Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies

Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO has died at the age of 56. Apple Inc confirmed the death of company co-founder on Wednesday. Jobs had been suffering from cancer for some considerable time and it was only in August that he retired as the company’s CEO.

Jobs, considered the father of the iPhone and iPad, was treated for cancer in 2004 and in 2009 he received a new liver. He often had to take breaks from the stresses and strains of daily work and could only occasionally appear in the public.

A visionary lost

Barack Obama paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as one of the greatest American inventors. Together with his wife Michelle, they were “saddened by the death of Steve Jobs” a White House statement said. By building one of the most successful companies on the planet out of his garage, jobs “embodied the spirit of American ingenuity”, said Obama. “The world has lost a visionary”. Jobs died on Wednesday night at the age of 56.