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3. Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American
entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor ,
who was the co-founder, chairman, and
CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he is
widely recognized as a charismatic and
design-driven pioneer of the personal
computer revolution and for his influential
career in the computer and consumer
electronics fields, transforming "one
industry after another, from computers
and smartphone to music and movies."
4. Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to
students Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble who were unmarried at the time
and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple, Paul
and Clara Jobs, and grew up with them in Mountain View, California.
He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed
College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester,
staying on to "drop in" on courses that interested him.
He took a job with video game manufacturer Atari to raise enough money for a
trip to India and returned from there a Buddhist.
Back in Cupertino he returned to Atari where his old friend Steve Wozniak was
still working. Wozniak was building his own computer and in 1976 Jobs pre-sold
50 of the as-yet unmade computers to a local store and managed to buy the
components on credit solely on the strength of the order, enabling them to build
the Apple I without any funding at all.
5. The Apple II followed in 1977 and the company Apple Computer was formed
shortly afterwards. The Apple II was credited with starting the personal computer
boom, its popularity prompting IBM to hurriedly develop their own PC. By the
time production of the Apple II ended in 1993 it had sold over 6 million units.
Inspired by a trip to Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), engineers from
Apple began working on a commercial application for the graphical interface ideas
they had seen there. The resulting machine, Lisa, was expensive and never
achieved any level of commercial success, but in 1984 another Apple computer,
using the same WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer) interface concept, was
launched. An advert during the 1984 Super Bowl, directed by Ridley Scott
introduced the Macintosh computer to the world (in fact, the advert had been
shown on a local TV channel in Idaho on 31 December 1983 and in movie theaters
during January 1984 before its famous "premiere" on 22 January during the Super
Bowl).
In 1985 Jobs was fired from Apple and immediately founded another computer
company, NeXT. Its machines were not a commercial success but some of the
technology was later used by Apple when Jobs eventually returned there.
6. In the meantime, in 1986, Jobs bought The Computer Graphics Group from
Lucasfilm. The group was responsible for making high-end computer graphics
hardware but under its new name, Pixar, it began to produce innovative computer
animations. Their first title under the Pixar name, Luxo Jr. (1986) won critical and
popular acclaim and in 1991 Pixar signed an agreement with Disney, with whom it
already had a relationship, to produce a series of feature films, beginning with Toy
Story(1995).
In 1996 Apple bought NeXT and Jobs returned to Apple, becoming its CEO. With
the help of British-born industrial designer Jonathan Ive, Jobs brought his own
aesthetic philosophy back to the ailing company and began to turn its fortunes
around with the release of the iMac in 1998. The company's MP3 player, the iPod,
followed in 2001, with the iPhone launching in 2007 and the iPad in 2010. The
company's software music player, iTunes, evolved into an online music (and
eventually also movie and software application) store, helping to popularize the
idea of "legally" downloading entertainment content.
In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery in
2004. Despite the success of this operation he became increasingly ill and received a
liver transplant in 2009. He returned to work after a six month break but
eventually resigned his position in August 2011 after another period of medical
leave which began in January 2011. He died on 5 October 2011.
7. What was Steve Jobs’ greatest contribution to society? The amazing thing
is that there are so many answers to choose from. Was it the insanely
great Mac? Or perhaps the iPod and the MP3 music revolution? Or Pixar
and Toy Story and all of the studio’s other animated wonders? Or the
iPhone and the iPad and all the innovation they’ve uncorked in the
mobile, software, and publishing businesses? Or maybe it’s simply Apple
itself—the world’s most valuable company.
I think all of those are fine answers. But to me there’s another answer that
encompasses all of them: Steve Jobs taught us to have higher
expectations. Of our technology. Of our entertainment. Even of ourselves.
Of course, the expectations Jobs placed on himself, his co-workers, and
just about everyone else he dealt with are legendary. We’ve all heard
about the killer stares, the angry rants, the foul-mouthed dressing-downs
of employees whenever Jobs was unhappy with a policy or a product.
This was a man who did not have time for fools, phonies, weaklings, or
people who questioned Apple’s mission.
8. 1955. STEVE JOBS is born in San Francisco to a Syrian Muslim grad
student named Abdulfattah, and an American classmate. They put him
up for adoption.
–1972. He drops out of his first semester of college in Portland, Oregon,
earns money by returning Coke bottles, and scores free meals at the local
Hare Krishna temple.
–1974 – 1975. He quits his first job at Atari to backpack across India, take
psychedelic drugs, convert to Buddhism, and shave his head . . .
experiences that he credits with shaping his creative vision.
–1976. STEVE JOBS and STEVE WOZNIAK form Apple Computers
and build their first personal computer . . . in Jobs’ parents’ garage.
–1977. Apple releases the Apple Two, which becomes the first widely-used
personal computer in the world.
–1980. Apple goes public. After one day of trading, Jobs is worth $239
MILLION. He’s 25 year old.
9. 1983. Apple announces “Lisa,” the first computer to be controlled using a
MOUSE. It fails. The mouse will go on to become a vital part of basically
every computer made in the next 28 years.
–1984. Apple launches the Macintosh, a desktop computer with the
screen built in. One year later, Jobs would leave Apple.
–1986. Jobs buys Pixar Animation Studios for $10 MILLION. In 1995
they release “Toy Story”, the first movie made entirely with computer
animation. It changes animation forever. When Pixar goes public, Jobs
becomes a billionaire.
–1996. With Apple dying and about to be sold or killed off, Jobs returns,
and becomes CEO. He takes a salary of $1.
–1998. Apple releases the iMac. It becomes the fastest-selling personal
computer ever. Apple immediately returns to being profitable and makes
money for four quarters in a row.
–2001. Apple introduces their first retail store and releases the
iPod. There are now 357 Apple Stores. The iPod would capture more
than a 75% market share and turned out to be the device that finally led
digital music past the CD era.
10. –2003. Apple launches the iTunes music store. This began the
transition away from illegal digital music downloading and toward
people LEGALLY listening to music again.
–2007. Apple introduces the iPhone, the first phone with a
touchscreen and no keyboard. It revolutionized the cell phone
industry.
–2010. Apple introduces the iPad . . . a device no one even knew they
needed until they tried one. Apple now has at least an 80% share of
the tablet market and they’re used at 92% of Fortune 500 companies.
–2011. Apple . . . the company Jobs started in his parents’ garage . . .
is briefly the world’s most valuable company. On August 9th, for a
few hours, Apple’s market cap hit $342 BILLION while ExxonMobil’s
was at $341 BILLION.
11. Apple II
Launched in June 1977, the Apple
II was the first successful mass-market
PC. Jobs and Apple
cofounder Steve Wozniak
designed the Apple II, and it
changed computing around the
world. The first Apple II had
specs you would laugh at now,
but they were quite good for the
time: a 1-MHz processor, 4KB of
RAM and an audio cassette
interface for programs and data
storage. The machine had an
external 5.25-inch floppy disk
drive as well. The Apple II and its
successors would later pave the
way for business and consumer
PCs.
12. Lisa
While Apple’s 1983 Lisa computer
was a failure of sorts because of
its $10,000 price tag, it did
introduce many computing
features that continue to drive
computing innovation. The Lisa
was one of the first computers to
offer multitasking, a document-based
graphical user interface, an
optional hard drive and bundled
office software. The Lisa is
arguably the least important item
on this list, and if that’s the case,
you can see just how notable Jobs’
contribution to technology
products are to today’s society.
13. Macintosh
The original Macintosh
computer was advertised during
the Super Bowl in 1984 and
famously decried the status quo
of personal computing with
imagery related to George
Orwell’s 1984. The Macintosh
redefined PCs and was the first
commercially successful
personal computer to feature a
graphical user interface and a
mouse. The Macintosh line
faltered in the early 90s but
began to regain steam again
with the iMac.
14. iMac
A year after Jobs returned to
the helm at Apple in 1997, the
company launched the
distinctive (and divisive) first-generation
iMac. The design
was a radical departure from
the Macs of old and helped
Apple regain its footing with
high-minded consumers.
Designer Jonathan Ive, with
oversight from Jobs, led the
design team in the creation of
the iMac, and he later helped
design most of the products
you see below.
15. iPod
The iPod MP3 player looked a
little wacky when it first hit the
scene in 2001. Outside of the
Walkman, there really wasn’t a
single portable music device
that changed music so
drastically. The first iPod
retailed for $400 with 5GB of
storage, but now there’s a host
of iPod devices ranging from
the tiny iPod shuffle to the
feature-filled iPod touch, each
with its own purpose. The iPod
line has had the best-selling
music players in the world for
several years, and you can
count on it staying that way for
some time.
16. iTunes
It wasn’t enough that Jobs
revolutionized the MP3 player;
he also needed to give people the
software to manage the content.
iTunes started as an interface for
playing your music files, but
now it is one of the largest music
stores on the planet. iTunes
accounts for more than a fourth
of music sales happening today,
and the trend will likely continue
in its favor as the iPod continues
its reign as the most popular
music player. Apple also
recently introduced iCloud,
which will interact with iTunes
and Apple products so users can
store music in the cloud rather
than solely on their devices.
17. MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro’s launch in
January 2006 showed that Apple
was once again getting serious
about innovating in the laptop
space with high-end parts and
aluminum bodies. The Pro’s
design largely took cues from
PowerBook G4 but included
Intel Core Duo processors rather
than PowerPC chips, a move that
opened up a lot more potential
for Apple’s machine and showed
the “Wintel” alliance wasn’t
going to last. The MacBook Pro
paved the way for the MacBook
Air a few years later, and the Pro
still retails today as one of the
classiest laptops around.
18. iPhone
While some observers may have
been disappointed by Tuesday’s
launch of the iPhone 4S instead
of a much-anticipated iPhone 5,
there is no doubt that the first
iPhone changed the smartphone
landscape as we know it when it
landed in June 2007. Steve Jobs’
dedication to a strong user
interface showed with his focus
on a simple mobile operating
system paired with a 3.5-inch
touch screen. The iPhone now
has more than 500,000 apps
available for it, and the phone is
the best-selling smartphone in
the world.
19. MacBook Air
The first MacBook Air didn’t
seem as important as it is now,
but that just shows how Jobs
was thinking ahead yet again.
When Apple launched the
MacBook Air in January 2008, it
seemed like a stripped-down
laptop that ditched the CD-ROM
a little too soon. But now
that we’re in the age of cloud
computing and streaming
media, the need for physical
media is essentially gone. The
MacBook Air and Intel’s
“Ultrabook” followers will
continue to change how we look
at laptops and personal
computing.
20. iPad
The January 2010 launch of the
iPad tablet showed that Jobs yet
again was ahead of the curve by
bringing back tablet computing.
Tablets were first shown off by
Microsoft in 2001, but tablet PCs
didn’t take off with consumers
until Jobs paired a tablet with
the simple iOS mobile operating
system and a variety of
compelling apps. The iPad is by
far the best-selling tablet in the
world and many analysts believe
it will stay that way, even with
competitors like Amazon Kindle
Fire and Samsung Galaxy Tab
10.1 and 8.9.
21. Today we all are living in the world of Technology and
Communication , today we are using computers as a
multitasking device, smartphone one of the best comm
device, ipod best music player in the world and ipad
one of the simplest entertaining device with
multifunctional capabilities.
All these device makes our life so easy and simple.
Steve jobs was one of the Biggest Contribuir for this, he
spent his all life for this so that today we are living
standard lifestyle it’ was an unforgettable contribution
to world
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