Apple was co-founded in 1976 by Steve Paul Jobs, the CEO of the company and Steve Wozniak. The name of the company, Apple Corporation, was based o
n Steve Jobs favourite fruit and the logo was chosen to play on both the company name and the word byte. Apple leads the industry in innovation with its award winning Macintosh computers, OS X operating system, and consumer and professional applications software. Apple is also leading the digital music revolution, having sold over 110million iPods and over 3billion songs from its iTunes online store. Apple has also entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
n Steve Jobs favourite fruit and the logo was chosen to play on both the company name and the word byte. Apple leads the industry in innovation with its award winning Macintosh computers, OS X operating system, and consumer and professional applications software. Apple is also leading the digital music revolution, having sold over 110million iPods and over 3billion songs from its iTunes online store. Apple has also entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
Apple uses its position as a leading personal computer technology company to participate in emerging technology markets. The technology that Apple offers is advanced in terms of its applications, software and hardware hence, the company itself has contributed to the burst in new media of today. The products offered by Apple allow for effortless usage and has contributed to creating a "globalized village" in terms of the advanced standardised technology that come with their products. For example, web cams come st
andard with the Apple Mac computers.
andard with the Apple Mac computers. The iPods allow for sharing of music and videos, as well as the downloading of music from their iTunes store. Through the products that Apple offers some unity is formed accross the globe as people of different cultures come together with the same interests which aids in creating this "globalized village". Apple has most definately contributed to the technology era of New Media.
4 comments:
thanks Serisha, for giving us the backgroung of Apple, i've gained a lot of information.
Ntombizani Mbutho
wow.. there is so much history behind apple..thats really something i didn't know. To think that our everyday fruit is the name for a worldwide organization!WOW!!!
Apple computers are really beautiful, i'v seen a few in our Fine Arts venue at Campus, and they are simply stunning, amazing how technology has helped in shaping us as individuals , and still looks good while doing it!
great blog SERI!
apple has always and will always b ahead of microsoft and their pc's look way cooler than anything out there
Thanks for a very inciteful and informative piece. It is good to know that we have people like you, who have the knowledge and are willing to share it with the world just as Apple has done.
Thanks for letting us know the facts and growth about such a techno giant.
Superb blog Serisha.
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