Apple Celebrates Steve Jobs at Memorial

October 19, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT

Tens of thousands of Apple Inc. employees tuned into a memorial for Steve Jobs on Wednesday, as the celebrations of the Apple co-founder’s life continued two weeks after his death.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, who took the CEO reins from Mr. Jobs as his health worsened in August, spoke at the memorial along with board member Bill Campbell, Mr. Jobs’s longtime friend and former colleague who is chairman of Intuit Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter.

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