Apple Inc.: The Company of the Future

Apple Inc.: The Company of the Future
Apple Inc. went from rags to riches in becoming the largest company in the world by market cap and making $108 billion in 2011 (Heather). Apple Inc. was an underdog and Microsoft was ruling the technology world. Then Apple made the iPod and the iPhone and with that they took over the technology world. Apple sold one million iPhones in the first three months of releasing of the first iPhone in 2007 (Heather). Since the beginning of Apple, Apple’s inventions have affected America.The invention of Apple's products have greatly impacted Americans by enhancing education through the inclusion of iPads in schools, paving the way of the smartphone industry with the creation of the iPhone, and bettering lives and making tasks easier with the creation of apps.
In 1976, Apple was just an idea being made in a garage by Steve Wozniak and the well-known owner of Apple, Steven Jobs. The two were college drop-outs and were looked at as outcasts. The first invention that Apple introduced was the Apple I. On April 1, 1976 Apple computer was made a reality (Glen). The company did not take off until 1977, when Apple introduced the Apple II. The Apple II was the first personal computer to have plastic casing and color graphics (Glen). Then in early 1978, the Apple Disk II was invented. It was Apple’s most inexpensive product of the time and had easy to use floppy disk (Glen). By 1980, the Apple III had been invented and the sales were increasing and so was the company. Apple had several of thousand employees and managers and had developed many investors. Fast forward twenty-one years to 2001, when Apple made the iPod. From there Apple grew like wildfire, with the invention of the iPhone in 2007 and many version...

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... are a lot of knock-offs of iPods, who try to get the same success that the iPod did. Not all of Apples products were a hit, for example Apple TV. It goes to show that Apples area of expertise is digital music players, smartphones, and tablets.Apple is the leader of the technology industry and is planned to stay that way.
The invention of Apple's products have greatly impacted Americans by enhancing education through the inclusion of iPads in schools, paving the way of the smartphone industry with the creation of the iPhone, and bettering lives and making tasks easier with the creation of apps.Apple Inc. has affected America’s schools and the future generation. It has given us a new way to play games and connect with friends. It has also has given America gadgets that will affect the future.Apple has not just affected America, but it has affected the future America.