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Today Marks the 44th Anniversary of Apple's Founding

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44 years ago today, on April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne signed a contract founding the Apple Computer Company.

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Days later, Ronald Wayne bowed out and received $800, leaving Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak to launch the Apple I that led to Apple revolutionizing the personal computer industry before moving on to other markets and becoming one of the most successful companies in modern history.

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Steve Wozniak left Apple in 1985, leaving Steve Jobs at the helm. Under Jobs' leadership, and after weathering a few hiccups like Jobs' time at NeXT, Apple launched iconic products like the iMac G3, the MacBook, the iPod, the original iPhone, and the iPad, along with services like the App Store and iTunes.

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After Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, Tim Cook took over and kept Jobs' legacy alive, launching new iPhones and iPads and new product lines, such as the Apple Watch, HomePod, and AirPods. Cook also oversaw Apple's deep foray into services with the launches of Apple News+, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Music.

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Today Apple is weathering a storm and has temporarily shuttered its stores outside of China, and device sales are seeing a drastic dip as a result. It will take Apple some time to recover, but there are many innovative products on the horizon, such as the 5G iPhones, Macs with Apple designed Arm-based processors, AR glasses, and more, some of which will come this year and some of which are slated to launch over the course of the next few years. As it has in the past, Apple will bounce back.

April 1st, in addition to being the day Apple was founded, is also April Fools' Day. Given the current situation, MacRumors will not be sharing the April Fools' pranks that typically circulate, and many companies, such as Google, have bowed out of jokes this year. We wanted MacRumors readers to be aware of the date to avoid falling for any ill-timed pranks or joke products.

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HandITOVER said:
Sadly, Apple view of innovation has changed in the worst possible way from 2017-2020.
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Don't understand why you would feel this way. Apple has released some of it's best devices in recent years, including the Macbook Pro 16", iPhone XR and the Airpods Pro, hardly cause for shaming. If anything, I hope they will push out more products that cater to the needs of the people, as they are doing right now.

P.S. Happy birthday Apple, keep up the good work.
 
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MacLappy said:
Don't understand why you would feel this way. Apple has released some of it's best devices in recent years, including the Macbook Pro 16", iPhone XR and the Airpods Pro, hardly cause for shaming. If anything, I hope they will push out more products that cater to the needs of the people, as they are doing right now.

P.S. Happy birthday Apple, keep up the good work.
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Personally I’d add Apple Watch, iPad Pro and Mac Pro to that list. ymmv.
 
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Steve Jobs is legend.

After he passed away, (and after Ive left Apple), I feel like Apple is heading to a right direction. Look at iphone 11, New Mac Pro, Macbook pro 16", NewMacbook Air. All of them are valued buy.
 
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It's more of a template home appliance mega company now that iterates the same products to death, while optimising for MBA midmanagement, fat margins and stock buybacks at the expense of design & engineering to perfection. Still more compelling than a e.g. Sony or Philips or any other company of that caliber in 2020, but way less of what Apple used to be and what Steve made it to be. Tim turned it into an empire, but its creative culture of innovation has been irreparably ham-fisted.

Happy anniversary, still, RIP Steve and RIP Steve's Apple.
 
Wow. Happy Anniversary to a company that is a force in changing aspects of the way we use technology.

A wish for another successful 44. (Based on the last few years that should be an easy accomplishable goal.)
 
Z3man said:
Have you noticed, Jobs released all the decent useful products, and Cook released all the useless or embarrassing products.
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Untrue. Products under CEO Cook have been excellent. Software could be a bit cleaner and tighter, but so far, excellent job by the executive team.
 
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Tech198 said:
Apple has it's issues, but somehow, they manage to bounce back.
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Yeah, well, every ‘tech company has its issues’. But they all seem to move forward, Samsung has had significant issues over the years, but they still tend to be a reputable company, just like Apple has made mistakes over the years, but no one in the tech industry goes unscathed without being exposed for everything.

Apple is a company that may not be the ‘first to release’ something to the consumer market right away, but they have track record where they’re able to perfect something to make it far more unique to the user that makes the experience more memorable, which is one of the reasons Why they carry the reputation they do in terms of quality hardware and software.
 
People who think innovation stopped when Steve died. Let me list a few great things that came out after 2011.

  • Apple Watch
  • AirPods
  • Retina MacBook and iMac
  • Most iPad innovation. When Steve died the current iPad was the iPad 2.
  • Most iPhone Changes (Face ID). The last iPhone Steve saw was likely the 5/5s
  • Apple Music


Sure Apple made some mistakes. But I can go for a walk without my phone and listen to any song streaming from my cellular Apple Watch linked wirelessly to my AirPods. I don’t know about you... but I think Steve would have called that magic.
 
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Happy birtday Apple ! Thanks for the great products, the easy and peaceful environment that you created for your customers.
 
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