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Born in California, he was raised by his adopted family––the Jobs family.
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Steve's interest in electronics began to sprout. He approached Bill Hewlett of Hewlett-Packard, looking for advice and parts—instead he was offered an internship with HP.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created what is known as the Apple Computer. They sold the computers as kits, and they were known as the Apple I.
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Steve Jobs and Steve Jozniak moved the company forward. They went on to incorporate Apple.
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Creation of a more enhanced Apple II computer with colourful graphics and sounds.
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The first ever Apple computer was the Macintosh.
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Apple's CEO John Sculley masterminded the ousting of Steve Jobs from the company. However, Jobs went willingly, saying he was only 30 years old and had more to do with his life.
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During the eleven years he was gone from Apple, Jobs created NeXT software, which eventually created Pixar and the movie Toy Story. Apple purchased NeXT, and Jobs returned to Apple as an adviser.
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Apple teamed up with Microsoft in a $150 million deal. They put Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer on the Apple computers.
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After opening the Apple Store, Apple came out with a new, compact computers. It was called the iMac, and it was a hit.
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Revolutionary music application was created, exclusively available to Mac users only.
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The iPod was a hit in the music world and sold hundreds of millions of units.
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New Apple products were coming out one after another. In a single year they introduced the iPod Shuffle, iPod Nana, and the iPod with video.
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Disney officially purchased Pixar from Apple in 2006. Steve Jobs joined Disney's board.
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They came out with the iPhone and the App Store, and eventually the iPad. Apple continues to take the world by storm today!
