Apple Inc

Apple inc.
Microcomputer design and manufacturing company, the first successful personal-computer company. It was founded in 1976 by Steven P. Jobs and Stephen G. Wozniak, whose first computer wasmanufactured in the Jobs family's garage. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ is an Americanmultinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Thecompany's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac  operating system; the iTunes media browser;the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industrysoftware products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system. As of October 2010, the company operates 317 retail stores[3] in tencountries,[4] and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.[5] As of September 2011, Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization and the largesttechnology company in the world by revenue and profit.[6]

Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977,[7] the company was previously named Apple Computer,Inc., for its first 30 years, but removed the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007,[8] to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into theconsumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus onpersonal computers.[9] As of September 2010, Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees worldwide[2] and had worldwide annual sales of $65.23 billion.[2]

Forreasons as various as its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design to its distinctive advertising campaigns, Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. This...