The Legend of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs could never take credit for ushering in the era of high-speed Internet connectivity, but he surely was a driving force in spreading broadband adoption.

Jobs, who founded and ran Apple, died Oct. 5, sparking a worldwide mourning on par with the response to the deaths of Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Michael Jackson. Apple announced Jobs’ death but gave no specific cause. He was 56.

Under Jobs, Apple created the iTunes digital music store, which eventually expanded into multimedia, the iPod digital music player, the revolutionary iPhone, the iPad tablet computer, and the quintessential app store. Those innovations ...