Steve Jobs: Rockstar of the Technology World

Pick up any newspaper around the world and you are guaranteed to find an article about the late Steve Jobs and his revolutionary contributions to Apple and the computer hardware and software industry. As co-founder of Apple, one of the largest and most influential companies within the industry, Jobs was able to create and release some of the most profitable and technologically advanced products into the world. However, more notably than the ground breaking products themselves, was the man who promoted and sold them. At the forefront of every major Apple release was Steve Jobs. His presentations to the public and press were the "rock concerts of the technology world". Thousands of technology critics, experts and press representatives would listen intently to his presentations; hanging on his every word and recording his legendary speeches with IPhones in the air. Through his incomparable, onstage charisma, Jobs was able to get people excited and believe in his products that he preached as "magical and revolutionary". "To technology freaks and geeks, he is a 'demigod', whose product launches are adulatory affairs regularly likened to religious revivalist meetings," the the British Newspaper the Guardian wrote in 2006.

With the recent death of Steve Jobs many are questioning if Apple will be able to hold its place at the top of the industry; as the legend behind its previous success is no longer at the reins. With his passing Apple's stock took a significant hit, implying that many had invested in the man, rather than the company. From its beginning Jobs served as the face and voice of Apple, inspiring excitement in his products and concurring skepticism among the critics. "The world has lost a visionary." President Barack Obama said in a statement posted on Wednesday night on White House blog.

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