Following a long and sometimes well-publicised battle with pancreatic cancer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died, aged 56.
Despite Jobs stepping down as Apple CEO earlier this year, the news comes as a shock to millions of Apple fans around the world, who held the charismatic Apple and Pixar supremo in extremely high regard. In scenes remeniscent of the outpouring of grief following the deaths of global celebrities such as Michael Jackson, iPhone fanatics from all over the world have gathered at Apple stores to leave tributes.
Technology industry leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell and new Apple CEO Tim Cook have all paid tribute to Steve Jobs’ “vision, creativity and genius”, while ‘RIP Steve Jobs’ #iSad and #thankyousteve are all trending on Twitter.
Tributes have been made from outside the tech industry too, with US President Barack Obama making the following statement after news of Steve Jobs’ death:
“By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, [Jobs] made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun.”
“The world has lost a visionary. And 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.”
Barack Obama – US President
Given the number of iPhones knocking around the FirstFound office, it’s probably safe to say that the world has indeed lost one of its most influential inventors.
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