From Macintosh to challenge of AI, tech giant Apple turns 50
From Macintosh to challenge of AI, tech giant Apple turns 50
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Publish Date: 2026-03-29 05:19:00
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This April marks the 50th anniversary of Apple, the U.S. tech behemoth, at a time when artificial intelligence is pushing the Silicon Valley icon to demonstrate its ability to pioneer yet another culture-changing innovation.
Steve Jobs, a driven marketing genius, and Steve Wozniak, who invented the Apple computer, revolutionized how people use technology in the internet age and built a company now worth more than $3.6 trillion.
The two college dropouts changed the way people use computers, listen to music and communicate on the go, giving rise to lifestyles revolving around smartphone apps.
Apple’s hit products –the Mac, the iPhone, the Apple Watch and the iPad – command a cultlike following, long after the company’s humble beginnings on April 1, 1976, in Jobs’ garage in Cupertino, California.
Apple has sold more than 3.1 billion iPhones since the handsets debuted in 2007, generating about $2.3 trillion in revenue, according to Counterpoint Research.
For Counterpoint analyst Yang Wang, the iPhone is the most successful consumer electronics product ever, reshaping human communication while becoming “a global fashion and status symbol.”
Before the iPhone, Apple shook up home computing with the 1984 Macintosh, whose icon-based interface and mouse made computing accessible beyond specialists – and sparked a legendary rivalry between Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates.
“Apple was founded on the simple notion that technology should be personal, and that belief…
