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On May 11, 1998, Steve Jobs spelled out the future of the Mac operating system. The big news? OS X is scheduled to arrive the following year.

On May 11, 1998, Steve Jobs spelled out the future of the Mac operating system. The big news? OS X is scheduled to arrive the following year.

On April 28, 2003, Apple opened the iTunes Music Store, revolutionizing the music industry and digital distribution of content.
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On April 25, 1990, Steve Jobs shut down Pixar's hardware division. This ended production of the pricey Pixar Image Computer immediately.
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On April 10, 1985, Steve Jobs was removed as general manager of the Macintosh division after a showdown with Apple CEO John Sculley.
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On March 31, 2010, the world got its first sense of how the original iPad measured up. With the first iPad reviews, a star was born.
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On February 24, 1955, Steven Paul Jobs was born. He went on to start Apple and change tech forever. A Steve Jobs birthday recollection.
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On February 23, 2010, the iTunes Store officially passed the 10 billion downloads mark. The 10 billionth download was a Johnny Cash song.
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On February 21, 2007, Apple struck a deal with Cisco over the iPhone trademark. A look at the InfoGear iPhone and Steve Jobs' bold move.
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On February 15, 1982, Steve Jobs appeared on the cover of "Time" magazine for the first time, becoming the face of tech entrepreneurship.
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On February 9, 1993, NeXT Inc., the company Steve Jobs founded after being pushed out of Apple, quit making computers to focus on software.
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On February 8, 2010, a tweet sent from a prerelease iPad by Wall Street Journal editor Alan Murray reportedly sent Steve Jobs into a rage.
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On January 6, 1998, Steve Jobs shocked Macworld Expo by revealing Cupertino's comeback. Apple was profitable again!
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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.
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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 angry.
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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 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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On November 25, 1996, NeXT contacted Apple about Cupertino possibly licensing its OpenStep operating system -- paving the way to OS X.
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On November 23, 2010, an early Apple-1 computer, complete with its original packaging and a letter signed by Steve Jobs, sold for big bucks.
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On November 16, 1982, Steve Jobs wrote to the head of McIntosh Labs, requesting to use the name "Macintosh" for Apple's new computer.
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