On December 26, 1982, "Time" magazine named the personal computer its "Machine of the Year." The news devastated Steve Jobs.
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On December 25, 1977, Steve Wozniak spent the holiday building a prototype of the Disk II, the Apple II's revolutionary floppy disk drive.
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On December 24, 2009, as rumors of a possible Apple tablet neared their peak, a filing suggested the device would be called the iSlate.
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On December 23, 2005, Apple filed a patent application for its iconic "slide to unlock" gesture for the iPhone.
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On December 22, 2013, Apple announced a deal with China Mobile to bring the iPhone to the world's largest telecom company.
On December 21, 1994, Mac gamers got their hands on "Marathon," an innovative sci-fi title that quickly became a fan favorite.
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On December 20, 1996, Apple Computer officially bought NeXT, the computer company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple a decade earlier.
On December 19, 2007, Apple settled a lawsuit with Nick Ciarelli that shuttered “Think Secret,” his popular Apple rumors site.
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On December 18, 2006, the iPhone was announced -- but it wasn't made by Apple. Instead, it was a Linksys iPhone from Cisco Systems.
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On December 17, 2009, Apple finally triumphed over long-time rival Microsoft ... on mobile operating systems market share.
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On December 16, 1994, Apple inked a deal with Power Computing, allowing it to make Macintosh-compatible computers. The Mac clones era began!
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On December 15, 2003, almost eight months after launching the iTunes Music Store, Apple celebrated its festive 25 millionth download.
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On December 12, 1980, Apple went public, floating 4.6 million shares of stock at $22 per share. The Apple IPO makes some rich, others mad.
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On December 11, 2013, a Chinese labor rights group called on Apple to investigate the deaths of workers at a Pegatron iPhone factory.
On December 10, 2012, Cupertino corrected an Apple Maps glitch that caused motorists in Australia to get stranded in the middle of nowhere.
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On December 9, 2011, Apple opened its fifth Manhattan retail store, located in New York's ultra-busy Grand Central Terminal.
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On December 8, 1975, Paul Terrell opened the Byte Shop, one of the world's first computer stores -- and the first to sell an Apple computer.
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On December 7, 2007, Apple opened a magisterial store on West 14th Street in New York City featuring a stunning, three-story glass staircase.
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On December 6, 2000, Apple Computer's stock price fell dramatically after lousy quarterly results. However, the best was yet to come in 2001.
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On December 5, 2002, Apple said it had served its millionth customer in the Apple Store online, five years after launching the service.
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