Steve Jobs passes away at 56 years old.

[rafterman]

Just caught word on BNN that his passing has been announced and reported by Bloomberg News Service.

Not a surprise given his health battles over the past several years and certainly a loss of an iconic figure in the business and technology arenas.

 

[gloria muse]

So sad. Did he have a wife and kids?

 

[stinkynuts]

Very sad. The tech world has lost a major innovator. RIP.

 

[djk]

So sad. Did he have a wife and kids?

Yes.

Lauren Powell Jobs is the wife. Don't remember the kids names.

 

[djk]

Very sad. The tech world has lost a major innovator. RIP.

Agreed. Such a shame.

 

[blackrock13]

Sad day.

 

[Rockslinger]

The world of technology and business lost a giant to-day. Rest in peace. Condolences to his family and friends.

 

[trod]

rip

 

[Aardvark154]

He was a brilliant innovator.

 

[Smash]

Thanks for the iLife Steve. You changed the world.:hail:
R.I.P

 

[i am one]

He was battling pancreatic cancer for the past seven years. Even a liver transplant several years back wasn't enough to help. Cancer

 

[Cobster]

He was a brilliant innovator.

I wouldn't say a brilliant innovator, great thief with his touch.

 

[ctv250]

I wouldn't say a brilliant innovator, great thief with his touch.

Get over it. So you don't like the phones or computers that Apple created. Somewhere a man's family and friends are grieving his passing. I think we all understand that your mom didn't hug you enough when you were a little boy, but take your drama queen act elsewhere.

 

[fuji]

I wouldn't say a brilliant innovator, great thief with his touch.

All great innovators steal. Their genius is in knowing what to steal, and how to make it work. Not everybody with a good idea knows how to turn it into a product. Steve Jobs did.

How many times did various companies try and introduce tablet PC?

How many times did they succeed?

 

[djk]

I wouldn't say a brilliant innovator, great thief with his touch.

Stay classy, Cobster.

 

[Spacewalker]

Woah, RIP.

Still remember one of my very first home computers the Apple IIC.

 

[Powershot]

RIP Steve, you really had a knack for turning ideas into products people could enjoy right away.

 

[lurkerdick]

Aids

 

[night ride]

I've never owned a single product of his but people who do are quite passionate about them. Even though some such as RIM might not think all his ideas are original, his brilliance was indisputable.

 

[Kyra.Graves]