BRITANNICA BEGINNER BIOSK LOTS VISIONARY OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION 27 CHRISTINE HONDERS Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
STEVE JOBS VISIONARY OF THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION CHAPTER ONE 4 FOUNDER OF APPLE It’s hard to imagine a world without com puters They’re in our homes in cars and in stores Some people carry computers everywhere they go It hasn’t always been that way The first computers were made more than 70 years ago but they were very big and complicated In 1975 the first home computer was cre ated A year later a young man and his friend showed the world their invention a computer called the Apple I The man’s name was Steve Jobs In 1976 Steve Jobs created Apple which was one of the first companies that made computers that people could use at home 4
FOUNDER OF APPLE Steve Jobs and his friend Stephen Wozniak founded a company called Apple as well Apple is now one of the most successful companies in the world As the head of Apple Steve Jobs helped invent the first Apple computer the Macin tosh computer and the iPhone just to name a few His inventions changed the way people learn about things and how they COMMUNICATE with each other It wasn’t easy for Steve Jobs to become one of the most important inventors of our time His success was the result of a lot of hard work He was always thinking of ways to make his inventions better and better To COMMUNICATE is to get someone else to understand your thoughts and feelings Vocabulary In 2013 a movie was made about Jobs It showed how hard he worked on all of the products he created 5
