Jobs, Steve Paul
Published: September 8, 2006, 4:50 pm
Updated: September 8, 2006, 4:50 pm
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Steve Paul Jobs (1955-) co-founded Apple Computer Corporation with Steve Wozniak in 1976 and became a multimillionaire before the age of 30. Apple became a significant player in the personal computer industry with the highly successful Apple II and Apple Macintosh. Apple’s computers introduced features we now take for granted: picture-like icons representing a function or a program to be executed, with the user navigating a mouse to move a cursor onto the icon and pressing the mouse button to execute the function or program. Apple's products changed the public's perception of the computer from a gigantic and inscrutable mass of vacuum tubes only used by big business and the government, to a small box used by ordinary people. In 1985, Jobs left Apple, but returned in 1997 with the company in failing condition. Jobs turned the fortune of the company around beginning with the introduction of the iMac, the iPod (the first commercially successful MP3 player), and iTunes (among the first commercially successful online music retailers).
Further Reading
Steve Jobs' Profile at Apple Computer, Inc. (Apple Computer, Inc.)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Jobs, Steve Paul". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 8, 2006; Last revised Date September 8, 2006; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Jobs,_Steve_Paul>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Steve Paul Jobs (1955-) co-founded Apple Computer Corporation with Steve Wozniak in 1976 and became a multimillionaire before the age of 30. Apple became a significant player in the personal computer industry with the highly successful Apple II and Apple Macintosh. Apple’s computers introduced features we now take for granted: picture-like icons representing a function or a program to be executed, with the user navigating a mouse to move a cursor onto the icon and pressing the mouse button to execute the function or program. Apple's products changed the public's perception of the computer from a gigantic and inscrutable mass of vacuum tubes only used by big business and the government, to a small box used by ordinary people. In 1985, Jobs left Apple, but returned in 1997 with the company in failing condition. Jobs turned the fortune of the company around beginning with the introduction of the iMac, the iPod (the first commercially successful MP3 player), and iTunes (among the first commercially successful online music retailers).
Further Reading
Steve Jobs' Profile at Apple Computer, Inc. (Apple Computer, Inc.)
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