A digital world without Steve Jobs
I never liked Apple products up to the time when I bought my first iPod player and then later when I was introduced to iTunes. Due to the high costs of Apple products many people with a passion for technology in Zimbabwe have been restricted to HP and Dell products, but that changed when Apple started to launch its wide range of products including the iPod, iPhone, iPad and the iMac thanks to the work of Steve Jobs. Born in 1955 Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Inc, a company which has made computers accessible to non technical people and reinventing the cellphone and music industry with the iPhone and iTunes. Steve Jobs inspired so many young people through entrepreneurial skills and ideas which have revolutionarised the way we see technology and how to make it work for us. The world was made better because of Steve Jobs.
Reacting to Steve Jobs’s death the American President, Barack Obama he said,
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but also intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike. Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.”
After his death Steve Jobs shall be remembered many generations to come for his immense contributions to the information technology revolution and for the inspiration he gave to others – even his rivals.