For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://me.lt/9P8MUn<br /><br />In Shanghai today, Apple fans gathered at the biggest Apple store in mainland China. They were there to pay tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Jobs, considered one of the biggest innovators of the computer age, passed away on Wednesday evening, after a years-long battle with cancer.<br /><br />Chinese Apple fans in Shanghai pay tribute to the company's icon, Steve Jobs, on Thursday. It comes after the news of his death at the age of 56 on Wednesday.<br /><br />Jobs died after a years-long battle with pancreatic cancer.<br /><br />The co-founder of Apple Inc was surrounded by his wife and immediate family when he died in California.<br /><br />His death was announced by Apple and sparked an immediate outpour of sympathy. Condolences were given from world leaders, competitors and other businessmen including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.<br /><br />At mainland China's biggest Apple Store, Shanghai resident Jin Yi says he came to quietly mourn the death of his idol.<br /><br />[Jin Yi, Mourning Steve Jobs]:<br />"I came here to see how they will operate on the first day that they had lost Steve Jobs. I also came here to mourn his death in my own way."<br /><br />The icon who gave the world the iPod, iPhone and iPad, stepped down as chief executive of Apple in August. He handed the reins to his long-time lieutenant, Tim Cook.<br /><br />Apple paid homage by changing its website to a photograph with "Steve Jobs: 1955-2011." The flags outside the company's headquarters fly at half mast.<br /><br />Jobs died just one day after Apple unveiled its latest iPhone, the gadget that catapulted the company to be one of the world's top electronics companies.
