Apple (Steve Jobs)

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    Apple

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    Apple
    •Company is founded
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    Apple
    •Apple logo designed by Rob Janoff
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    Apple
    •Company moves into new
    -Cupertino headquarters
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    Apple
    -Introduces first printer, the Silentype
    -Now employs 250 people working out of four buildings
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    Apple
    •Lisa and Mac divisions combined
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    European headquarters open in Paris and Slough,
    England Wozniak's single-engine, six-seat plane crashes
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    -Takes legal action to stop cloning of Apple II
    -Woz produces US Festival
    -Hits $1 billion in annual sales
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    Apple
    •Lisa and Mac divisions combined
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    •Landmark Super Bowl ad, by "Blade Runner" director Ridley Scott, introduces the Mac
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    Apple Programmers and Developers Association (APDA) formed
  • Apple

    Acquires Network Innovations
    Sues Microsoft over GUI
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    Acquires Network Innovations
    Sues Microsoft over GUI
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    Acquires Coral Software
    Sued by the Beatles' Apple Corps over music
    Sued by Xerox over GUI
    Acquires Coral Software
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    Lists on Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • Apple

    Chooses Fountain, Colo., as site for new manufacturing plant
    Announces 10 international language versions of System 7
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    Number of customers using System 7 reaches 4 million
    Reaches first $2 billion-revenue quarter
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    PowerBook sales top 1 million mark
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    Mac celebrates 10th birthday
    Licenses Newton technology to Toshiba
    Introduces WiggleWorks, home learning software for children
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    One-millionth PowerMac produced
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    Fourth-quarter results in $25 million profit
    Acquires Jobs' Next Software
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    Shutters Advanced Technology Group
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    Scraps Newton operating system
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    Licenses Amazon.com's 1-Click
  • Apple

    Opens first retail store, in MacLean, Va.
    Settles with former worker who allegedly posted company secrets on Internet
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    Acquires FireWire company Zayante
    Buys music software company Emagic
    Retail stores go overseas
    Wins a second Emmy Award for technology
    Larry Ellison resigns from Apple board
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    iTunes Music Store opens
    Tibco sues Apple over trademark
    Hits 25 million iTunes downloads
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    Kicks off ad campaign featuring U2
    Launches iTunes Canada
    Sues over Tiger prerelease
  • Apple

    Scoops up SchemaSoft
    Aligns with Intel
    iTunes downloads top 500 million
    1 million videos sold from iTunes, 19 days after video iPod launch
  • Apple

    Offers March Madness on iTunes