“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
(Steve Jobs, The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993)
The world has just lost its spark of talent, Steve Jobs has passed on after losing his battle to Pancreatic Cancer. The news of his passing saddened most of us, he has touched a lot of people by his visions and products. Nearly everyone all over the world has been exposed at one point or another to an Apple device may it be an iPod, iPad or an Apple computer. His devices revolutionized the technology industry. Apple lost a great leader and visionary. May he rest in peace and have mercy on his soul.
Reactions around the world
Outside an Apple Store in NYC - Jason DeCrow/Associated Press
A fan wrote a message on the window of an Apple Store in Santa Monica, California - Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
Flowers and Pictures against the window of the Boston Apple Store - Brian Snyder/Reuters
A fan outside the NYC Apple store early Thursday - Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Messages on Apple stickers on the window of an Apple Store in Pasadena California - Robyn Beck/AFP/ Getty Images
An Apple employee lit an apple shaped candle outside the store in Santa Monica, Califfornia - Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Chinese exchange students from a nearby college created the Apple logo and Job's last name in Chinese characters at the Apple Headquarters - Getty Images
Neighbors of Steve Jobs writing messages in front of his home in Palo Alto, California - Paul Sakuma/Associated Press
A woman praying in front of the Apple store in Tokyo, Japan - Yariko Nakao/Reuters
A little boy looking at the Job's figure at an Apple store in Hong Kong - Kin Cheung/Associated Press
A carved apple sat outside the Apple store in Pasadena, California - Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Flowers were laid outside an Apple store in Beijing, China - Ng Han Guan/ Associated Press
A woman from Turkey left a message on the window of an Apple store in San Francisco - Erin Lubin/Bloomberg
Fans held an iPad during a vigil outside the Apple store in Tokyo - Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg News
We will be missing you Steve… If it wasn’t for you this world will never have the opportunity to make life and live life better…
He will be missed