-Apple Inc.

is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sylicon

Valley, California.
-Apple was established on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald
Wayne to sell the Apple I personal computer kit.
- The Apple I kits were computers single handedly designed and hand-built by
Wozniak. The Apple I was sold as a motherboard, it went on sale in July 1976 and
was market-priced at $666.66 ($2,763 in 2014 dollars, adjusted for inflation).
-Apple was incorporated January 3, 1977, without Wayne, who sold his share of
the company back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800.
-The Apple II, also invented by Wozniak, was introduced on April 16, 1977.

-In 1984, Apple launched the Macintosh. It was the first personal computer to be
sold without a programming language at all. Its debut was announced by the now
famous $1.5 million television commercial "1984". It was directed by Ridley Scott
and first aired during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22, 1984.
The commercial is now hailed as a "masterpiece''.

-In 1994, Apple allied with IBM and Motorola in the AIM alliance with the goal of
creating a new computing platform, which would use IBM and Motorola hardware
coupled with Apple software. The same year, Apple introduced the Power
Macintosh, the first of many Apple computers to use Motorola's PowerPC
processor.
-At the 1997 Macworld Expo, Jobs announced that Apple would join Microsoft to
release new versions of Microsoft Office for the Macintosh.
-On August 15, 1998, Apple introduced a new all-in-one computer reminiscent of
the Macintosh 128K: the iMac. The iMac design team was led by Ive, who would
later design the iPod and the iPhone. The iMac featured modern technology and a
unique design, and sold almost 800,000 units in its first five months.

-During his speech at the Macworld Expo on January 9, 2007, Jobs announced that
Apple Computer, Inc. would from that point on be known as "Apple Inc.". This
event also saw the announcement of the iPhone and the Apple TV The following
day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high at that point. In May, Apple's share
price passed the $100 mark
-In July 2008, Apple launched the App Store to sell third-party applications for the
iPhone and iPod Touch. Within a month, the store sold 60 million applications and
registered an average daily revenue of $1 million. By October 2008, Apple was the
third-largest mobile handset supplier in the world due to the popularity of the
iPhone.
-After years of speculation and multiple rumored "leaks", Apple announced a large
screen, tablet-like media device known as the iPad on January 27, 2010. The iPad
ran the same touch based operating system that the iPhone used, and many iPhone
apps were compatible with the iPad.
-Apple also released the iPhone 4, which introduced video calling, multitasking,
and a new uninsulated stainless steel design that acted as the phone's antenna. Later

that year Apple again refreshed its iPod line of MP3 players by introducing a multitouch iPod Nano, an iPod Touch with FaceTime, and an iPod Shuffle that brought
back the buttons of earlier generations. Additionally, on October 20, Apple updated
their MacBook Air laptop.

-On January 6, 2011, the company opened their Mac App Store, a digital software
distribution platform similar to the existing iOS App Store.
-On January 17, 2011, Jobs announced in an internal Apple memo that he would
take medical leave of absence, for an indefinite period, to allow him to focus on his
health
-In June 2011, Jobs surprisingly took the stage and unveiled iCloud, an online
storage and syncing service for music, photos, files and software which replaced
MobileMe, Apple's previous attempt at content syncing. This would be the last
product launch Jobs would attend before his death
-On October 5, 2011, Apple announced that Jobs had died, marking the end of an
era for Apple Inc. The first major announcement by Apple following Job's passing
occurred on January 19, 2012, when Apple's Phil Schiller introduced iBooks
Textbooks for iOS and iBook Author for Mac OS X in New York City.
-From 2011-2012, Apple released the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, which featured
improved cameras, an "intelligent software assistant" named Siri, and cloudsourced data with iCloud. Apple also released a third-generation 13-inch MacBook
Pro with a Retina display and new iMac and Mac Mini computers.

-At the Worldwide Developer's Conference on June 10, 2013, Apple announced the
seventh iOS operating system and a new Internet radio service called iTunes Radio.
On December 6, 2013, Apple Inc. launched iBeacon. Using Bluetooth wireless
technology, iBeacon senses the user's exact location within the Apple store and
sends the user messages about products, events and other information, tailored to
the user's location.
-Apple announced the Apple Watch on September 9, 2014. The device is a
communication portal to a nearby iPhone for messaging, telephone calls, and
engaging Siri, Apple's personal assistant. The product will arrive in the spring of
2015 in three models - standard, sport, and an elegant 18-karat gold special edition.
-The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were released on September 19, 2014. Pre-orders
of the iPhone 6 series exceeded 4 million within its first 24 hours of availability
an Apple record. More than 10 million iPhone 6 series devices were sold in the
first three days, another Apple record. 8th generation