Apple co-founder dies after cancer battle

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the company has announced.
The Silicon Valley icon, who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone, had stepped down as chief executive of the world's largest technology corporation in August .
Mr Jobs, who underwent a liver transplant for pancreatic cancer in 2004, had served as Apple's chairman since that resignation.
A statement issued by Apple paid homage to its leader by changing its website homepage to a photograph of him with the caption "Steve Jobs: 1955-2011".RIP