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Happy 35th birthday to Apple, Inc.

by Dana Franklin (Apr 1st, 2011)

It's no joke: Apple, Inc. turns 35 today. On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (who 12 days later sold his share of the startup for a meager US$2,300) founded Apple Computer. As a newborn, Apple intended to sell low-cost, hand-manufactured microcomputer components to ...

Happy birthday! Mac OS X turns 9

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 24th, 2010)

It was nine years ago today that Mac OS X 10.0 was born -- or became available to the general public anyway. On September 13, 2000 Apple released a public beta called "Kodiak" (think of this as OS X's conception). On March 24, 2001 Apple effectively ditched OS 9 for the current generation OS that ...

Happy Birthday, iPhone

by Cory Bohon (Jun 29th, 2008)

Yes, it is hard to believe, but our pal the iPhone will be 1 year old at 6 pm EST today. The iPhone has undergone many changes over the past year: from generating all the hype and buzz to being the best way to do everything on-the-go. The original iPhone sold at 6 p.m. (in each time zone across the ...

Happy birthday to the Macintosh

by Scott McNulty (Jan 24th, 2006)

Apple Matters reminds us that today in 1984 Steve Jobs showed us why 1984 wouldn't be like 1984. That's right friends and neighbors, today the Macintosh were introduced to large theater of people in a rather dramatic fashion (some things don't change). Low End Mac, the place to find information ...

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