Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs' death has both shocked the world and become an important topic of discussion in the mainstream media.
Just minutes after Jobs' death was announced, newspapers made the Apple co-founder's death the top headline on their sites. As of this writing, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and other prominent newspapers around the world are leading with Jobs' death.
The New York Times, for example, has called Jobs a "visionary," that led a "cultural transformation in the way music, movies, and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age." It's a similar sentiment from the Wall Street Journal, which says Jobs "changed the way people think about technology." USA Today added that Jobs "transformed personal use of technology."
In addition to U.S.-based newspapers, several prominent newspapers around the world have also made Jobs' death their top headline, including the The Times of India, which called Jobs a "visionary."
Apple announced earlier tonight that Steve Jobs had died at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. In a statement, Apple said that "the world is immeasurably better because of Steve," adding that he was the "source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives."
Outside of newspapers, television networks are also chronicling the life of Steve Jobs. CNN is holding special coverage of Jobs' death, interviewing several figures with insight into his professional life, and discussing what the Apple co-founder's impact was on both Silicon Valley and the mainstream market.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joined Anderson Cooper on CNN tonight, saying that Jobs' death has left him "dumb-founded," adding that "can't put his mind into gear, can't do things. It's kind of like when John Lennon died [or] JFK. It's like there's a big hole left in you."

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By: Don Reisinger 

Some History on Steve Jobs and some of his many contributions to the advancements to technology through the years.

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)^[2][6][7][8] was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder,^[9] chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.^[10][11] Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.^[12]
In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula,^[9] and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Macintosh.^[13][14] After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985,^[15][16] Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until 2011. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios.^[17] He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1 percent until its acquisition by The Walt Disney company in 2006.^[18] Consequently Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney's Board of Directors.^{[19][20][21][22]}
His aim to develop products that are both functional and elegant earned him a devoted following.^[23]
On August 24, 2011, Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. In his letter of resignation, Jobs strongly recommended that the Apple executive succession plan be followed and Tim Cook be named as his successor. Per his request, Jobs was appointed chairman of Apple's board of directors.^{[24][25][26][27]} On October 5, 2011, Apple announced that Jobs had died at the age of 56.<sup>[8][28]

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R.I.P Steve and thank you for all the innovations you have left us with.</sup>