Looking back at Apple’s biggest moments from the last five decades. Fifty years ago, on April 1st, 1976, Apple Computer Company was founded.
Today it’s one of the most valuable companies in the world, celebrated for producing ubiquitous products like the iPad and iPhone to now-nostalgia bait like the iPod Mini and PowerBook. Over the last five decades, the company has seen ups and downs but ultimately has left its mark on almost every part of our relationship with tech and culture, from entertainment to fitness to accessibility.
In this package, The Verge looks back at the impact of the tech giant over the last five decades — from the triumphs and failures of the Jobs eras to its current incarnation as an antitrust juggernaut. We reminisce about some of our favorite products and take a walk down memory lane to look back at some of The Verge’s earliest Apple coverage. (Plus, we’re community ranking our 50 favorite Apple products — join in!)An excerpt from Patrick McGee’s Apple in China.
Joanna Stern talks Apple’s most imitated productApple would never have survived a decade without Steve Wozniak’s marvelous machine. iMacs. iBooks. iPods. For 10 years after Steve Jobs came back, Apple couldn’t miss.
On Version History: how a side project within Apple turned into one of the most influential computers ever. Apple’s iPhone empire spans the globe — and so does legal pushback.
Fifty products, but only one can claim the top spot. We picked the products.
Now you can put them in order.
On Version History: the phone that sparked a tech blog bonanza, a massive backlash, and the future of phones. Apple seems to finally know what its largest and most impressive tablet really is.
Time to build it. An excerpt from Patrick McGee’s Apple in China.
Joanna Stern talks Apple’s most imitated productApple would never have survived a decade without Steve Wozniak’s marvelous machine. iMacs. iBooks. iPods. For 10 years after Steve Jobs came back, Apple couldn’t miss.
On Version History: how a side project within Apple turned into one of the most influential computers ever. Apple’s iPhone empire spans the globe — and so does legal pushback.
Fifty products, but only one can claim the top spot. We picked the products.
Now you can put them in order.
On Version History: the phone that sparked a tech blog bonanza, a massive backlash, and the future of phones. Apple seems to finally know what its largest and most impressive tablet really is.
Time to build it.
