Overview
- Apple was founded on April 1, 1976 in a Los Altos garage by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
- Early milestones included the Apple I, a 1980 stock-market debut and the 1984 Macintosh launch with a Ridley Scott ad introducing a graphical interface and mouse to a broad public.
- Product waves reshaped markets with iTunes and iPod in 2001, iPhone in 2007, iPad and the App Store in 2010, and Apple Watch in 2015.
- Reporting highlights that the iPhone remains the company’s primary profit engine as critics question Apple’s pace on artificial intelligence.
- Opinion pieces revisit the 'Think different' ethos as a cultural touchstone seen as newly resonant in an era of mass AI tools.