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Apple

Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007.

Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod, the iPhone (now available for sale in over 90 countries), and the iPad.

Recent Milestones

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  Apple acquired WiFiSLAM for $20M. (3/24/13)
  Posted 3/23/13 at 10:07pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple acquired Particle. (10/18/12)
  Posted 10/17/12 at 9:20pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple — Apple’s $707M, U.S. Sales Ban Filings Against Samsung Underscore One Of Apple’s Biggest Concerns (9/23/12)
  Posted 9/23/12 at 6:35pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple — Apple Stock Crosses $700 Per Share After Hours On The Strength Of iPhone 5 (9/17/12)
  Posted 9/17/12 at 7:45pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple — Apple Awarded $1.049 Billion In Damages As Jury Finds Samsung Infringed On Design And Software Patents (8/24/12)
  Posted 8/24/12 at 10:05pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple acquired AuthenTec for $356M. (7/27/12)
  Posted 7/27/12 at 5:03am via venturebeat.com
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  Apple — Apple Now Has 150 Million iCloud Users (7/24/12)
  Posted 7/24/12 at 7:01pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple added Hemanth Mantri as Summer Intern. (5/21/12)
  Posted 4/6/12 at 3:49pm
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  Apple added Angela Baxley as User Experience. (5/1/12)
  Posted 1/10/13 at 10:49pm
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  Apple added Michael Hintze as User Experience . (5/1/12)
  Posted 3/7/13 at 10:30pm
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  Apple added Karandeep Chawla as Specialist. (4/12/12)
  Posted 3/4/13 at 9:57am
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  Apple acquired Chomp. (2/23/12)
  Posted 2/23/12 at 6:14pm via techcrunch.com
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  Apple added Xande Macedo as Product Designer. (2/1/12)
  Posted 3/6/12 at 9:24pm
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  Apple invested in ELAN Microelectronics. (1/5/12)
  Posted 1/5/12 at 4:29am via techcrunch.com
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  Apple added Faisal Yaqub as Software Engineer. (1/1/12)
  Posted 12/2/12 at 6:33pm
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  Apple acquired Anobit Technologies for $450M. (12/13/11)
  Posted 12/13/11 at 12:23am via techcrunch.com

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1. Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M (techcrunch.com) []
2. Apple Acquires Web App Startup Particle, Retains Several Developers To Work At Cupertino (techcrunch.com) []
3. Apple eyes security, buys fingerprint sensor company AuthenTec for $356M (venturebeat.com) []
4. Apple Acquires Chomp; App Store Search And Discovery To Be Completely Revamped (techcrunch.com) []
5. Apple Reportedly Buying Flash Memory Company Anobit For $400 Million – $500 Million (techcrunch.com) []
6. Pearson and Apple Acquire PowerSchool (apple.com) []
7. Updated: Looks Like Apple Bought Polar Rose For $29 million (techcrunch.com) []
8. AppleInsider (appleinsider.com) []
9. Unconfirmed: Apple Acquires IMsense? (webpronews.com) []
10. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
11. New York Times (nytimes.com) []
12. Quattro Wireless acquired by Apple (masshightech.com) []
13. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
14. Apple Acquired Mapping Company Placebase in July (macrumors.com) []
15. Apple Buys Chip Designer (forbes.com) []
16. Apple acquired Fingerworks (digg.com) []
17. Apple Acquires Proximity (macobserver.com) []
18. Apple acquires Silicon Color (macworld.com) []
19. Apple Acquires Emagic (apple.com) []
20. Apple Computer Inc acquires Propel Software Corp (alacrastore.com) []
21. Citation Needed []
22. Apple buys Nothing Real (macworld.com) []
23. Apple to buy Spruce Technologies (macworld.com) []
24. Apple Computer Inc acquires NetSelector (alacrastore.com) []
25. Apple to buy Raycer Graphics (tomshardware.co.uk) []
26. Apple Computer Inc acquires remaining interest in Xemplar Education Ltd from Morgan Stanley (alacrastore.com) []
27. Apple Computer Inc acquires NeXT Computer Inc (alacrastore.com) []
28. Apple Computer Inc acquires Coral Software Corp (alacrastore.com) []
29. Claris Corp(Apple Computer) acquires Nashoba Systems Inc (alacrastore.com) []
30. Claris Corp(Apple Computer) acquires Styleware Inc (alacrastore.com) []
31. Apple Computer Inc acquires Orion Network Systems Inc (alacrastore.com) []
32. Apple Computer Inc acquires Network Innovations Corp (alacrastore.com) []
33. Apple Settles Patent Suit From Elan Out Of Court, Coughs Up $5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
34. Apple Nearly Triples Stake In UK Chip Maker Imagination Technologies (techcrunch.com) [edit]
35. UPDATE 2-Intel buys additional stake in Imagination Tech (reuters.com) [edit]
Apple Sells 6.9 Million iPhones in Q4 of 2008 (techcrunch.com) []
Apple Releases Aperture 3 – Retail Price Is $199, Upgrade Costs $99 []
Apple: We’ve Sold Over 1.7 Million iPhone 4 Devices In First 3 Days (techcrunch.com) []
Apple has sold over 3 million iPhone 4s (businessinsider.com) []
Apple Is Gearing Up To Sell 45 Million iPads Next Year -- That's ~$30 Billion Of Revenue (businessinsider.com) []
Apple To Launch iAd In The UK, France In December – Germany’s Next (techcrunch.com) []
IT'S ON: Apple Will Sell At Least 10 Million Verizon iPhones This Year (businessinsider.com) []
Apple Sending New Leaders On Stage: Eddy Cue Will Help Launch The Daily In NYC (techcrunch.com) []
Apple Now Has 200 Million iTunes Accounts, Biggest Credit Card Hub On Web (techcrunch.com) []
Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple (techcrunch.com) []
Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 7 To Developers (techcrunch.com) []
Apple Now Has 150 Million iCloud Users (techcrunch.com) []
Apple Awarded $1.049 Billion In Damages As Jury Finds Samsung Infringed On Design And Software Patents (techcrunch.com) []
Apple Stock Crosses $700 Per Share After Hours On The Strength Of iPhone 5 (techcrunch.com) []
Apple’s $707M, U.S. Sales Ban Filings Against Samsung Underscore One Of Apple’s Biggest Concerns (techcrunch.com) []