Apple Remembers Nelson Mandela on Its HomepageApple has removed all product placements on its homepage tonight and has instead
replaced them with an image of Nelson Mandela, honoring the late South African president's life a day after he
passed at the age of 95.
<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-395733" alt="applemandela" src="
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2013/12/applemandela.png" width="800" height="424" />
Apple executives had previously commented on Mandela's death on Twitter, with SVP Phil Schiller
tweeting a quote from Mandela. CEO Tim Cook also
tweeted a quote, but
offered thoughts on the passing of Mandela as well:
Amazing human being. Champion of freedom and human dignity. He set an example for all of the world. RIP Nelson Mandela. We miss you already.
This is one of the few times Apple has honored someone's life on its homepage, with the others being people such as
Rosa Parks, board member
Jerry York and
Steve Jobs.
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