CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Apple employees celebrated Steve Jobs' life Wednesday as the company posted on a tribute Web site some of the more than 1 million messages it received.
AppleInsider said thousands of employees gathered at an outdoor amphitheater at the company's Cupertino, Calif., corporate headquarters for a memorial service set for 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. local time.
Many more Apple retail employees watched a live stream of the event at stores, which closed for the service, their windows covered with white sheets to keep it secret.
Giant banners displaying Jobs' face could be seen at the event, and AppleInsider said Coldplay and Norah Jones performed.
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Apple did not make the broadcast of the employees-only event publicly available.
The company received the tribute messages since Jobs died in early October, when it provided an e-mail address on its Web site where customers and others could leave thoughts, memories and condolences.
Computerworld published some of the messages left on the Jobs tribute site.
"Thank you for making the world colorful. Thank you for bringing Apple to the whole world. Thank you for making people's dream come true," said someone identified only as Sherry.
"As a 44-year-old I can say without a doubt my life has been influenced by Steve from the first day I touched my 8K Apple II in high school. Thank you for that Steve, thank you," said Joe.
Jobs, who died Oct. 5 at 56 of complications from a rare form of pancreatic cancer, has been credited with turning around the company. He had resigned as Apple CEO in August.
