End of a Legend for Apple – Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs - a great and inspirational leader

Today, 6 Oct 2011 marks a very sad day as a great and very inspirational leader has passed away – Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011). Steve Jobs will always be remembered as the founder of Apple computer and the CEO that came back to Apple and revived Apple back from the ashes.

Steve have been instrumental to all the great products that consumers have been using today – the interface that transform all computer today, iconic computer design (no more grey boring PCs), iPod, iPhone, iPad. Many people may have forgotten how Smart Phone used to work pre-iPhone era. However the Smart Phone interface that we see today (iOS, Andriod, Windows Mobile, WebOS) all began in 2007 when Steve presented the first iPhone – the phone that revolutionized the entire smart phone industry.

Steve Jobs dies; Apple’s co-founder transformed computers and culture Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded Apple Inc. and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56.

TechCrunch | Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple Title says it all. More to come. For now, the letter from Steve Jobs himself: To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple”s CEO, I would be the first to let you know.

Steve Jobs”s Best Quotes Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, the company he founded and turned into the largest technology company in the world. Although his tenure as CEO will be remembered for ushering in fundamental changes in the way people interact with technology, he has also been known for his salesmanship, his ability to turn a phrase – and a knack for taking complicated ideas and making them easy to understand.