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Birth
Steve Paul Jobs was born on febuary 24th, in San Fransico California. He was adopted by Pual Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs at birth. -
Moves to Mountain Veiw California
Steve was five years old when he moved to Mountain Veiw California. His dad moved there for his job as a electronic mechanic. There he and his dad, paul, fixed radios, televisions, and other things. -
High School Years
Steve Jobs went to highschool at Homestead Highschool. In highschool him and his friend Fernandez, messed with computer key boards and electronics together. -
College Life
Jobs went to college at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. This only lasted for six months though cause he dropped out. He then had spent 18 months auditing clases like calligraphy. "If I had never dropped on that single calligraphy course in college,the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts." -Steve Jobs -
The Blue Box
Before they made apple computers they had made the Blue Box. A blue box is an electronic device that generates the same tones employed by a telephone operator's dialing console to switch long-distance calls. A blue box is a phone that came out in 1960 but was inproved by Jobs. The Blue Box allowed users to route their own calls by emulating the in-band signaling mechanism that then controlled switching in long distance dialing systems. The use of a blue box was to make free telephone calls. -
The begining of Apple
Jobs and Wozinak made a business together called Apple. Apple origanally sold circut boards little did they know how big Apple would be 30 years later. They made the first Apple computer which became a hit and jump started the Apple community. -
NeXT Station
Apple was not making very much money at the time and helped found the NeXT Inc. which eventually contributed to getting the company back on track. It was sold for a wopping $9,999 to educaters and colleges. -
Pixar and Disney
Originally named "The Graphic Group" or Pixar was one of jobs prodjects. Steve made computer graphics for the company. This helped make movies; they made the movies Toy Story, Bugs Lfe, Cars, Monsters Inc., and many more movies using his computer programs. -
The Ipod
The Ipod revolutionized the way people listened, took, and had music. Having downloadable music from Apples own Itunes store also boosted the company this also began the ideas for the Iphone, Ipad, and many more Apple products to come. -
Iphones
Next Jobs made the Iphone by Apple. When this product first came out it was a big hit due to it muti-touch screen. This also revalutionized mobile browsing. Later he created many more Iphones going up by number. Today even after Jobs passed they are still making Iphones. -
The Ipad
The Ipad was one of the first tablet computers. Apple recived props for its screen and capability to do all what an Iphone could do but directly call someone.Over 170 million were sold. This like many other things made in the2010s pushed to be such a big wealthy company. -
Steve Jobs Death
Steve Jobs died of pancreotic cancer in 2011. He had been fighting with cancer since 2003. "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius,and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor.Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple" - The Apple Company -
Hopes for Future Apple
Now apple is owned by Ronald Wayne. Apple has inspired many companies and products today and marks the way for future products. Steve Jobs inspires electronics works today as they invent new things.
