Inventor and technology pioneer, Steve jobs died today at the age of 56. Mr Jobs had a rare form of Pancreatic cancer which eventually lead to his death. Apple released a statement today informing the media that he had passed away, but didn't reveal and details on or where passed. On August 24, 2011 Steve Jobs step down as Apple's CEO, because of his health issues.

His contributions to Apple and the world of technology extend beyond the scope of cool hardware devices, and industry defining music players. Mr Jobs had a rare ability to see the future, and understood what people wanted from technology, even when they didn't. His mystical powers of perception allowed him to understand both technology and consumers, which lead to the creating of new and innovative deceives-like the iPhone, and now the iPad; both of which have revolutionized entire industries, and created new markets.

One of his greatest feats was the creations of his company 'NeXT', which was formed after he was  fired from Apple many years ago. However, his new start-up company created the software that is now the basis for all web browsing, and is responsible for the creation of the World Wide Web. The technology was later made popular by Microsoft who used it with Internet Explore.

The world without Steve Jobs is one that would look entire different. Many of the innovations we enjoy today, like the reading of this article, would not exist. A man with that much vision will surly be missed. It's safe to say the evolution of technology has already slowed now that he's gone. For more on the many accomplishment Steve Jobs achieved in his life time click here.

Unfortunately for Steve Jobs many of his innovations were taken and used by other companies, who receive credit for his creations. Such as the concepts of using windows to navigate a computer. Its one of many ideas made popular by Microsoft, that originally debuted on Apples Macintosh computers.