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Apple's Steve Jobs Changed the Way We Live Steve Jobs, the innovative co-founder of Apple who transformed personal use of technology as well as entire industries with products such as the iPod, iPad, iPhone, Macintosh computer and the iTunes Store, died Oct. 5. The Apple chairman was 56. The iconic American CEO, whose impact many have compared to auto magnate Henry Ford and Walt Disney -- whom Jobs openly admired -- abruptly stepped down from his position as CEO of Apple in August because of health concerns. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer and underwent a liver transplant in 2009, although Apple, in announcing his death, did not list a cause. "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," the company said on its website. "His spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple." Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, regarded as Jobs' foil in the early years of personal computing, said he was sadde...