At least, that was the message, which became a buzz, which turned into a social media roar.
Who can say for sure? And if it did, what does that mean?
What we do know for sure is that moments after the death of the Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley legend, photos of the event began popping up on photo sharing sites across the web, uploaded and viewed — without a doubt — on many of Jobs' gadgets.
One picture, snapped by Maryann (a.k.a. gromitgirl) of San Francisco, appeared on Flickr. It showed a rainbow pouring over Jobs' former brainchild — a multi-coloured campus in the picturesque Bay area.
"Moments after news broke about Steve Jobs' death, a rainbow popped out of the Pixar campus (taken with my iPhone 4)," gromitgirl wrote in the caption. "Rest in peace, Steve, and thank you."
The photo had been viewed more than 48,200 times by 9 a.m. pacific time on Thursday.
By then, social media was already chasing the pot of gold.
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow is number two on iTunes. Is this for Steve Jobs?" tweeted someone called a-simlar.
Someone by the name of Ned Hayes shared this: "Rainbow over Silicon Valley today — the original Apple colors — Apple rainbow for Steve Jobs."
That was quickly followed by "Incredible! This rainbow appeared in the heart of Silicon Valley w/in 1 hour of Apple announcing Steve Jobs passed away," from someone called Tony Deifell. Those notes were followed countless other colourful messages.
In 1986, Jobs purchased the graphics division of Lucasfilm ltd. for $10 million, renaming his new acquisition Pixar, according to the company's website.
The studio's first short, Luxo Jr. would premiere at Siggraph later that year, representing the first step in what has become a digital animation power house, and but one, of the many feathers in Jobs' technological cap.
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