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Steve Jobs is born
Steve jobs was born in Sanfransisco in 1955. He was born to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. Then he was quickly adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs -
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Life of Steve Jobs
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Steve gets a job
13-year-old Steve Jobs calls up Bill Hewlett and gets a summer job at the HP factory. -
Blue boxes
Steve and Woz build and illegally sell 'blue boxes' that allow to make phone calls for free. -
Apple computer inc
Apple computer inc is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne -
Garage selling
Jobs starts selling computers out of his garage to computer hobbyists including 50 for the byte shop. -
Father
Steve becomes a father to daughter Lisa. He has this baby with girlfriend Chrisann Brennan. She was born May 17, 1978 -
Apple goes public
Apple goes public and raises over 110 million dollars in one of the biggest public offerings ever to this day. -
Lisa computer
The Lisa computer goes on sale, only to be pulled two years later. Jobs lures John Sculley away from Pepsico Inc. to serve as Apple's CEO. -
Jobs resigns
Jobs resigns from apple. Jobs partner Wozniak also resigns the same year. -
Jobs starts "Next inc"
Jobs starts the new company next inc. This company makes high end computers for Universities. He also buys pixar from star wars creator George Lucas for 10 million. -
First next computer
Jobs put the first next computer for sale for the price of $6,500 -
Apple introduces the newton
Apple introduces the Newton, a hand-held, pen-based computer. The company reports quarterly loss of $188 million in July. Sculley is replaced as CEO by Apple president Michael Spindler. Apple restructures, and Sculley resigns as chairman. They decide to focus more on software -
Pixar focus
Steve starts focusing less on NeXT and more on Pixar before Toy Story is released. He becomes President & CEO of Pixar Animation Studios -
Toy story gets released
Steve releases toy story and his net worth rises to 1.5 million. Higher than it ever was with apple. -
Apple announces big deal
Apple announces to buy Next for $430 million for the operating systems they developed. Jobs is appointed an adviser to Apple. Gil Amelio replaces Spindler as CEO. -
Apple comes out with futuristic computer
Apple returns to making profit. They come out with candy coloured imac desktop. Looks like a futuristic tv and they dicontinue the newton. -
First Ipod
On the 23rd of October Steve releases the first ipod at a small media event. -
First windows compatible Ipod
The first windows compatible ipod is introduced on July 17 at Macworld New York. -
Revelutionary Ipods
Jobs comes out with the smallest ipod ever that sells for $49. Also he comes out with an ipod that can play video like tv shows and movies. -
Apples first smartphone
Apple announces they are coming out with a smartphone. People camp outside the store over night to try and get the first iphones. This is the first smartphone of many to come. -
Jobs ill
Word is that Steve Jobs is ill due to the sudden weight loss he is enduring. He aslo says that the speculation of his death is exaggerated and he will continue to run apple. About a year later he says the weight loss is due to the treatable horomone imbalance but days later he has to take medical leave. -
Ipad
Apple sells over 15 million dollars worth of ipads in the first 9 months of sale. Ipads are revelutionary in the new apple products. -
Jobs resigns from CEO
Due to Jobs illness he resigns from being apples CEO. Cook takes the CEO title. Although he is not CEO anymore Jobs is named chairman of apple. -
Jobs dies
Steve jobs dies. Apple announces it without giving a specific cause but he died of panceatic cancer. He was 56 years old. 1955-2011
