Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation A multinational corporation or transnational corporation (TNC), also called multinational enterprise (MNE), is a corporation or enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system products. The company's best-known hardware products include Macintosh Macintosh, or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command-line interface computers, the iPod iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001). The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle. The iPhone can function as an iPod but is generally treated as a separate product and the iPhone The iPhone is an Internet-connected, multimedia GSM smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Because its minimal hardware interface lacks a physical keyboard, the multi-touch screen renders a virtual keyboard when necessary. The iPhone functions as a camera phone , a portable media player (equivalent to a video iPod), and an Internet client (. Apple software includes the Mac OS X Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. It is the successor to Mac OS 9, the final release of the "classic" Mac OS, which had been Apple's primary operating system since 1984. Mac OS X, whose "X" operating system An Operating System is an interface between hardware and user; an OS is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. The operating system acts as a host for computing applications that are run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating system is to handle the, the iTunes iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store via the Internet to purchase and download music, media browser, the iLife iLife is a software suite from Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. The suite consists of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, which are for organizing, viewing and publishing digital content suite of multimedia and creativity software, the iWork iWork is a suite of applications created by Apple Inc. It contains Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application, Keynote, a presentation package, and Numbers, a spreadsheet application suite of productivity software, and Final Cut Studio Final Cut Studio was introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters in April 2005. It is the successor to Production Suite, and added new versions of all the Production Suite applications, as well as a 'new' program, Soundtrack Pro, which is really a new version of Soundtrack, formerly included with Final Cut Pro. In January 2006, Final, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products. The company operates more than 250 retail stores The Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc., dealing in computers and consumer electronics. As of August 2009, Apple has opened 263 stores; 213 in 41 US states, 21 in the United Kingdom , 11 in Canada, 7 in Japan, 5 in Australia, 3 in Switzerland and 1 each in Italy, Germany and China in nine countries and an online store The Apple Store is the online store of Apple Inc.. All of Apple's product lines are carried as well as select brands of accessories for its products. It is owned and operated by Apple in Cupertino, California. Besides the online store-front, items from the store can be ordered by phone where hardware and software products are sold.[2]
Established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977,[5] the company was called Apple Computer Inc. for its first 30 years, but dropped the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007[6] to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics Consumer electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday use. Consumer electronics are most often used in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Some products classed as consumer electronics include personal computers, telephones, MP3 players, audio equipment, televisions, calculators, GPS automotive navigation market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.[7] Apple has about 35,000 employees worldwide[3] and had worldwide annual sales of US$32.48 billion in its fiscal year A fiscal year is a period used for calculating annual ("yearly") financial statements in businesses and other organizations. In many jurisdictions, regulatory laws regarding accounting and taxation require such reports once per twelve months, but do not require that the period reported on constitutes a calendar year (i.e., January ending September 29, 2008.[4] For reasons as various as its philosophy Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned argument. The word is of Greek of comprehensive aesthetic design Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of mass-produced products may be improved for marketability and production. The role of an Industrial Designer is to create and execute design solutions towards problems of form, usability, user ergonomics, engineering, marketing, brand development and sales to its distinctive advertising campaigns In the past two decades, Apple Inc. has become appreciated for the "artistic" and free-thinking messages of its advertisements, which reflect a business plan of marketing their products to creative individuals. Their most significant ad campaigns include the "1984" Super Bowl commercial, which introduced their company as, Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. This includes a customer base that is devoted to the company and its brand, particularly in the United States.[8] Fortune Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc.'s Fortune|Money Group. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest media conglomerate. Fortune' magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world in 2009.[9][10]
Contents |
New York Times Blogs
Here's hoping that Palm lets developers fly and break out of the media cage that is Apple computers . Oh, Zune HD? If it has subscription music service, ...
AT&T to FCC: "no role" in Google Voice ban Electronista
Distinctions without differences: Apple's inconsistent app store ... tuaw.com
Apple : 8500 Apps to Review a Week by 40 Odd Reviews the iPhone Blog
IntoMobile - Atlantic Online - The Latest | Free Press
all 857 news articles »
351px x 430px | 48.20kB
[source page]
Apple says strives for continuous improvement in their environmental health and safety management systems But the truth is they just don t strive as hard as other companies to remove
Jonathan Moeller
Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:22:11 GM
Apple's. Tablet . Computer. Will Destroy Freedom. By Jonathan Moeller - Last updated: Saturday, August 8, 2009 - Save & Share - Leave a Comment. Or so claims this article. Microsoft's not exactly pure as new fallen snow. ...
