3. Introduction
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Name : Apple Inc.
Headquartered : Cupertino, California
Founded : 1 April 1976
Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald
Wayne
• Incorporated : Apple Computer, Inc. on
January 3, 1977
• The word "Computer" was removed from its
name on January 9, 2007
4. History
• 1976 - 80: Incorporation without Ronald Wayne who sold his share
of the company for $800.
First 5 years growth rate of 700%.
• 1981 - 85: 1978 began working the Apple Lisa the first personal
computer (1983). In 1984 launched the Macintosh.
• 1986 - 97: period of experimentation and decline. 1997 Apple join
Microsoft and introduced Apple Online Store.
• 1998 - 2005: on 1998 introduced iMac, on 2001 introduced iPod.
• 2005 - 2007: Cooperation Apple and Intel.
• 2007 - 2011: on 2007 introduced iPhone and Apple TV, on 2010
announced iPad.
• 2011-present: on October 2011 released iPhone 4S and Steve Jobs
died.
6. Products
• iPad
On January 27, 2010, Apple introduced their tablet, the iPad
It offers multi-touch interaction with multimedia formats including
newspapers, magazines, ebooks, textbooks, photos, movies, videos
of TV shows, videogames, and most existing iPhone apps.