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Apple Computers, Inc. is created
Steve Jobs (Jobs) and Steve Wozniak (Woz) decide to create a computer company. It initially began for fun, but soon turned into one of the world's most revolutionary technological companies, affecting many in its path. They were first hired by a local tech store called The Byte Shop, where they used the loan money to buy supplies which were then crafted into computers and given to the Byte Shop. Their work started becoming more and more famous, leading to... -
Apple Gets Incorporated
...Apple Computers, Inc. officially getting incorporated in Cupertino, California. Funnily enough, I used to live in a city bordering Cupertino and have visited Apple's main HQ, being that my mom works for Apple. Cupertino is known as the 'heart' of Silicon Valley, an area near San Francisco famous for semi-conductor and computer technology production. Apple was able to hire more people and run more efficiently, the result of which was... -
The Apple II Computer is Unveiled
...the Apple II. The Byte Shop was lucky enough to receive the Apple I, but the Apple II was the first computer sold to an international market, as it was presented at the West Coast Computer Fair where chemist Toziu Mizushima became Apple's first authorized Japanese dealer. All of this work would eventually lead to higher quality stuff in the future, including... -
Apple Releases the Apple III
...the Apple III. The Apple II had been established as business-ready, but it wasn't enough. Apple aimed higher, eventually creating a computer that was designed to take on the business environment. Sadly, the design was somewhat poor: Jobs tried to innovate a revolutionary idea for the computer, an absence of a cooling fan, the heat dissipating via the chassis instead. Its construction caused many complaints, diminishing Jobs' reputation further. This, and many other factors contributed to... -
Jobs Leaves Apple
...Jobs' resignation. Following conflict with the board of directors, Jobs was stripped of all duties. He had no more influence over Apple's direction and subsequently resigned. In a show of defiance, he sold all but one of his 6.5 million shares in Apple for an estimated $70 million. Jobs went on to found NeXT Inc., a high-priced computer company that would eventually be bought by... -
Steve Jobs Returns to Apple
...Apple Computers, Inc. NeXT outbid a few other requests to sell their operating system to Apple, and when NeXT was bought, Steve Jobs came with it. Not only that, but NeXT technology would eventually become the foundation of the Mac OS X system. Apple's computers were world-renowned by then, but could they get even higher? Yes, they could, with the introduction of... -
The Apple iPod is Introduced
...the Apple iPod. It was an audio player with a simplistic design, but it helped Apple transition into an era of not just computer technology, but other forms of machinery for leisure, business, travel, etc. In 2003, Apple unveiled the iTunes Music Store, another revolutionary jump in the field of portable audio players. In the first 16 days of its launch, it received 2,000,000 downloads, a success for anything at the time. The addition of such items to Apple's catalog led to... -
Apple Computers, Inc. Drops Middle Word
...the dropping of the word 'Computers' from Apple's company name. In his Macworld Expo keynote address, Jobs stated that Apple wasn't just computers anymore. It had expanded into a larger catalog. Along with the changing of his company's name, Jobs also introduced the iPhone at the expo, another groundbreaking invention. Apple got bigger and bigger, culminating (for me) into... -
I am Forced to Move to Chna for Apple
...a move to China. Moving is a big thing in anyone's life, mine being no exception. Apple has affected statistics, but it's also changed individuals in a variety of ways as well. I had to adapt to a completely unfamiliar environment. For others, it might be one's first phone, one's first job, a business deal, like that of the Byte Shop so many years ago. Every point in history causes ripples, the creation of Apple Computers, Inc. being one of the largest stones thrown in the lake of time.
