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Call apple what you will, but one thing is certain Steve Jobs was a visionary in many different areas of media and entertainment. is ingenuity and vision brought forward the world of smart phones as we know it today and brought forward Pixar one of today's most prominent Animation and entertainment companies in the world. Apple and Pixar have both brought with them paradigm shifts in their respective fields and have forced competitors in the worlds of both technology and entertainment to improve their process and polish their products in a way that was not seen before. Moving forward one can only hope that the many individuals touched and affected by the Steve as well as the products both companies have produced will follow in his vision and continue to build a smarter more innovative world.