Steve Jobs honored with Grammy

After his unfortunate passing earlier this year, former CEO and co-founder of Apple Steve Jobs will be posthumously honored at the upcoming Grammy Award ceremony, which will take place February 11. Receiving the honor in the Trustees Award category, the Grammy organization released the following statement on Jobs:

As former CEO and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs helped create products and technology that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books. A creative visionary, Jobs’ innovations such as the iPod and its counterpart, the online iTunes store, revolutionized the industry and how music was distributed and purchased. In 2002 Apple Computer Inc. was a recipient of a Technical GRAMMY Award for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. The company continues to lead the way with new technology and in-demand products such as the iPhone and iPad.