July 2008: Apple launches the online App Store to sell applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Shares of the company rose 3% Thursday, and are up about 31% over the past year. Meanwhile, Amazon ha... ( read original story ...)
Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompanies
the iPod and the iPhone. Apple’s products have reshaped swaths of everyday life. Apple’s new 13-figure valuation highlights how a group of enormous companies has come to dominate the United States eco... ( read original story ...)
Apple becomes world’s first trillion-dollar company
To survive, Apple brought back its once-exiled co-founder, Steve Jobs, as interim CEO and turned to its archrival Microsoft for a $150 million cash infusion to help pay its bills. Jobs eventually intr... ( read original story ...)
From Macs to iPods and apps: how Apple revolutionised technology
Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder and chief executive at the time, revealed the iPhone to the world as three products in one: “A widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revoluti... ( read original story ...)
Apple becomes world’s 1st trillion-dollar company
To survive, Apple brought back its once-exiled co-founder, Steve Jobs, as interim CEO and turned to its archrival Microsoft for a $150 million cash infusion to help pay its bills. Jobs eventually intr... ( read original story ...)
Apple Is Worth $1 Trillion; 21 Years Ago It Was on the Brink of Bankruptcy
It became a hit. Apple had its swagger back. The company’s revitalization was confirmed with the iPod, the portable music player that almost immediately changed consumers’ relationship with music. The ... ( read original story ...)
Financial fruit: Apple becomes first trillion-dollar company
To survive, Apple brought back its once-exiled co-founder, Steve Jobs, as interim CEO and turned to its archrival Microsoft for a $150 million cash infusion to help pay its bills. Jobs eventually intr... ( read original story ...)