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[[Image:Apple-logo.png|right|thumb|150px|Apple Inc. logo200px]]'''Apple Inc.''' is a [[liberal ]]<ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> corporation based out of Cupertino, California, that which deals primarily in computer hardware, software, "smart phones," and their line of [[MP3]] players, [[iPod]]siPods. Founded on April 1st1, 1976, by [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], its first product was the Apple I. The two Steves founded the company in their garage, which and has since became one of become the biggest most profitable tech companies company in America. On January 9th9, 2007, Apple Computer Inc. officially changed its name to Apple Inc . to include their other non -computer products. That same day, they announced the revolutionary [[iPhone]], which according to Apple, combines "a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching."<ref>http://www.apple.com/iphone/</ref> ==Politics==Apple supported the [[homosexual agenda]] by donating $100,000. to defeat [[Prop 8]] <ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> and named its operating system [[Darwin]].<ref>http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/</ref>[[Al Gore]] was appointed to Apple's Board of Directors in 2003.<ref>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/mar/19gore.html</ref>

The Apple I was the first apple Apple computer. The Apple I started out with just being a circuit sold to computer hobbyists. Later Apple realized that they could make more money by selling the Apple I all developed and put together instead of having the consumer build it themselves.

In 1977, however, Apple released the [[Apple II]], which was one of the first computers that came completely contained within a plastic case, motioning towards ''user-friendliness''. The main difference, however, was the screen display. Instead of just being able to display text, it would display graphics, charts, and eventually, color. Many small companies were buying bought these for use in their offices, but Steve Jobs had ambitions to expand.

=== The [[Macintosh]] ===

In 1984, the next Apple computer was released. Apple paired with Adobe to create Adobe [[PageMaker]]. The Macintosh was famous for its "1984" [[Super Bowl]] advertisement. The name of the device was taken from Steve Job's favorite type of apples the McIntosh apples. Despite the difference in spelling the name was also used by McIntosh Labs who brought certain legal problems into play. <ref> iCon: Steve Jobs </ref> The Macintosh had three major flaws. First, it only had six applications. Secondly {{fact}}, and the Macintosh did not have an internal hard drive to save to, so users constantly had to do the "Floppy disk Olympics." Lastly, the device was not expandable.

The Apple IIgs was a mix between the its twopredecessors, but its main feature was that it was mouse driven.

[[John Scully, who had spent his career at [[PepsiCo]] , was appointed CEO of Apple by Steve Jobs Apple's Board because they Apple's Board would not let him Jobs run the company. He was selected based on his marketing and management expertise. Jobs picked supported Scully 's selection because he knew nothing about computers and would need to depend on Jobs for all decisions. This backfired on Jobs when he was forced to leave the company leaving control into the hand of a man who knew nothing about computers. When Sales at Apple increased from $800 million to $8 billion under Scully's management.<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/business/company-news-visionary-apple-chairman-moves-on.html?scp=8&sq=john%20sculley%20apple&st=cse|title=Company News – Visionary Apple Chairman Moves On|accessdate=September 2, 2012|date=October 16, 1993|first=John|last=Markoff}}</ref> Under Scully, Apple introduced the [[Newton]], a personal digital assistant. Although the Newton was not a market success it inspired other similar products such as the [[Palm Pilot]]. ==Jobs left returns==In 1997, Jobs organized a boardroom coup against then-CEO Gil Amelio to take control of the company after 3 years of declining stock values. He then restructured the company's product line, and eventually introduced an all-in-one computer named iMac. Tim Cook was sent into despairacting CEO when Jobs was having health issues. There On October 5, 2011, Jobs died, and Cook became the actual CEO. ==Current products==Apple continues to sell desktop computers, the iMac all-in-one, the MacBook Air laptop line, the iPad tablets, the iPhone smart phones, Beat headphones, the iCloud [[cloud computing]] service and iPod portable media players. Apple began selling a smart watch in 2015, known as the Apple Watch. Apple sells its products, on-line, through an international chain of company-owned retail stores, and at select third party retailers, including [[Wal-Mart]], [[Target]], and [[Toys R Us]]. ==Stock==Apple became a publicly traded company December 12, 1980. Apple issued its first corporate stock dividend on May 11, 1987. A month later on June 16, Apple stock split for the first time in a 2:1 split. Apple continued to pay a quarterly dividend with about 0.3% yield until November 21, 1995. On January 25, 2012, Apple became the company with the largest market capitalization.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/01/25/blowout-quarter-pushes-apple-over-exxon-in-market-cap/|title=Apple Briefly Tops Exxon In Market Cap After Stunning Quarter|work=Forbes|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> On August 27, 2012, its market capitalization reached $637 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2012/08/27/apple-stock-market-cap-high/|title=Apple reaches new heights: Stock opens at $680, market cap hits $637B|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> The stock later split 7 for 1 on June 9, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/06/06/investing/apple-stock-split/index.html?iid=HP_LN|title=Apple just got 'cheaper.' Will you buy?|work=CNN Money|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref>==Politics==Apple supported the [[homosexual agenda]] by donating $100,000. to defeat [[Prop 8]] <ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> and named its operating system "[[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]".<ref>http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/</ref>[[Al Gore]] was no vision appointed to Apple's Board of Directors in 2003.<ref>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/mar/19gore.html</ref> Apple's CEO, [[Tim Cook]], is openly homosexual and Scully is the highest profile "gay" chief executive in America.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/30/tim-cook-comes-out/18165361/|title=Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm proud to be gay'|first=Brett|last=Molina|date=October 30, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2015|work=USA Today}}</ref> On December 2, 2015, an Islamist county employee and his wife killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in [[San Bernardino, California]]. After the attackers were killed, police found that they had destroyed two burner phones but a county-owned iPhone 5C was barely able recovered in tact from one of the assailants. The iOS operating system encrypted all of the iPhone's contents and has an optional feature that would erase the iPhone if more than 10 incorrect attempts were made to keep enter a 4 digit pass code. In ''In the company aliveMatter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203,'' Apple and the FBI are fighting over whether Apple can be compelled to crack the iPhone. Apple has been fighting a federal magistrate's ruling that it must assist the FBI in making the iPhone's contents available, and the federal government has argued that there has never been a device that was beyond the scope of a valid search warrant issued by a judge. At a March 21, 2016, Apple press conference, Cook talked about the ongoing conflict with the FBI by saying "...we have a responsibility to protect your data and your privacy. We will not shrink from this responsibility."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/21/apples-tim-cook-on-iphone-unlocking-case-we-will-not-shrink-from-this-responsibility/|title=Apple’s Tim Cook on iPhone unlocking case: "We will not shrink from this responsibility"|date=March 21, 2016|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch}}</ref> ==See also==* [[Apple v. Samsung]]

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