{"id":14488,"date":"2011-10-06T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T07:44:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"steve-jobs-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/14488-steve-jobs-passes-away","title":{"rendered":"Steve Jobs passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56.<\/p>\n

Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause.<\/p>\n

“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” the company said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n

“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve”<\/p>\n

Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems.<\/p>\n

He took another leave of absence in January – his third since his health problems began – before resigning as CEO six weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Jobs became Apple’s chairman and handed the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.<\/p>\n

The news Apple fans and shareholders had been dreading came the day after Apple unveiled its latest version of the iPhone, just one in a procession of devices that shaped technology and society while Jobs was running the company.
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