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Owais Khalid
Roll No. MAF3-10-41
Early Life
Born on February 24th,
1955 in San Francisco, California. Adopted with in a week after birth by Paul and
Clara Jobs from California. Adoption was finalized under the condition that Steven would attend college
Education
Attended high school in Cupertino,
California Jobs went to Reed College in Portland He studied Poetry, Literature, and Physics. Dropped out after one semester
Steve Wozniak. Woz was an incredibly talented engineer, especially in electronic gadgets. Jobs was a market visionary.
Managing Finance
After showing the Apple I to in town
computer stores, Jobs was able to sell 25. After selling his Volks wagon mini-bus, and asking Woz to sell his scientific calculator, the two raised enough money to create Apple Computers.
Apple Series
The Downfall
Sales began to plunge
Wozniak quit Apple in 1985. As sales of the Macintosh took off, CEO
John Sculley thought that Jobs was hurting Apples success, and gradually forced Jobs to leave. Board members of Apple met on May 28th, 1985 and each voted on the removal of Steve from the company.
Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), WALL-E (2008)
Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up
and Toy Story 3 each received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, an award introduced in 2001
Computer in 1989.
A new computer company
based on an object oriented software platform, NeXT failed first as a hardware company, then as a software company.
Returned to Apple
In 1996, Apple bought
NeXT, and with it came Steve Jobs. Jobs management style had drastically changed. Relaxed and was open to suggestions. Employees commented that Jobs made experimenting with electronics fun.
Looking Up
NeXT STEP software was
being turned into Mac OS X. Under Jobs guidance the company increased sales. Introduced the iMac and other new products. In 2000, Jobs became the full CEO of Apple, after the success of the iMac.
Something New
iPod is a portable media player
released on November 10, 2001. Less than a year after iTunes was released, Apple released the iPod. Originally only for Mac users In July 2002, the new iPod was available for Windows users as well. In eight weeks, five million songs were sold on iTunes. Took over 80% of the legal music downloading market
generation of iPod was introduced Could play music videos and TV shows Jobs announced the opening of the iTunes video store
iPad
iPad is a tablet
computer. It contains audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, apps and web contents. iPad was announced on January 27, 2010.
iPhones
First iPhone was released
on June 29, 2007. Six out of ten Americans were aware of its release. Time magazine declared it "Invention of the Year" for 2007. A small device with multimedia capabilities and functions as a touch screen smart phone.
Still growing
A year later, the
iPhone 3G was released in July 2008. In June 2009, the iPhone 3GS, added voice control, a better camera, and a faster processor.
Still growing
iPhone 4 was thinner than
previous models, had a five megapixel camera which can record videos in 720p HD, and added a secondary front facing camera for video calls. A major feature of the iPhone 4S, introduced in October 2011, which is a virtual assistant that is capable of voice recognition.
Just come up
iPhone 5
Launched about a
California home around 3 p.m. on October 5, 2011, due to pancreatic cancer. Over a million tributes were sent, which are now displayed on the Steve Jobs memorial page.
Microsoft): Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.