Apple was created in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Woznak in Cupertino, California. They dropped out of college to pursue their dreams. They built and created computers in their garage which later became popular. Apple is now a multibillion dollar company which they are well known for the IPOD, the iphone, and the ipad. Apple has 364 retail stores in thirteen different and it is the largest publicly traded company in the world by revenue and profit. It is well known for the Ipod which is used for music, movies and pictures, the Iphone which is a phone similar to the Ipod but it is a phone, and the iMac computer which is very popular throughout the world.…
Rather than focus on the mainstream devices such as the ipad or imac, I'd like to take a look into the more historical products that marked the onset of Apple, as its original successes and failures are what paved the way to what it has become today.…
One day Edison's boss called him to his office. He asked him how much it would cost to buy his improvements. He wanted $6,000 but his boss offered $40,000! Edison bought a factory and started inventing. In 1871, Edison married Mary Stiltwell and had three children. In 1876, Edison moved out of Newark and into Meleno Park. In 1876 Alexander Bell invented the telephone and Edison improved it by making it battery powered. He then invented a lampback out of graphite and it made the signal clearer. Then the Western Union paid Edison $100,000! During that time Edison invented the phonograph. In 1879, he invented the incandescent light bulb. Edison invented the light bulb and a lighting system for New York. In 1844, Mary died from Typhoid fever and 2 years later Edison married Mina Miller. Alexander Bell offered to join Edison, but he became enraged because he invented the phonograph. This caused him to improve it. Then he invented one of the first moving films. In the 1880s he lost over 2 million dollars on failed projects. He became good friends with Henry Ford because he had made a car. On October 18, 1931, Edison died at age 84 from diabetes, kidney disease, and a gastric ulcer.…
the time period between 1900 and 1930 saw many technological innovations, from the air conditioner to the disposable razor blade. From the tank to the cruise missile. Many of these inventions made our lives easier while others made them more deadly.…
Ping! Pong! The guns fired in the school. In 1999 April 20 school shooting broke out. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were responsible for the deaths of Rachel Scott and other boys and girls. Rachel was the first person to die in the shootings Columbine High School. Rachel was asked if she loved God, she replied and said yes. Dylan Klebold shot her in the head because she said she believed in God. Dylan and Eric planed this attack very well. They put bombs everywhere. They went into the school and shot 12 kids and 1 teacher. Dylan and Eric’s parents should not go to jail for what the kids did.…
As most people already know Steve Jobs invented the iPhone. He also invented many other helpful electronics. Like the iMac for searching the…
Daily Lives New inventions change our live on a daily basis. Whether it is the new version of a washing- machine or a new cure for a disease that they have discovered, we are sure to never have a dull moment in the modern world. Over the years we have experienced many new inventions and many interesting periods of discoveries, but not one quite as dynamic as the 20th century. I think the reason these specific times’ inventions were so important, is that it was the beginning of everything. All the basic ideas that we form magnificent technology of today, comes from those first inventions.…
Apple Inc. is one of the most successful companies in the United States and in the world. Apple Inc. is a multinational company that specializes in the manufacturing of electronic equipment like smartphones, software and computers. The company is well known to everyone for products like iPhone, Macintosh, iPad and iPod. Apple came into existence as the joint effort of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was the mind behind the technology while Jobs was mind behind the marketing strategies. Apple Inc. was founded by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ron Wayne on April 1, 1976 then was incorporated in 1977. The company was first established as Apple Computer Inc. Later on, the company founders decided to remove the world computer from its original name in order to show a future growth in different electronic products. The first product manufactured by this company was Apple I. “Apple used TV as the display medium, which was revolutionizing in its own self. Before that, no personal computers offered any sort of display. It worked much faster than other machines and provided an easy start up RAM and bootstrap code.” (Apple Inc., 2012) Building these machines was a problem because of the financial status of the company and because the location wasn’t appropriate. They managed to get a loan for US$250,000 through Mike Markkula who co-signed the bank loan. With money and new hope, the Apple II was created and it was specifically directed to households. ”Millions were sold well into the 1980s. A number of different models of the Apple II series were built, including the Apple IIe and Apple IIGS, which could still be found in many schools as late as 2005.” (Apple inc., 2012).…
In the 1950’s a lot of things were invented and things that may look like they were invented a couple of years back but the truth is that all the items list here were invented in the 1950’s.…
On November 8, 1895, Roentgen noticed that when he shielded the tube with heavy black cardboard, the green fluorescent light caused a platinobarium screen nine feet at away to glow - too far away to be reacting to the cathode rays as he understood them. He determined the fluorescence was caused by invisible rays originating from the Crookes tube he was using to study cathode rays (later recognized as electrons), which penetrated the opaque black paper wrapped around the…
With everybody embracing the ease of becoming an entrepreneur these days, it has led to a wide array of some pretty inventive devices. It is amazing that such unique and seemingly crazy ideas can turn a profit, but we have found 10 of dumbest inventions that did just that! To find out how these crazy inventions miraculously earned their inventors millions of dollars, all you have to do is read along! Don’t forget to return for our coming part two article, with the top five dumbest inventions that made way too much money!…
On October 23, 2001, the first iPod was introduced to the world. The person that invented the iPod was Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs was the co-creator of the Apple Corporation. He was famous for inventing the Macintosh computer, also known as the Mac system computer. Steve jobs brought to the world such items as the Mac, iMac, iPhone, portable devices and…
Steve Jobs co-invented the Apple I and Apple II computers together with Steve Wozniak (main designer) and others. The Apple II is noted as the first commercially successful line of personal…
He invented many life changing things. He was a very smart and successful man. He invented many things such as the Imac or the Macbook, and the Iphone. Apple still continues to put out new products and dominate other tech companies. Steve Jobs’s life started on February 24, 1955.…
In recent time, some people insist that modern communication technology has a lot of advantages. However, the others claim that modern communication technology never has positives. I totally believe that modern communication technology has a number of strong points such as make new market or make new job force.…