FLASH: STEVE JOBS HAS DIED

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FLASH: STEVE JOBS HAS DIED

2011-10-06 06:36:35 GMT+7 (ICT)

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Steve Jobs has died, Apple confirms.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-10-06

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died

2011-10-06 06:42:22 GMT+7 (ICT)

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on Wednesday, the company confirmed.

In a statement, Apple's Board of Directors announced the passing of Jobs. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," the statement said. "The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

It added: "His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-10-06

[bkkjames]

Sad news.

[bkkjames]

Its cnn live now

[webfact]

RIP, Steve

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies aged 56

Former chief executive and co-founder of US computer giant Apple Steve Jobs has died, the company says. He was 56.

In a brief statement, Apple said he died on Wednesday, without giving further details.

Jobs had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

The company said the world was immeasurably better because of Steve Jobs.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15193922

-- BBC 2011-10-06

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If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email [email protected]

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

[george]

Apple CEO Tim Cook to all Apple employees:

Team,

I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

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.

We are planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email [email protected].

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

Tim

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Urgent: Apple Inc confirms death of founder Steve Jobs

San Francisco - Apple Inc said late Wednesday that its iconic co-founder Steve Jobs has died.

After suffering cancer for several years, he stepped down in August as chief executive, while remaining chairman of the board. The Apple board issued a statement confirming his passing.

"Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," Apple’s board said in the statement. "The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

-- The Nation 2011-10-06

[canardo]

RIP Steve Jobs and thx for all...

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Apple founder Steve Jobs dies

Visionary built world's leading tech company

Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Source: http://us.cnn.com/

-- cnn.com 2011-10-06

[george]

Steve Jobs: A timeline

Major events in the life of Steve Jobs

IDG News Service

1955-- Born Feb. 24 in San Francisco to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali.

1955 -- Adopted from infancy by Paul and Clara Jobs in San Francisco. Moves to Mountain View, California, five months later.

1969 -- Offered a summer job at Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) by William Hewlett.

1971 -- Meets Steve Wozniak; the two later found Apple Computer Inc.

1972 -- Graduates from Homestead High School in Los Altos.

1972 -- Registers at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, and drops out after one semester.

1974 -- Joins Atari Inc. as a technician.

1975 -- Starts attending meetings of the "Homebrew Computer Club," which discussed home computers.

1976 -- Jobs and Wozniak raise US$1,750 and build their first marketable table-top computer, the Apple I.

1976 -- Founds Apple Computer Company with Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Wayne sells his stake two weeks later.

1976 -- Jobs and Wozniak launch Apple I for $666.66, the first single-board computer with a video interface and an onboard Read Only Memory (ROM), which instructed the machine on how to load programs from an external source.

1977 -- Apple is incorporated as Apple Computer Inc. and the new company buys out the original partnership.

1977 -- Apple launches Apple II, the world's first widely used personal computer.

1978 -- Jobs has first child, Lisa, with Chrisann Brennan.

1979 -- Development of Macintosh starts.

1980 -- Apple III launched.

1980 -- Apple goes public, share price jumps from $22 to $29 on the first day of trading.

1981 -- Jobs involves himself in Macintosh development.

1983 -- Recruits John Sculley as Apple president and chief executive officer.

1983 -- Announces "Lisa," the first mouse-controlled computer. It fails in the marketplace.

1984 -- Apple launches Macintosh with a splashy ad campaign on Super Bowl Sunday.

1985 -- Wins National Technology Medal from U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

1985 -- Jobs ousted from Apple after boardroom struggle with Sculley. Jobs resigns and takes five Apple employees with him.

1985 -- Founds Next Inc. to develop computer hardware and software. Company later renamed Next Computer Inc.

1986 -- Buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million. Company later renamed Pixar Animation Studios.

1989 -- Next launches $6,500 NeXT Computer, also known as The Cube. It comes with a monochrome monitor, and fails in the marketplace.

1989 -- Pixar wins Academy Award for animated short film "Tin Toy."

1991 -- Marries current wife Laurene Powell. Has three children with her over the years.

1992 -- Next releases NEXTSTEP operating system for Intel Corp. 486 processors. It fails in the wake of competition from Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and IBM Corp.'s OS/2.

1993 -- Next shuts hardware division, shifts focus to software.

1995 -- Pixar's "Toy Story" highest grossing film that year.

1996 -- Apple acquires Next Computer for $427 million in cash and Apple stock; Jobs becomes advisor to Apple Chairman Gilbert F. Amelio.

1997 -- Jobs becomes interim CEO and chairman of Apple Computer Inc., after Amelio is ousted. Jobs' salary is $1.

1998 -- Apple releases the all-in-one iMac computer, which sells millions of units, financially reviving the company and boosting its share price by 400 percent. IMac wins the Gold Award from British Design and Art Direction. Vogue calls the iMac "one of Spring's hottest fashion statements," and Business Week says it is "one of the century's lasting images." Jobs wins a Chrysler Design Institute award for the iMac design.

1998 -- Apple returns to profitability and records four profitable quarters in a row.

2000 -- 'Interim' dropped from Jobs' title.

2001 -- Apple launches next-generation operating system -- the Unix-based OS X, with subsequent upgrades over the years.

2001 -- Apple makes first foray into consumer electronics market with launch of iPod, the portable MP3 player. (It sells more than 4.4 million iPods in fiscal 2004.)

2002 -- Launches the flat-panel all-in-one personal computer iMac. It makes the cover of Time Magazine that year and wins numerous design awards.

2003 -- Jobs announces the iTunes Music Store, which sells encoded songs and albums.

2003 -- Jobs launches the 64-bit PowerMac G5 personal computer.

2004 -- The iPod Mini, a smaller version of the original iPod, is launched.

2004 -- In February, Jobs terminates Pixar's highly successful alliance with The Walt Disney Co. for production and distribution of Pixar's animated films. Pixar is ultimately sold to Walt Disney in 2006.

2004 -- In August, Jobs is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and undergoes surgery. He recovers and returns to work in September.

2004 -- Under Jobs' stewardship, Apple reports its highest fourth-quarter revenue in almost a decade, assisted by the resurgence of its retail network and sales of the iPod music player. The revenue for the period ending Sept. 25 is $2.35 billion.

2005 -- Apple uses its Worldwide Developers Conference to announce that it is moving from using IBM PowerPC processors in its computers to Intel processors.

2007 -- Jobs announces the iPhone, one of the first smartphones without a keyboard, at Macworld Expo.

2008 -- In late December Apple announces that Jobs will not deliver the keynote at the 2009 Macworld Expo nor will he attend the event. This immediately sparks speculation on his health. Apple also said that it will no longer participate in the show after 2009.

2009 -- In early January Jobs says that his dramatic weight loss was caused by a hormone imbalance. At that time he said this condition would not hinder his abilities to function as CEO. Around one week later Jobs says that he will take a leave of absence from Apple until June because his medical condition had changed. He does not disclose his ailment. COO Tim Cook is to handle Apple's day-to-day operations during Jobs' recovery period. Apple says Jobs will be involved with major strategic decisions.

June 2009 -- The Wall Street Journal reports that Jobs underwent a liver transplant. A Tennessee hospital later releases a statement confirming the operation.

June 2009 -- Apple confirms that Jobs is returning to work at the end of the month.

January 2010 -- Apple announces the iPad tablet computer, which becomes an instant success and spawns a new category of mobile computing devices.

September 2010 -- Jobs appears on stage in San Francisco to announce Apple's second-generation Apple TV set-top box, which streams movies from the Internet or mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad directly to TV sets.

January 2011 -- Apple announces Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence, without specifying a reason for the leave or how long he'd be away. Questions are raised about the severity of Jobs' health problems, and its impact on the company's stock, product development and business operations.

March 2011 -- Taking a break from his medical leave, Jobs makes an appearance at an event in San Francisco to introduce the iPad 2.

June 2011 -- While still on leave, Jobs appears at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco to introduce the iCloud and iOS 5. A few days later, Jobs appears in front of the Cupertino City Council with a proposal to build a spaceship-like campus in the city.

August 2011 -- Jobs announces he is stepping aside as CEO, with Cook taking over that role. It also is announced that the board has elected Jobs chairman.

Oct. 5, 2011 -- Jobs dies at age 56.

-- Computerworld 2011-10-06

[JurgenG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsWzJo2sN4

Since the early years of the Apple 1, Steve Jobs never stopped to bring us amazing products that have changed forever the way we live.

The world has lost a great man.

R.I.P.

Edited : This post has been written on a MacBook Pro. Thank you Steve Edited October 6, 2011 by george

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Bill Gates: "I will miss Steve immensely." We're collecting reactions to Steve Jobs's death here: http://on.wsj.com/mUBOeu via @WSJ

[orosee]

So long Steve, and thanks for all the fish Apples...

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Apple announces death of Steve Jobs

NEW YORK (AFP) - Apple on Wednesday announced the death of its visionary co-founder Steve Jobs from cancer at 56.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," the company's board of directors said in a statement.

"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.

"His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts," the statement from the California-based gadget-maker said.

Jobs's death came the day after Apple unveiled the new iPhone 4S at its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

In the latter stages of his cancer battle, Jobs gave up the day-to-day running of the company but remained chairman of its board of directors.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2011-10-06

[kumsamut]

Sad

[Ratsima]

How very sad. He had a profound influence on how we live our modern lives. His vision of "computer as appliance" is something he pursued throughout his career and which, I think, was finally realized with the iPhone/iPad platform. While we might forget that the device in our hand is a very powerful computer, we won't forget the man who made it all possible.

[Crushdepth]

What a shame.

[oakweb]

Steve was right up there with Thomas Edison in my book. Even though I'm mainly a Windows man, I love my Apple devices and even starting to love my Imac. Without Steve, I don't think anything in the industry would what it is today. Rest in Peace Steve

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Zuckerberg: 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.

Google's Sergey Brin: On behalf of all of us at Google and more broadly in technology, you will be missed very much

Bill Gates: Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to Steve Jobs’ family & friends.

/via@mpoppel

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Innovation, imagination, drive and enthusiasm. Let's learn from #SteveJobs. /via@KristieKenney

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Schwarzenegger: Steve lived the California Dream every day of his life and he changed the world and inspired all of us. /via@mpoppel:

[lazygourmet]

R.I.P. Marketing Genius...

I learnt computing with this one:

But I stopped my Apple addiction because of the flop of this one:

[rich54321]

The BIG C again!

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President Obama: 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 /via@mpoppel

[bkkjames]

Deep words mr president.

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Bill Gates says knowing Steve Jobs was "insanely great" honor http://reut.rs/phFuaY /via@Reuters

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Larry Page: I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. /via@mpoppel

Larry Page: His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me. /via@mpoppel

[magmur]

Thanks Steven for your wonderful products RIP