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 Steve Jobs is one of the founders of the famous (Apple Computer) company, and one of the pioneers of the global economy, who revolutionized the world of modern technologies, specifically in the field of smart devices, including telephones, and computers of all kinds, whether desktops or laptops, as well as tablets. And smartwatches. After high school, Jobs attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after only one semester. He was fascinated by Eastern spirituality and took a part-time job in video game design, to finance a trip to India. To study the eastern culture and religion, which he loves to delve into (1).

Steve Jobs story

When Jobs returned to the United States of America, he renewed his meeting with his friend Wozniak, who was trying to invent the small computer. For Wozniak, it was just a hobby, nothing more, and soon the marketing potential of such a device was realized. Hence, Jobs and Wozniak, aged 20 In a year they shop in a small shop owned by Jobs' father, called Apple, and they started working on the first model of the Apple I, to get money and secure the capital of $1,350, which they later used to start Apple, Steve Jobs sold his car small.

Later that same year, using part of the money from the stock sale, Jobs launched NeXT Computer Co., to build a cutting-edge computer that would revolutionize research and higher education. Introduced in 1988, the NeXT Computer was introduced with a host of innovations. Including faster-processing speeds, exceptional graphics, and an optical drive, but at $9,950, NeXT was too expensive to attract enough sales to keep the company going, and to ensure it worked without any problems, so Jobs shifted focus From computers to other smart devices, Jobs was one of the first entrepreneurs to understand that a personal computer would attract a wide audience, at least if it didn't belong to a middle school science fair (1).

Founding of Apple

Although Jobs had long hair, he managed to get the necessary funding, distribution, and publicity for Apple Computer, which was founded in 1977, the same year the Apple II was completed, and the device was a rapid success, becoming synonymous with the computer boom. Personal, 1981 the company had a record stock offering, in 1983 it achieved the fastest development to that time, in the list of the top 500 companies in America, and in 1983 the company appointed PepsiCo, Inc, and its president, John Sculley, as CEO.

About Apple devices, specifically the first Macintosh, it was weak and expensive, had few software applications, and all of this led to poor sales, and from here Apple steadily improved the device, so that it eventually became the lifeblood of the company as well as the model for all subsequent computer interfaces But Jobs' failure to solve the problem quickly led to tensions in the company, and in 1985 Sculley persuaded Apple's board of directors to remove the company's famous founder (2).

Notable achievements of Steve Jobs

There are many achievements made by Apple through Jobs, and in turn facilitated people's lives, including (3).

The Personal Computer Revolution The Apple II, released in 1977, was one of the world's first highly successful personal computers. The Macintosh, released in 1984, was the first commercially successful computer, with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Moving and controlling.

Introducing a mouse or mouse, as a user interface, Jobs changed the system or mechanism for people interacting with PCs, by replacing a text-based command line interface with a mouse interface. Instead of typing commands using the keyboard, users could click on-screen icons Using a mouse console, Jobs borrowed the idea for the new interface from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (XRX), but he failed to see its potential.

Introducing portable music or audio players to the masses. Before Apple introduced the iPod in 2001, they were available in the market, but the experience of Jobs or Apple made the device a fun, simple, and modern way to store thousands of songs, increasing business opportunities. and projects for storing songs for consumers.

Jobs turned the music distribution experience upside down through the iTunes Store by offering an easy and affordable way to download songs to computers and iPods.

Opening the way for the era of computer-animated feature films with funding and pioneering Pixar Animation Studios, Jobs bought an unproven animation studio from George Lucas in 1986 and turned it into a blockbuster filmmaker, beginning with "Toy Story" in 1995.

Opening Apple Stores Jobs challenged people who doubted the quality of the products. He launched a chain of Apple retail stores starting in 2001, and the stores proved very successful, not only in selling products but also in highlighting the Apple brand.

Other achievements of Steve Jobs

Increase the elegance of the computer exterior. Apple computers are stylish, from the original iMacs in beautiful colors to the MacBook Air, Apple has built products that consumers crave when it comes to Apple products.

Launching the Smartphone Revolution When Jobs introduced the iPhone mobile company in 2007, he not only added cellular capabilities to the iPod or vice versa, as some had thought, he created a landmark device that combined the iPod, the complete Internet browser, and the mobile phone into a multi-interface gadget touch.

Changing the mechanism of programming applications. Jobs changed the way software applications were distributed when he opened the App Store to download applications on the iPhone and iPod Touch in 2008. It gave developers a way to write and sell portable software to consumers over the Internet, and its success created an easy system Very interesting and fun, boosting the demand for these Apple devices.

Launching the tablet trend, Apple faced a lot of skeptics when Jobs debuted the iPad tablet in April 2010, but the tablet quickly became a successful product.