Today in Apple history: Apple IIe becomes a high-profit hit
On January 1, 1983, Apple launched the Apple IIe, the third model in the series (and the last before the Macintosh's arrival a year later).
On January 1, 1983, Apple launched the Apple IIe, the third model in the series (and the last before the Macintosh's arrival a year later).
On December 31, 2012, the app piracy website Hackulous went offline, bringing an end to its most popular apps, Installous and AppSync.
On December 30, 1999, Microsoft hit the height of its 1990s dominance and began its early-2000s decline. It was a major turning point.
On December 29, 1999, Apple started shipping its at-the-time unfathomably large 22-inch LCD Cinema Display.
On December 28, 2006, Apple became embroiled in a stock option "backdating" scandal, prompting some to suggest Steve Jobs could lose his job.
On December 27, 2010, Apple confirmed that it had sold 1 million units of its second-gen Apple TV just four months after the device's debut.
On December 26, 1982, "Time" magazine named the personal computer its "Machine of the Year." The news devastated Steve Jobs.
On December 25, 1977, Steve Wozniak spent the holiday building a prototype of the Disk II, the Apple II's revolutionary floppy disk drive.
On December 24, 2009, as rumors of a possible Apple tablet neared their peak, a filing suggested the device would be called the iSlate.
On December 23, 2005, Apple filed a patent application for its iconic "slide to unlock" gesture for the iPhone.
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.
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.
On December 18, 2006, the iPhone was announced -- but it wasn't made by Apple. Instead, it was a Linksys iPhone from Cisco Systems.
On December 17, 2009, Apple finally triumphed over long-time rival Microsoft ... on mobile operating systems market share.
On December 16, 1994, Apple inked a deal with Power Computing, allowing it to make Macintosh-compatible computers. The Mac clones era began!
On December 15, 2003, almost eight months after launching the iTunes Music Store, Apple celebrated its festive 25 millionth download.
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.
On December 11, 2013, a Chinese labor rights group called on Apple to investigate the deaths of workers at a Pegatron iPhone factory.