Steve Jobs died, Apple’s visionary genius who changed the world

Written by Sandeep Nehra

The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, visionary genius who “changed the world” and one of the greatest American inventors “died on Wednesday at age 56, of cancer.

“Steve was one of the greatest American inventors, brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe that he could change the world, and talented enough to do,” said President Barack Obama in a statement, saying “saddened” by the news.

“America has lost a genius that will be remembered as Edison and Einstein, whose ideas will shape the world for generations,” said for its part, the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg commenting on the death of human symbol of the success of the firm at the apple, which changed the way of life of millions of people around the world.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, unconditional Apple products, welcomed on twitter memory of the founder of the brand, saying that “people like Steve Jobs are changing our world.”

French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute on his Facebook page to “one of the great figures of our time”, “also inspired and inspiring,” welcoming “a great entrepreneur, a great innovator and a major player in the revolution Digital we live. ”

“Each of us is surrounded by products every day which he was the creative genius (…). It is no exaggeration to say that it has literally changed the world,” said Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard .

“Apple has lost a visionary and a creative genius, and the world lost an incredible human being,” responded the current Group Chief Executive, Tim Cook, in an email to his employees and made public. The home page of the website of Apple posted Wednesday a large photo in black and white of his co-founder with his little round glasses and black turtleneck collar-characterized.

“Deeply saddened” Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, found that the influence that had on the world Steve Jobs would feel “for several more generations.”

Robert Iger, head of entertainment giant Walt Disney, for his part said that “the world (had) lost a original rare”.

The Board of Directors of the manufacturer of Mac computers, the iPods, the iPhone smartphone or tablet iPad announced shortly before the news in a brief statement.

Born in San Francisco February 24, 1955, Steve Jobs was suffering from serious health problems for several years. It was reached in 2004 with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and underwent a liver transplant in 2009. On sick leave since January, he announced his resignation from his position as CEO on August 24, giving the reins to his number two Tim Cook. “Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple,” he said.

“Steve died peacefully surrounded by his family today,” his family said in a separate statement.

His death caused a steady stream of responses on Twitter and Facebook social networks where fans, be they stars or anonymous, paid tribute to “the incredible creative” that was co-founder of Apple . In front of an Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, fans of the Apple brand laid flowers.

Nearly 35 million microblogs were identified Thursday in mid-day in China in memory of the founder of Apple on the main microblogging service of the country, Sina Weibo, while customers went to the Apple Store for him honor.

GS Choi, head of the giant South Korean Samsung Electronics paid tribute to his great rival: “He has introduced many revolutionary changes in the field of information technology, and was a great entrepreneur.”

In Japan, Howard Stringer, CEO of the flagship Sony Japan said that “the digital age has lost its star, but the inventiveness and creativity of Steve will continue to inspire generations of dreamers and thinkers.”

Steve Jobs had co-founded the company in a garage in 1976 with Steve Wozniak. He resigned in 1985 after an internal power struggle and the group had dwindled until his return at the helm in 1997. He has orchestrated the launch of the flagship products of the brand to the bitten apple: the iMac in 1998 to the iPad tablet in 2010, passing the meantime by the iPod digital music player (2001) or the phone multifunction iPhone (2007) .

In 2011, Apple became temporarily the largest company in the world, weighing about 350 billion dollars in stock market, vying for first place with the oil giant ExxonMobil. The brand introduced Tuesday a new generation of its flagship smartphone, the iPhone 4S, more powerful and has several INNNOVA, including voice commands.