Steve Jobs Dead

Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead


Steve Jobs Dead

Right now the internet’s quaking with speculation about Steve Jobs’ possible death. Update:Steve Jobs has passed away at 56

Did an intern fuck up? Did someone tweet something they shouldn’t have? We don’t know—but we will say it’s reminding us a lot of the media rumors that swirled up right before Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer. It’s extremely hard to keep the lid on the death of a celebrity—today more than ever, thanks to websites like ours. We realize we’re cranking the wheel on the rumor mill by writing this, but we want to settle the question definitively. So we’ve got our feelers out everywhere, and are trying to either quash this rumor or verify some awful news we’ve all been dreading.

Steve Jobs Children

Steve Jobs is a Nine-Year-Old Child

Steve Jobs has the personality, temperament and behavior of a nine-year-old. I've suspected this for a while, and now I can prove it.

Don't get me wrong, he's a brilliant nine-year-old.

He's headstrong, opinionated and directly connected to his emotional and creative cortex.

I know this because I spent hours at the Apple store on launch day listening to adults moaning and groaning, and analyzing the iPad. And at the same time I watched kids, some older, some younger directly connected to the same emotions and energy that Jobs has.

The iPad won't make sense to folks who've grown up in a pre-digital world. It's a device built to herald in the post-digital era. In Jobs' mind, devices should be minimalist; beautiful, simple, elegant, clean. They should do less, not more, as data moves from the device to the cloud.

Don't get me wrong, this is a device that "time-traveled" to use from the future. For the time being it is going to have to live in the present. You know Jobs is pained by the issues that AT&T has caused iPhone users, and similarly the iPad is built for a world with ubiquitous wi-fi. Today it's a device that solves lots of media browsing problems, but it isn't the Swiss Army knife that critics like Jeff Jarvis are hungry for. In fact, the iPad is purposefully not lots of things. Which is problematic for adults hungry for a simple device that makes all their other digital ephemera obsolete.

The iPad is the future wrestling with the present. It's adults vs. kids. It's digital natives vs. digital carpet baggers. And the fault lines of the debate can be seen along these lines.

Which brings me back to the Apple store as folks touch, caress, poke and prod this new and unfamiliar device.

So, here's how adults wrestle with the iPad;

* How can I manage 'another' device?
* What will it cost, can I afford it?
* What if the next version has more stuff. More gigs, megs, features, stuff. I should wait.


Then, watch the kids with the device;

* This feels good.
* I like my media being control by my hands.
* I want to play, watch, and read on this.

Jobs knows this. He knows that the iPad will be a massive hit with children. Middle School. Even High School. But that's the dividing line. If you've got a bag full of devices, the iPad is a luxury. If you've got years of legacy ideas about keyboards, mice, hard drives, the processors, then you'll have to try hard to understand how the iPad is a device that comes in a time machine from the future.

But, it does. The world is a wireless world. The world is a wi-fi world. The world is a world where both your data and the computing power you need resides in the cloud. The iPad is built to run on services like Amazon's EC2, where you can spin up as many processers as you need to crunch data, and use the always-on wireless broadband connection to send data to, and pull results from the cloud.

We're not there yet but the pieces are all in place.

And the iPad brings it that much closer to reality.

Steve Jobs Cancer 2011

Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011


Steve Jobs Cancer 2011

Steve Jobs Cancer 2011

Steve Jobs Receiving Treatment At Cancer Clinic Where Patrick Swayze Was Patient

Steve Jobs - who is on another medical leave of absence from Apple, the company he co-founded and manages as its longtime CEO - is receiving treatment at a cancer clinic where Hollywood star Patrick Swayze was a patient in his final days.

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RadarOnline.com has confirmed Jobs, 55, has been attending the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California, where Swayze sought radical chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer before his death in September, 2009.

The skeletal-looking Apple boss was photographed outside the clinic in images set to be published in the next edition of The National Enquirer.

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In one photo, Jobs is seen getting out of his car at the clinic - a day after he turned in a full day's work when he was spotted on Apple's Cupertino campus.

It's unknown whether Jobs' current health battle is related to his liver transplant from 2009, or whether the pancreatic cancer he previously defeated has returned, or if there is a new problem.

In 2004, the computer genius took time off to recover from surgery to treat a very rare form of pancreatic cancer - called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.

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Jobs, who will turn 56 on February 24, announced on January 17 that he was going on a medical leave.

"At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health," Jobs said in an email to employees.

"I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company."

Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56

Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56


Steve Jobs Apple Dead at 56

Apple founder, Steve Jobs, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer Wednesday (Oct. 5). He was 56. The Silicon Valley technological visionary reinvented the wheel with his company and, right up until his death, continued to deliver Apple products that would change the way we share and consume information.

"Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," Apple said in a statement. "The world is immeasurably better because of Steve."

Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. in 1976 with Steve Wozniak. The pair built the Apple 1 in Jobs' parents garage. Eight years later Apple would release the Macintosh and the rest is history. However, in 1986 Jobs would eventually be fired the company he built, only to return ro save the company in 1996. With Jobs back in the fold, Apple Inc. would make a major comeback and release the iPod in 2001, followed by iTunes, the iPhone, the iPhone, and Jobs' latest invention, the iPad.

Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004. In 2009, the tech titan underwent a liver transplant. He stepped down as Apple's CEO in August stating that he could "no longer meet [his] duties and expectations."