In the early 1970s, the idea of an ordinary person owning a computer sounded absurd. Computers back then were more like aircraft carriers or nuclear power plants than household appliances – vast ...

Apple is 50 years old. The consumer tech giant, famous for the iPhone, AirPods, and, yes, its Mac laptops and desktops, has a larger footprint than ever. It also now encompasses TV production, music ...

Before there was an iPod, an iPhone, an iPad, or an Apple Watch—before there was a Macintosh or Apple II or even an Apple-1—there were a couple of kids who came of age in Silicon Valley in the late ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In March 1976, Apple cofounders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak both signed a $500 check weeks before the official ...

Here are some of the most important inflection points in the company's vaunted history over the past five decades. It felt churlish to let Apple’s 50th birthday pass without adding to the hagiographic ...

Matt Shumer’s home computer setup is a little weirder than most.

While still not up to Windows standards, Apple’s laptops and desktops have gotten a couple of key upgrades that seriously ...