Apple's Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56 [Video]

By Luke Leung 5 Oct, 2011 10:08 EDT

Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs has died at age 58 today, confirms Apple Inc.

Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs has died at age 56, confirms Apple Inc. Known as the “greatest innovator of this era”, Jobs was the mastermind behind the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and many other technological products that revolutionized the way for more personal computing devises.

Jobs co-founded Apple Computer in 1976 and marketed the world's first personal computer, the Apple II. In 2004, he overcame an unusual form of pancreatic cancer, and in 2009, he was forced to get a liver transplant.Further deteriorating health led to Jobs announcing Aug. 24, 2011, that he was stepping down as Apple's CEO.

Pateluma-based Chinese evangelist Yuan Zhi-Ming blogged last year after reading Job’s speech to the Stanford graduates during their commencement ceremony, “[I] was a bit touched. What he said can be compared to the path to success in life, but it surpasses the path to success in life; what is more important than success is love, gratitude, faith, destiny, and death. I hope that Chinese people can comprehend the pitiful sentiment behind personal success; whether or not Jobs is a Christian, this kind of sentiment is the outflowing of the Christian civilization.”

Jobs was listed in March as 109th on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires, with a net personal worth of approximately $8.3 billion.

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Apple's Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56 [Video]

Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.

Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values

Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues

2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation

Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.