About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Apple Inc., Atari, Texas Instruments, Commodore International, Amstrad, Dell, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, RadioShack, Atari, Inc., HTC Corporation, Packard Bell, Amiga Corporation, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Olive Telecommunications, Datel, Velocity Micro, Regnecentralen, Falcon Northwest, Timex Sinclair, Be Inc., VEB Robotron, Miles Gordon Technology, Spectravideo, Kempston Micro Electronics, Currah, LanSlide Gaming PCs, Nedfield, Cruz, Dragon Data, Applied Technology, Motion Computing, Individual Computers, Creative Micro Designs, UltraCade Technologies, Eyetech, Technosys, Averatec, EACA, Jupiter Cantab, Commodore International Corporation, Tiki Data, Memotech, Tagar. Excerpt: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; NYSE: AAPL; previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system. As of October 2010, the company operates 317 retail stores in ten countries, and an online store where hardware and software products are sold. As of May 2011, Apple is one of the largest companies in the world and the most valuable technology company in the world, having surpassed Microsoft. Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company wa...
