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'''Apple Inc.''' is a liberal<ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> corporation based out of Cupertino, California, that deals primarily in computer hardware, software, "smart phones", and their line of [[MP3]] players, iPods. Founded on April 1st, 1976, by [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], its first product was the Apple I. The two Steves founded the company in their garage, which has since became one of the biggest tech companies in America. On January 9, 2007, Apple Computer Inc. officially changed its name to Apple Inc. to include their other non-computer products. That same day, they announced the revolutionary [[iPhone]], which according to Apple, combines "a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching."<ref>http://www.apple.com/iphone/</ref>

'''Apple Inc.''' is a liberal<ref>http://www.osnews.com/story/20432/Google_Apple_Openly_Support_Fight_Against_Proposition_8_</ref> corporation based out of Cupertino, California, that deals primarily in computer hardware, software, "smart phones", and their line of [[MP3]] players, iPods. Founded on April 1, 1976, by [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], its first product was the Apple I. The two Steves founded the company in their garage, which has since became one of the biggest tech companies in America. On January 9, 2007, Apple Computer Inc. officially changed its name to Apple Inc. to include their other non-computer products. That same day, they announced the revolutionary [[iPhone]], which according to Apple, combines "a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching."<ref>http://www.apple.com/iphone/</ref>

==Original computers==

==Original computers==

=== The Macintosh ===

=== The Macintosh ===

In 1984, the next Apple computer was released. Apple paired with Adobe to create Adobe [[PageMaker]]. The Macintosh was famous for its "1984" [[Super Bowl]] advertisement. The name of the device was taken from Steve Job's favorite type of apples the McIntosh apples. Despite the difference in spelling the name was also used by McIntosh Labs who brought certain legal problems into play. <ref> iCon: Steve Jobs </ref> The Macintosh had three major flaws. First, it only had six applications {{fact}}, and the Macintosh did not have an internal hard drive to save to, so users constantly had to do the "Floppy disk Olympics."

In 1984, the next Apple computer was released. Apple paired with Adobe to create Adobe [[PageMaker]]. The Macintosh was famous for its "1984" [[Super Bowl]] advertisement. The name of the device was taken from Steve Job's favorite type of apples the McIntosh apples. Despite the difference in spelling the name was also used by McIntosh Labs who brought certain legal problems into play.<ref>iCon: Steve Jobs</ref> The Macintosh had three major flaws. First, it only had six applications {{fact}}, and the Macintosh did not have an internal hard drive to save to, so users constantly had to do the "Floppy disk Olympics."

=== The Apple IIgs ===

=== The Apple IIgs ===

==John Scully==

==John Scully==

John Scully, who had spent his career at [[PepsiCo]], was appointed CEO of Apple by Apple's Board because Apple's Board would not let Jobs run the company. He was selected based on his marketing and management expertise. Jobs supported Scully's selection because he knew nothing about computers and would need to depend on Jobs for all decisions. This backfired on Jobs when he was forced to leave the company leaving control into the hand of a man who knew nothing about computers. Sales at Apple increased from $800 million to $8 billion under Scully's management.<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/business/company-news-visionary-apple-chairman-moves-on.html?scp=8&sq=john%20sculley%20apple&st=cse|title=Company News – Visionary Apple Chairman Moves On"|accessdate=September 2, 2012|date=October 16, 1993|first=John|last=Markoff}}</ref> Under Scully, Apple introduced the [[Newton]], a personal digital assistant.  Although the Newton was not a market success it inspired other similar products such as the [[Palm Pilot]].

John Scully, who had spent his career at [[PepsiCo]], was appointed CEO of Apple by Apple's Board because Apple's Board would not let Jobs run the company. He was selected based on his marketing and management expertise. Jobs supported Scully's selection because he knew nothing about computers and would need to depend on Jobs for all decisions. This backfired on Jobs when he was forced to leave the company leaving control into the hand of a man who knew nothing about computers. Sales at Apple increased from $800 million to $8 billion under Scully's management.<ref>{{cite news|work=The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/16/business/company-news-visionary-apple-chairman-moves-on.html?scp=8&sq=john%20sculley%20apple&st=cse|title=Company News – Visionary Apple Chairman Moves On|accessdate=September 2, 2012|date=October 16, 1993|first=John|last=Markoff}}</ref> Under Scully, Apple introduced the [[Newton]], a personal digital assistant.  Although the Newton was not a market success it inspired other similar products such as the [[Palm Pilot]].

==Jobs returns==

==Jobs returns==

[[Al Gore]] was appointed to Apple's Board of Directors in 2003.<ref>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/mar/19gore.html</ref> Apple's CEO, [[Tim Cook]], is openly homosexual and is the highest profile gay chief executive in America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/30/tim-cook-comes-out/18165361/|title=Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm proud to be gay'|first=Brett|last=Molina|date=October 30, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2015|work=USA Today}}</ref>

[[Al Gore]] was appointed to Apple's Board of Directors in 2003.<ref>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/mar/19gore.html</ref> Apple's CEO, [[Tim Cook]], is openly homosexual and is the highest profile gay chief executive in America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/30/tim-cook-comes-out/18165361/|title=Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'I'm proud to be gay'|first=Brett|last=Molina|date=October 30, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2015|work=USA Today}}</ref>

On December 2, 2015, a county employee and his spouse killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in [[San Bernadino, California]].  After the attackers were killed, police found that they had destroyed two burner phones but a county-owned iPhone 5C was recovered in tact from one of the assailants.  The iOS operating system encrypted all of the iPhone's contents and has an optional feature that would erase the iPhone if more than 10 incorrect attempts were made to enter a 4 digit pass code.  In ''In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203,'' Apple and the FBI are fighting over whether Apple can be compelled to crack the iPhone.  Apple has been fighting a federal magistrate's ruling that it must assist the FBI in making the iPhone's contents available, and the federal government has argued that there has never been a device that was beyond the scope of a valid search warrant issued by a judge.  At a March 21, 2016 Apple press conference, Cook talked about the ongoing conflict with the FBI by saying "...we have a responsibility to protect your data and your privacy. We will not shrink from this responsibility."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/21/apples-tim-cook-on-iphone-unlocking-case-we-will-not-shrink-from-this-responsibility/|title=Apple’s Tim Cook on iPhone unlocking case: “We will not shrink from this responsibility”|date=March 21, 2016|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch}}</ref>

On December 2, 2015, a county employee and his spouse killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in [[San Bernadino, California]].  After the attackers were killed, police found that they had destroyed two burner phones but a county-owned iPhone 5C was recovered in tact from one of the assailants.  The iOS operating system encrypted all of the iPhone's contents and has an optional feature that would erase the iPhone if more than 10 incorrect attempts were made to enter a 4 digit pass code.  In ''In the Matter of the Search of an Apple iPhone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203,'' Apple and the FBI are fighting over whether Apple can be compelled to crack the iPhone.  Apple has been fighting a federal magistrate's ruling that it must assist the FBI in making the iPhone's contents available, and the federal government has argued that there has never been a device that was beyond the scope of a valid search warrant issued by a judge.  At a March 21, 2016 Apple press conference, Cook talked about the ongoing conflict with the FBI by saying "...we have a responsibility to protect your data and your privacy. We will not shrink from this responsibility."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/21/apples-tim-cook-on-iphone-unlocking-case-we-will-not-shrink-from-this-responsibility/|title=Apple’s Tim Cook on iPhone unlocking case: "We will not shrink from this responsibility"|date=March 21, 2016|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch}}</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Apple v. Samsung]]

* [[Apple v. Samsung]]