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Apple is an American computer corporation founded in 1976 in California by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The company designs, makes, and markets personal computers, mobile phones, and music players. It sells proprietary software to augment its devices, as well as peripherals and contracts with third-party developers. The company’s products include the iPhone, iPad, and iPod, as well as its line of Macintosh desktop and laptop computers which run on its signature OS X operating system.

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5 Oct, 2011

Dies at 56

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Jobs passes away surrounded by his loving family. He had been ill for a number of years suffering from pancreatic cancer and was 56 years old. Apples board of directors say:

Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives.