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Founded in 1976

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Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has become synonymous with innovation from Macintosh computers to the iPhone, iPad, and its latest Vision Pro extended reality headset.

Apple’ s first product, known as the Apple I, consisted of an assembled circuit board without many of a computer’ s present-day features, such as a display, keyboard, or mouse. The company made its stock market debut in 1980 with a market valuation of $ 1.8bn. Since then Apple has grown dramatically in value: Apple became the first publicly traded U. S. company to be valued at over US $ 1tn in August 2018, then US $ 2tn in August 2020, and US $ 3tn in January 2022.

Under the leadership of CEO Tim Cook, Apple continues to shape the future of technology with

its relentless pursuit of excellence and industryleading advancements. With its headquarters in Cupertino, California, Apple has more than 140,000 employees worldwide. Some of its most popular products include the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, Apple TV, and HomePod. It also operates various online platforms such as the App Store, iTunes Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud.

Earlier this year the company announced its muchanticipated Vision Pro headset, which the company says blends digital content with the physical world.

“ Today marks the beginning of a new era for computing,” said Tim Cook, Apple’ s CEO.“ Just as the Mac introduced us to personal computing, and iPhone introduced us to mobile computing, Apple Vision Pro introduced us to spatial computing.”

Computers & Electronics United States

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