Just one day after Apple announced the release of the iPhone 4S as well as confirming iOS 5, the company had much sadder news to confirm. The man who made Apple one of, if not the biggest consumer technology companies in the world had died.
Steve Jobs served as Apple CEO through the company’s early beginnings during the inception of the Mac computer. He was also considered the visionary who pushed the company to produce such one of a kind devices such as the iPod, iPhone and of course iPad. Numerous patents associated with these popular products were held by the CEO as well.
Jobs had fought a long battle with pancreatic cancer over the course of his life and at one point it was thought he had emerged the victor of that battle. Jobs took a leave of absence a few years ago when he was first diagnosed but later returned and much like his company, seemed better than ever.
A noted taskmaster and tireless worker, there were rumors that the cancer had returned earlier this year, yet Jobs remained at the helm apparently until his disease simply would no longer allow it. He abruptly stepped down as the company’s CEO in late August of this year and handed the company over to Tim Cook. While Cook lead the presentations in regards to the iPhone 4S as well as the iOS 5, Jobs absence was noted by many people. The morning of the iOS 5 announcement, there were rumblings that Jobs wasn’t feeling well enough to attend. Less than 24 hours after the new products had been rolled out, the force behind Apple had passed on.
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