Apple Computers Inc. is an American corporation that designs and constructs computer hardware‚ software and other consumer electronics. The company was established in April 1st‚ 1976‚ created by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (Andrea Major). The company is best recognized for their Macintosh personal computer line‚ Mac OS X‚ iTunes media application‚ and especially the iPod personal MP3 player. The IPod started off as a simple device that held approximately 1000 songs. Throughout the
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Apples’ success When consumer electronic company‚ Apple‚ began selling its product‚ it faced many challenges. Its biggest one was trying to compete with other electronics companies‚ mainly Microsoft. Up until the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century all of Apple’s success had come from the Macintosh. After that they started investing in other products such as: the IPod‚ IPad and IPhone. And today much its success come from those products. “In 2011‚ Apple surpassed
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Nourhan Elbatran 900120593 ELBatran1 Dr.Mark Rhet 102 Debate1 1/7/2013 “Ipods are Antisocial” In an era when technology is the main key to success for any developed or developing country some people believe that means of technology are creating an antisocial society. Antisocial person is a person who possesses personal manners which lack adherence for other members in society (“What is Antisocial Behavior.”) Researchers proved that being antisocial
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Apple from the iPod to the iPad A Case Study in Corporate Strategy Second Edition 2012 Dr John Ashcroft PhD BSc.(Econ) CBIM‚ FRSA Foreword John Ashcroft Contents Apple from the iPod to the iPad This is the case study of Apple in the digital age. The great era of the iPod‚ the development of the digital hub and Apple’s move into the mainstream consumer market with the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. 1 Introduction It has many great examples and lessons for enthusiasts of marketing‚ leadership
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The Impact of the iPod “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something‚ they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it‚ they just saw something” (Jobs). The iPod is the most well designed mp3 player in the market today. One of the main things consumers like so much about it is originality. The creators of the iPod did not do so by studying others‚ they used their own ideas‚ own imagination and had their own motivation. The iPod impacted the music
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The iPod‚ Apple Computer’s new breakthrough music player that can store and play up to 2‚000 songs from a handheld computer no bigger than a cigarette pack (Technology)‚ provides a striking illustration of what global marketing is all about. When Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple Computer‚ first introduced the iPod in October 2001‚ it was received with scepticism. The digital music player was considered only marketable to a small‚ tech-savvy group of individuals‚ and the high price (starting at US$399)
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THE MAGIC OF IPOD Case Study This case study describes the iPod brand personality comparing it with Nokia brand personality‚ the unique lifestyle of the iPod users‚ and how it changed the music listening lifestyle. First‚ when the iPod was launched in 2001 it was not the first MP3 player but over the years it developed a distinct personality: The iPod personality is simple and consistent because of its simple and consistent design and user interface. Innovative because it introduced many creative
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1. Abstract Introduction – Introducing Apple Inc. (One of the largest company in computer industry)‚ and the meaning of Key Success Factors as well as the main objective of the Research Paper. Relation to Previous Research – By analyzing different researches‚ we can have a whole picture of Apple’s success and see whether there have any managerial implication. Proposed Methods and Reflections – By using a questionnaire with different questions to respondents via Internet‚ we can analyze the data to
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10/15/11 The iPod Takeover: A Marketing Analysis When Apple introduced the iPod they produced something much more than an MP3 player‚ they produced a machine that had changed the music industry forever. Any machine that plays back mp3 files is known as an mp3 player‚ but while there are hundreds of different ones on the market‚ people refer to all of them as “iPods.” iPod is now a household name just like microwave‚ vacuum‚ and television; a direct result of the marketing brilliance of Apple. Marketing
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Licensing Parents Hugh Lafollette Lafollette’s thesis and argument is that we should require all parents or potential parents to procure a license prior to having children. Just as we have licensing programs for anything potentially very harmful today‚ we should also have one for being a parent. We license drivers‚ doctors‚ gun owners‚ and many other types of potentially harmful practices. So why shouldn’t we also license parents? Hugh’s argument is structured as this: P1: Any practice or
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