History of Apple
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Updated: 9 May 2020
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FoundationApple I releaseApple Computer, Inc.
CEO - Michael ScottApple II releaseApple III releaseWozniak resigned from his job
at Hewlett-Packard to work
full-time for AppleDisk II"Killer application"Apple IPOSteve Wozniak leaves AppleJohn Scully becomes
CEO of AppleApple was among
the three largest
microcomputer companies.Applesoft BASICApplesoft IIProject "Macintosh" startedProject "LISA" startedIBM PC releaseApple Lisa releaseMacintosh 128K releaseSteve Wozniak returns to AppleSteve Jobs leaves AppleCompany conflict
Steve Jobs vs John ScullyUnder leadership
of John Sculley,
Apple issued its first
corporate stock dividendApple IIc releaseApple IIGS releaseMacintosh SE releaseMacintosh II releaseSteve Wozniak
leaves AppleMacintosh Classic releaseApple registered
the "Apple.com"PowerBook releaseMacintosh Portable releaseWindows 3.0 release
Amiga, Atari ST and IBM
got a comparable GUI
and were out-competing Apple.Apple partnered with
long-time competitor
IBM and Motorola to
form the AIM alliance.Apple Newton releaseApple start licensing the
Mac OS and Macintosh
ROMs to 3rd party
manufacturersGil Amelio becomes
CEO of AppleMike Markkula becomes
CEO of Apple"Black Wednesday"Michael Spindler becomes
CEO of AppleSteve Jobs becomes
CEO of AppleApple introduced
the Apple StoreSteve Jobs announced
that Apple would be
entering into a
partnership with
Microsoft.iMac releasePower Mac G4 releaseiBook releaseApple introduced Mac OS X
an operating system based
on NeXT's NeXTSTEP and
incorporating parts of the
FreeBSD kernelApple announced the
opening of a line of
Apple retail storesiPod Classic releaseiPod Mini releaseiPod Touch releaseiPod Shuffle releaseiPod Nano releaseiMac G4 releaseiMac G5 releaseXserve releasePower Mac G5 release2004, however, was a turning
point for Apple. After creating
a sizable financial base to work
with, the company began
experimenting with new parts
from new suppliers. As a result,
Apple was able to produce new
designs quickly over a short
amount of time, with the
release of the iPod Video, then
the iPod Classic, and eventually
the iPod touch and iPhone.Mac OS X Tiger releaseApple bought ShazamApple bought
LuxVue Technology
and
Beats ElectronicsApple bought BurstlyApple bought
P.A. SemiApple bought
FingerWorksApple bought
Steve Jobs' company,
NeXTRetail store
expansion"i" Web servicesiTunes Store launchedApple sold its 200
millionth song on
the iTunes Music
Store300 millionth
song in iTunes500 millionth
song in iTunes1 billionth
song in iTunes10 billionth
song in iTunesRelease of first
Intel-based
compuers:
iMac, MacBook ProApple Computer, Inc.
shortened its name
to simply Apple InciPhone and
iOS releaseiPad releaseFaceTime launchedTim Cook becomes
CEO of AppleAppleWatch releaseApple pencil releaseSiri releaseHomepod releaseiPhone X releaseApple TV releasePeriods
Apple undertook
five acquisitions,
including software
companies Network
Innovations,
Styleware, Nashoba
Systems, and Coral
Software, as well as
satellite
communications
company Orion
Network Systems.eWorld functioningApple's comebackThe decline of AppleIn the quarter ending
March 26, 2005, Apple
earned US$290 millionApple bought Matcha,
Embark, AlgoTrim, Cue,
PrimeSense, Topsy,
BroadMap, Catch.com,
WiFiSlam, Locationary,
HopStop,
Passif SemiconductorsApple bought Chomp,
Redmatica, AuthenTec,
Particle, Color Labs,
Anobit, C3 Technologies,Apple bought Placebase,
Lala.com, Quattro Wireless,
Intrinsity, SiriApple bought
Silicon Color,
ProximityApple bought Xemplar Education, Raycer Graphics, NetSelector, Astarte-DVD, SoundJam MP, Blue Buzz,
Spruce Technologies, PowerSchool, Nothing Real, Zayante, Silicon Grail Corp-Chalice, Propel Software,
Prismo Graphics, Emagic
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