markers on the sidewalk. "Thanks for changing the world," read one.
Our world will be less interesting, less exciting, and less meaningful without him.
Goodbye, Mr. Jobs. We will miss you so very much.
