Acts including the Black Eyed Peas, Mick Jagger, Coldplay, Puff Daddy and Snoop Doggy Dogg have shared memories of the Apple founder with millions of followers.

Twitter has been particularly busy, including the following tributes:

@iamwill (will.i.am)
"#youchangetheworld we lost a great innovator ... steve jobs designed a whole new world ... he will be missed ...
plant these apple seeds for steve jobs...so we can grow more more genius's...
#stevejobs i hope the youth chooses to be like steve ...