Inside 50 years of Apple with the only original employee still there Apple has only had one person remain with the firm for its entire history. Still employee number 8, Chris Espinosa talks about staying there for half a century, and counting. William Gallagher 2 months ago 7
Apple at 50: John Sculley, Apple's most maligned CEO John Sculley's ten years as Apple CEO saw huge financial growth and innovative ideas like the Newton — but also a financial crash and the ousting of Steve Jobs. William Gallagher 2 months ago 12
Apple at 50: Mike Markkula, Apple's second CEO was as important as Steve Jobs Neither of Apple's first two CEOs are particularly remembered next to the likes of Steve Jobs, John Sculley, or Tim Cook, yet Mike Markkula, Apple's second CEO, certainly should be. William Gallagher 2 months ago 1
Mastodon will run on an ancient Apple IIe, if you try hard enough If you have a working Apple IIc or ][e, before you try auctioning it off for cash, use it to read social media platform Mastodon. Here's how. William Gallagher 2 years ago 9
How Apple owes everything to its 1977 Apple II computer It's the Apple II that made the company, kept it afloat, and even made it a cult success — but it was also the Apple II that Steve Jobs tried so hard to kill off with the Mac. It's the little machine that could, did, and for its fans, still does. William Gallagher 3 years ago 35
Steve Jobs' hero Buckminster Fuller thought Apple II was a toy Famed designer, architect and philosopher Buckminster Fuller had a private talk with Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple, but one of them was more impressed than the other. William Gallagher 3 years ago 24
Tim Cook celebrates Apple's 40 years in Singapore CEO Tim Cook has marked four decades of Apple in Singapore by revealing that his first Apple product was the Apple II, manufactured there. William Gallagher 4 years ago 5
Steve Wozniak's handwritten Apple II schematics fetch over $630,000 at auction Boston's RR Auction held an Apple-themed auction, in which they sold both a fully operational Apple-1 computer as well as a 23-page handwritten document by Steve Wozniak detailing notes and diagrams for the Apple II breadboard. Amber Neely 5 years ago 9
Documents unearthed from early Apple history show shift in company focus from hobbyists to businesses A series of documents discovered at a thrift store in Seattle examines Apple's mindset in the late '70s and early '80s as it shifted from a hobbyist company to one interested in gathering, and retaining business clients for its Apple II series of computers. Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 11