Remembering Steve Jobs

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Steve Jobs saw the future and led the world to it. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them. Jobs, who founded and ran Apple, died peacefully on Wednesday, according to a statement from family members who were present. He was 56.

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2007 file phtoo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Jobs the CEO, Jobs the technologist and futurist, Jobs the inventor and innovator and refiner of others' ideas: All of them, in the end, relied upon another Steve Jobs who sewed the others together and bottled their lightning: Steve Jobs the storyteller, spinning the tale of our age and of his own success, and making it happen as he went. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
A huge screen shows the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at downtown Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Jobs died Wednesday at 56. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 1984, file photo, Steve Jobs, chairman of the board of Apple Computer, leans on the new "Macintosh" personal computer following a shareholder's meeting in Cupertino, Calif. 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, died Wednesday. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
A Macbook Air floats in the window of the Apple store at Legacy Village in Beachwood, Ohio on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. 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, died Wednesday at the age of 56.( AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

FILE - In this June 6, 2011, file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivers a keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
A message is written on the window of the Apple Store in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A newspaper vendor shows copies with front page story on the death of the Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs on a downtown street in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56. The Chinese reads "Steve Jobs pass away." (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A fan lays a flower on an Apple logo and displays a picture of Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs as to pay tribute at an Apple retail store in Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. and father of the iPhone, has died at age 56. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Customers try out Apple computers in a company store, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 in New York. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday at 56. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A photograph of Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO, is displayed on the Apple homepage at the Apple store in Oberhausen, Germany Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2004 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs displays the iPod mini at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. 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, died Wednesday. He was 56. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Apolline Arnaud, 12, a neighbor of Steve Jobs, writes a message in front of Jobs' home in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. 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. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
FILE - In this May 6, 1998, file photo, Steve Jobs of Apple Computers unveils the the new iMac computer in Cupertino, Calif. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Apples are placed among bouquets of flowers to pay tribute to Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO, at an Apple Store in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Apple announced Jobs' death without giving a specific cause. He died on Wednesday at the age of 56. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
FILE - In this file photo taken Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, then Apple CEO Steve Jobs stands in front of a photo of himself, right, and Steve Wozniak, left, during an Apple event in San Francisco. 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, died Wednesday. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
A man uses an iPhone to record a memorial to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 in front of an Apple store in New York. Jobs died Wednesday at 56. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Fresh apples, flowers and a large poster of Steve Jobs are placed outside an Apple retail store in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. and father of the iPhone, has died at age 56. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Jim Bryson, an Apple enthusiast, places Apple products on a makeshift shrine following the death of Steve Jobs at Apple headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 in Cupertino, Calif. 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. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
A man takes pictures of a figure of Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs near flowers laid in his tribute at an Apple retail store in Hong Kong Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. and father of the iPhone, has died at age 56. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)