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Apple

Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computer maker to include 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) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, software, Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, iPod (offered with up to 120 GB of storage with the iPod classic or with web browsing and touch screen controls with the iPod touch), and the iPhone (now available for sale in over 80 countries).

Milestones

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  Apple acquired Placebase. (7/09)
  Posted 9/30/09 at 8:14pm
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  Apple invested in Imagination Technologies. (6/26/09)
  Posted 6/26/09 at 8:11am
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  Apple invested in Imagination Technologies. (12/08)
  Posted 6/22/09 at 11:31am
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  Apple — Apple Sells 6.9 Million iPhones in Q4 of 2008 (10/21/08)
  Posted 10/21/08 at 3:28pm
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  Apple acquired PA Semi for $278M. (4/23/08)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:58pm
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  Apple acquired Silicon Color. (10/16/06)
  Posted 12/9/08 at 2:05pm
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  Apple acquired Emagic for $30M. (7/1/02)
  Posted 12/9/08 at 2:13pm
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  Apple acquired Propel Software. (6/20/02)
  Posted 12/9/08 at 2:13pm
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  Apple acquired Zayante. (4/4/02)
  Posted 12/9/08 at 2:40pm
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  Went public with stock symbol NASDAQ:AAPL. (1980)
  Posted 2/8/08 at 9:17pm
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  Apple added Lewis Cirne as Sr. Engineer.
  Posted 5/23/08 at 6:52am
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  Apple added Peter Oppenheimer as CFO, SVP.
  Posted 12/9/08 at 3:10pm
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  Apple added Scott Forstall as SVP iPhone Software.
  Posted 12/9/08 at 3:10pm
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  Apple added Daniel Cooperman as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
  Posted 12/9/08 at 3:10pm
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  Apple added Steve Wozniak as Co-founder.
  Posted 11/18/08 at 12:45pm
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  Apple added Romain Bohdanowicz as Sales Manager Assistant.
  Posted 10/23/08 at 9:46am

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Sources

1. Apple Acquired Mapping Company Placebase in July (macrumors.com) []
2. Apple Buys Chip Designer (forbes.com) []
3. Apple acquires Silicon Color (macworld.com) []
4. Apple Acquires Emagic (apple.com) []
5. Apple Computer Inc acquires Propel Software Corp (alacrastore.com) []
6. Citation Needed []
7. Apple Nearly Triples Stake In UK Chip Maker Imagination Technologies (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. UPDATE 2-Intel buys additional stake in Imagination Tech (reuters.com) [edit]
9. Apple Sells 6.9 Million iPhones in Q4 of 2008 (techcrunch.com) []