Emilie Hernandez

Steve Jobs is being compared to men like Thomas Edison and Henry Ford -- the great inventors of the past. Jobs, who died last week, draws such comparisons because of his impact on media technology. Emilie Hernandez has more in this Bobcat Update.

Jobs is regarded as an innovator. As co-founder of Apple Inc, he revolutionized technology and helped create one of the most admired companies in the world.
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"It's going to really change a lot of industries to not have that special person driving innovation…and it scares me a little bit…..it makes me think you know, what could have been if we had a few more years with him"
"It's weird to say Apple without Steve Jobs"
Jobs was a college dropout. When he was 21, he met Steve Wozniak and together, they started Apple Computers.
Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985, but he came back in '97 to help revitalize the struggling company.  He did more than that – he created product lines that were designed for everyone to use.
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"He created things that empower people, that made them feel like they could do stuff"
Apple -- with Jobs at the helm -- brought us new and dazzling computers as well as the i-Phone and the i-Pad. Jobs and Apple had an impact.
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"The computers are fast, customer service in the Apple stores is amazing, and once you go Mac, you never go back"
Jobs, at age 56, died from complications caused by pancreatic cancer.
For Bobcat Update, I'm Emilie Hernandez.