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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue, totaling US$394.3 billion in 2022. As of March 2023, Apple is the world's biggest company by market capitalization. As of June 2022, Apple is the fourth-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales and second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet (known for Google), Amazon, Meta (known for Facebook), and Microsoft. Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976, by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977. The company's second computer, the Apple II, became a best seller and one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. The company developed computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, including the 1984 original Macintosh, announced that year in a critically acclaimed advertisement. By 1985, the high cost of its products, and power struggles between executives, caused problems. Wozniak stepped back from Apple amicably and pursued other ventures, while Jobs resigned bitterly and founded NeXT, taking some Apple employees with him. As the market for personal computers expanded and evolved throughout the 1990s, Apple lost considerable market share to the lower-priced duopoly of the Microsoft Windows operating system on Intel-powered PC clones (also known as "Wintel"). In 1997, weeks away from bankruptcy, the company bought NeXT to resolve Apple's unsuccessful operating system strategy and entice Jobs back to the company. Over the next decade, Jobs guided Apple back to profitability through a number of tactics including introducing the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad to critical acclaim, launching the "Think different" campaign and other memorable advertising campaigns, opening the Apple Store retail chain, and acquiring numerous companies to broaden the company's product portfolio. When Jobs resigned in 2011 for health reasons, and died two months later, he was succeeded as CEO by Tim Cook. Apple became the first publicly traded U.S. company to be valued at over $1 trillion in August 2018, then $2 trillion in August 2020, and $3 trillion in January 2022. As of January 2023, it was valued at around $2.2 trillion. The company receives criticism regarding the labor practices of its contractors, its environmental practices, and its business ethics, including anti-competitive practices and materials sourcing. Nevertheless, the company has a large following and enjoys a high level of brand loyalty. It is ranked as one of the world's most valuable brands. History 1976–1980: Founding and incorporation Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne as a partnership. The company's first product was the Apple I, a computer designed and hand-built entirely by Wozniak. To finance its creation, Jobs sold his Volkswagen Bus, and Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator.: 57  Wozniak debuted the first prototype Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club in July 1976. The Apple I was sold as a motherboard with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips—a base kit concept which would not yet be marketed as a complete personal computer. It went on sale soon after debut for US$666.66 (equivalent to $3,175 in 2021).: 180  Wozniak later said he was unaware of the coincidental mark of the beast in the number 666, and that he came up with the price because he liked "repeating digits".Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated on January 3, 1977, without Wayne, who had left and sold his share of the company back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800 only twelve days after having co-founded Apple. Multimillionaire Mike Markkula provided essential business expertise and funding of US$250,000 (equivalent to $1,117,930 in 2021) to Jobs and Wozniak during the incorporation of Apple. During the first five years of operations, revenues grew exponentially, doubling about every four months. Between September 1977 and September 1980, yearly sales grew from $775,000 to $118 million, an average annual growth rate of 533%.The Apple II, also invented by Wozniak, was introduced on April 16, 1977, at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It differed from its major rivals, the TRS-80 and Commodore PET, because of its character cell-based color graphics and open architecture. While the Apple I and early Apple II models used ordinary audio cassette tapes as storage devices, they were superseded by the introduction of a 5+1⁄4-inch floppy disk drive and interface called the Disk II in 1978.The Apple II was chosen to be the desktop platform for the first "killer application" of the business world: VisiCalc, a spreadsheet program released in 1979. VisiCalc created a business market for the Apple II and gave home users an additional reason to buy an Apple II: compatibility with the office. Before VisiCalc, Apple had been a distant third place competitor to Commodore and Tandy. By the end of the 1970s, Apple had become the leading computer manufacturer in the United States.On December 12, 1980, Apple (ticker symbol "AAPL") went public selling 4.6 million shares at $22 per share ($.10 per share when adjusting for stock splits as of September 3, 2022), generating over $100 million, which was more capital than any IPO since Ford Motor Company in 1956. By the end of the day, 300 millionaires were created, from a stock price of $29 per share and a market cap of $1.778 billion. 1980–1990: Success with Macintosh A critical moment in the company's history came in December 1979 when Jobs and several Apple employees, including human–computer interface expert Jef Raskin, visited Xerox PARC in to see a demonstration of the Xerox Alto, a computer using a graphical user interface. Xerox granted Apple engineers three days of access to the PARC facilities in return for the option to buy 100,000 shares (22.4 million split-adjusted shares as of September 3, 2022) of Apple at the pre-IPO price of $10 a share. After the demonstration, Jobs was immediately convinced that all future computers would use a graphical user interface, and development of a GUI began for the Apple Lisa, named after Jobs's daughter.The Lisa division would be plagued by infighting, and in 1982 Jobs was pushed off the project. The Lisa launched in 1983 and became the first personal computer sold to the public with a GUI, but was a commercial failure due to its high price and limited software titles.Jobs, angered by being pushed off the Lisa team, took over the company's Macintosh division. Wozniak and Raskin had envisioned the Macintosh as a low-cost computer with a text-based interface like the Apple II, but a plane crash in 1981 forced Wozniak to step back from the project. Jobs quickly r.... 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    In-House App Accelerator Guide

    Apple Inc. - Business

    Build breakthrough apps for your employees. Learn about inhouse development for iPhone and iPad, and explore the inhouse development process from beginning to end: Planning Desi...

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    IPad User Guide

    Apple Inc.

    Here’s everything you need to know about iPad, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using iPad and discover all the amazing things it can do.

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    IPhone User Guide

    Apple Inc.

    Here’s everything you need to know about iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using iPhone and discover all the amazing things it can do.

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    Everyone Can Create Music

    Apple Education

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    Manual del usuario del iPhone para iOS 8.1

    Apple Inc.

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    Everyone Can Create Drawing

    Apple Education

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    MacBook Pro Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    Numbers User Guide for iPad

    Apple Inc.

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    IPhone User Guide for iOS 8.4

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad User Guide for iOS 12.3

    Apple Inc.

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    Apple Watch User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad User Guide for iOS 10.3

    Apple Inc.

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    MacBook Air Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    IPhone User Guide for iOS 10.3

    Apple Inc.

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    IPhone User Guide for iOS 12.3

    Apple Inc.

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    IPhone User Guide For iOS 7.1

    Apple Inc.

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    Logic Pro User Guide

    Apple Inc.

    This user guide documents the features and controls of Logic Pro, and describes how to accomplish both basic and advanced tasks using the application.

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    IPad User Guide for iOS 8.4

    Apple Inc.

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    Everyone Can Create Photo

    Apple Education

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    Apple TV User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    Apple Watch User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad User Guide for iOS 11.4

    Apple Inc.

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    Mac mini Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    MacBook Air Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    MacBook Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    MacBook Pro Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    IMac Essentials

    Apple Inc.

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    Apple Watch User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPod touch User Guide for iOS 9.3

    Apple Inc.

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    HomePod User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    Apple Watch User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad User Guide for iOS 9.3

    Apple Inc.

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    Severance

    Anonymous

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    IPhone User Guide for iOS 9.3

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad at Work - Volume 2

    Apple Inc. - Business

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    IPad User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPod touch User Guide For iOS 7.1

    Apple Inc.

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    Pages User Guide for iPad

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPhone User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPod touch User Guide for iOS 8.4

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad User Guide For iOS 7.1

    Apple Inc.

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    Everyone Can Create Video

    Apple Education

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  • Apple Watch User Guide synopsis, comments

    Apple Watch User Guide

    Apple Inc.

    Here’s everything you need to know about Apple Watch and the Apple Watch app on iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using Apple Watch and disco...

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    Final Cut Pro User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPhone User Guide

    Apple Inc.

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    IPad at Work

    Apple Inc. - Business

    iPad transforms the way you work. Learn about how iPad features and apps allow you to streamline common daily business tasks: Access and Manage Documents Powerful Presentations ...

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    IPhone User Guide for iOS 11.4

    Apple Inc.

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    Everyone Can Create Teacher Guide

    Apple Education

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