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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.
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 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 the possibility of Apple 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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On November 4, 1997, Apple unveils a deal to add a mini "store within a store" in CompUSA outlets. It's a dry run for today's Apple stores.
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Soon after launching video downloads with iTunes 6, Apple says it has already sold more than 1 million music videos. iTunes video is a hit!
Six months after the iPad debuts, Steve Jobs reveals that Apple's tablet is already outselling Macs. But iPad sales don't impress analysts.
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On October 13, 2006, Apple teamed with U2 singer Bono to launch a (Product) Red Special Edition iPod nano to help fight AIDS in Africa.
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On October 11, 1995, Steve Jobs filed the paperwork to float Pixar on the stock market. The resulting Pixar IPO made him a billionaire.
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On October 6, 1997, Michael Dell made an infamously bleak appraisal of Apple's fortunes, saying the company should shut down completely.
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On October 5, 2011, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer. A look at a fascinating legacy after Steve Jobs' death.
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On September 30, 2002, Apple introduced iSync, a new tool that let Mac users sync their address book and calendar with their mobile devices.
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On September 26, 1997, Apple recorded losses of $161 million for the previous quarter. Things were about to look up, though.
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On September 16 in 1985 and 1997, Steve Jobs left Apple and then -- years later -- returned to the company he co-founded.
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On September 9, 2009, Steve Jobs made his public return at an Apple keynote. He received a standing ovation and opened up about his health.
On September 8, 2003, Apple revealed that it had sold its 10 millionth iTunes song download, Avril Lavigne's "Complicated."
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On September 2, 1985, the tech rumor mill reported that Steve Jobs was on the verge of setting up his own company to take on Apple.
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On August 29, 2001, an Apple board meeting took place that will become a very important date in the Apple stock backdating scandal.
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On August 26, 1991, "Fortune" published the first joint interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, in which they debate the future of the PC.
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On August 24, 2011, Steve Jobs resigned from his role as Apple CEO as his health worsened, with Tim Cook taking over the role.
On August 22, 2001, Apple won a Primetime Engineering Emmy for FireWire, high-speed serial port technology that sparked a video revolution.
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On August 8, 1997, Steve Jobs introduced the world to the iconic slogan, "Think different." It became Apple's most famous catchphrase.
On August 5, 1997, Apple got into a standoff with Power Computing, marking the beginning of the end of the Mac clone era.
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On July 21, 1999, Apple debuted the iBook, a colorful laptop that resembled the iMac G3 and helped introduce the world to Wi-Fi.
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