RIP Steve Jobs - Apple's visionary, creative genius

Steve Jobs, the visionary who led a mobile computer revolution with the creation of wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, was mourned Thursday by admirers and competitors as much of the world awoke to news of his death.

Jobs' death was announced Wednesday by Apple, the Silicon Valley company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak. He was 56.

"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," Apple said in a statement on its website.

"Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor."

Born on February 24, 1955, and then adopted, Jobs grew up in Cupertino, California -- which would become home to Apple's headquarters -- and showed an early interest in electronics. As a teenager, he phoned William Hewlett, president of Hewlett-Packard, to request parts for a school project. He got them, along with an offer of a summer job at HP.

Jobs dropped out of Oregon's Reed College after one semester, although he returned to audit a class in calligraphy, which he says influenced Apple's graceful, minimalist aesthetic. He quit one of his first jobs, designing video games for Atari, to backpack across India and take psychedelic drugs. Those experiences, Jobs said later, shaped his creative vision.

While at HP, Jobs befriended Steve Wozniak, who impressed him with his skill at assembling electronic components. The two later joined a Silicon Valley computer hobbyists club, and when he was 21, Jobs teamed with Wozniak and two other men to launch Apple Computer Inc.
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"It's like there is a big hole left in you," Wozniak said on CNN's AC360 after learning of Jobs death. "And it's very hard to go back and ... reflect on the feelings ... and what it means."

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[gast2k11]

it only have 552 viewers.... omg... im sad...

[picc1001]

@gast2k11 doesn't matter, but im also a little bit surprised with the low views.

[gast2k11]

@picc1001 yap, how justin bieber can get so many viewers and steve jobs, the man of the technoligy, cant? rly sad seeing it...

[picc1001]

@gast2k11 he has, but not 640M like JB ofc. check other videos

[picc1001]

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do"

"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."

[lukaAkAsillyx]

Rest In Peace Steve, we all apriciate your work... One more genious less... :(

[bboysmoke100]

r-i-p :(

[fillywz0r1337]

R.I.P :(((

[gast2k11]

@SH4DoX1337 shut the fuck up

[gast2k11]

You are on the history of the technology. Rest in Peace :'(

[ONiX1337]

r.i.p

[SH4DoX1337]

Apple is going doown.