Daily Dotventures: Steve Jobs

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Tech World Mourns: Steve Jobs Reaches End-Of-Life

The Apple homepage in mourning for Steve Jobs.

It's the final upgrade for the enigmatic co-founder of Apple.

Steve Jobs -- after struggling with pancreatic cancer since being diagnosed in 2004 -- passed away October 5, 2011. He was 56.

He recently relinquished his post as CEO of Apple to Tim Cook. Technology enthusiasts around the world expressed their condolences through a special webpage for their fallen hero at http://www.apple.com/stevejobs where you may also send thoughts and prayers through a designated email address.

Steve Jobs was a well-known trailblazer of the computing era having spearheaded technologies that helped define technology trends for the past 4 decades. These include the first Apple and Macintosh personal computers, the iPod, the iPhone, and more recently the Apple iPad tablet computer..

Here's a fond farewell to a true innovator, Steve Jobs. He is a testament to the human capacity to make things better.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Steve Jobs Hands Apple To Tim Cook

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Apple co-founder and CEO of 14 years Steve Jobs resigned from the tech-giant's top post August 24 leaving Apple shareholders with a sense of ambivalence. However, as the Apple board's appointment of Jobs' second-in-command Tim Cook took effect there's a fair level of hope for the future of Apple Inc.

There's been some talk about Jobs' health status since his leave as of January of 2011. The 55 year young tech maverick has become an icon of innovation and leadership in the computing industry for the past decade and a half. Steve Jobs is known to be a pancreatic cancer survivor.

Steve Jobs has recommended long-time protegee and chief operating officer Tim Cook to takeover as the company's CEO. Jobs will remain as chairman of the board for Apple Inc.