apple-inc http://applecorner.yolasite.com/apple-inc/category/apple-inc.php Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:48:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://applecorner.yolasite.com/apple-inc/category/apple-inc/apple-inc <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; "><div class="dablink" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">This article is about the computer company. For other companies named "Apple", see&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_(disambiguation)" title="Apple (disambiguation)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Apple (disambiguation)</a>.</div><div class="metadata topicon" id="protected-icon" style="position: absolute; top: -2em; margin-right: -10px; display: none; right: 55px; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi" title="This article is semi-protected." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img alt="Page semi-protected" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Padlock-silver.svg/20px-Padlock-silver.svg.png" width="20" height="20" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; "></a></div><table class="infobox vcard" cellspacing="5" style="font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-right: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; padding-left: 0.2em; float: right; clear: right; width: 22em; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; "><caption class="fn org" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Apple Inc.</caption><tbody><tr class=""><td colspan="2" class="logo" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple-logo.png" class="image" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><img alt="Apple-logo.png" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/Apple-logo.png/125px-Apple-logo.png" width="125" height="153" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; "></a><div style="height: 0.5em; clear: both; "></div><br><span>The Apple logo designed by&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Janoff" title="Rob Janoff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Rob Janoff</a></span></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_business_entity" title="Types of business entity" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Type</a></th><td class="category" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Public</a>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ" title="NASDAQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">NASDAQ</a>:&nbsp;<a href="http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=AAPL&amp;selected=AAPL" class="external text" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); background-image: url(http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/vector/images/external-link-ltr-icon.png?2); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">AAPL</a>)<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%26P_500" title="S&amp;P 500" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">S&amp;P 500 Component</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry" title="Industry" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Industry</a></th><td class="category" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Computer hardware</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software" title="Computer software" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Computer software</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics" title="Consumer electronics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Consumer electronics</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_distribution" title="Digital distribution" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Digital distribution</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; ">Predecessor</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Apple Computer, Inc. (January 9, 2007)</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; ">Founded</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Cupertino, California</a>, U.S. (April 1, 1976)</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" title="Entrepreneur" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="agent" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Steve Jobs</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Steve Wozniak</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wayne" title="Ronald Wayne" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Ronald Wayne</a><sup id="cite_ref-AppleConf_0-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-AppleConf-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; ">Headquarters</th><td class="adr" style="vertical-align: top; "><span class="locality">1&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Loop_(street)" title="Infinite Loop (street)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Infinite Loop</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Cupertino, California</a></span>,&nbsp;<span class="country-name">U.S.</span></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; ">Number of locations</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">300 (August 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; ">Area served</th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">Worldwide</td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; ">Key people</th><td class="agent" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Steve Jobs</a></b>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" title="Entrepreneur" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Co-founder</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman" title="Chairman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Chairman</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CEO</a>)<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Cook" title="Timothy D. Cook" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Tim Cook</a>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">COO</a>, acting CEO)<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Oppenheimer" title="Peter Oppenheimer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Peter Oppenheimer</a>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">CFO</a>)<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Mansfield" title="Bob Mansfield" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Bob Mansfield</a></span><div style="text-align: right; "><span style="white-space: nowrap; ">(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mac</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPhone</a>&nbsp;Hardware Engineering)</span></div><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ive" title="Jonathan Ive" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Jonathan Ive</a>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Design" title="Industrial Design" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Industrial Design</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)" title="Product (business)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Products</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mac</a>&nbsp;<small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro" title="Mac Pro" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Pro</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Mini" title="Mac Mini" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mini</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold; ">·</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac" title="IMac" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iMac</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold; ">·</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook" title="MacBook" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">MacBook</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air" title="MacBook Air" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Air</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro" title="MacBook Pro" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Pro</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold; ">·</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xserve" title="Xserve" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Xserve</a>)</small>,</span><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod" title="IPod" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPod</a>&nbsp;<small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle" title="IPod Shuffle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Shuffle</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Nano" title="IPod Nano" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Nano</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Classic" title="IPod Classic" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Classic</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch" title="IPod Touch" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Touch</a>)</small>,</span><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPhone</a>&nbsp;<small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(original)" title="IPhone (original)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Original</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold; ">·</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3G" title="IPhone 3G" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">3G</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold; ">·</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3GS" title="IPhone 3GS" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">3GS</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight: bold; ">·</span>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4" title="IPhone 4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">4</a>)</small>,</span><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPad</a>,&nbsp;<small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV" title="Apple TV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Apple TV</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#Products" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">accessories</a></small>,</span><span style="white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mac OS X</a>&nbsp;<small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Server" title="Mac OS X Server" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Server</a>)</small>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILife" title="ILife" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iLife</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWork" title="IWork" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iWork</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_(Apple)" title="IOS (Apple)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iOS</a></span></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_(economics)" title="Service (economics)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Services</a></th><td class="category" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store_(disambiguation)" title="Apple Store (disambiguation)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Stores</a>&nbsp;<small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store" title="Apple Store" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">retail</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store_(online)" title="Apple Store (online)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">online</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store" title="App Store" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">App</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iTunes</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBookstore" title="IBookstore" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iBooks</a>)</small><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileMe" title="MobileMe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">MobileMe</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Revenue</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><img alt="increase" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; ">&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">$</a>65.23 billion&nbsp;<small>(FY 2010)</small><sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Profit</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><img alt="increase" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; ">&nbsp;$14.01 billion&nbsp;<small>(FY 2010)</small><sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset" title="Asset" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Total assets</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><img alt="increase" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; ">&nbsp;$75.18 billion&nbsp;<small>(FY 2010)</small><sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Total equity</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><img alt="increase" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" width="11" height="11" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; ">&nbsp;$47.79 billion&nbsp;<small>(FY 2010)</small><sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment" title="Employment" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Employees</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; ">49,400 (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braeburn_Capital" title="Braeburn Capital" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Braeburn Capital</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMaker_Inc." title="FileMaker Inc." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">FileMaker Inc.</a></td></tr><tr class=""><th scope="row" style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" title="Website" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Website</a></th><td class="" style="vertical-align: top; "><a href="http://www.apple.com/" class="external text" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); background-image: url(http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/vector/images/external-link-ltr-icon.png?2); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Apple.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><b>Apple Inc.</b>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ" title="NASDAQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">NASDAQ</a>:&nbsp;<a href="http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=AAPL&amp;selected=AAPL" class="external text" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); background-image: url(http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/vector/images/external-link-ltr-icon.png?2); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">AAPL</a>; previously&nbsp;<b>Apple Computer, Inc.</b>) is an American&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">multinational corporation</a>&nbsp;that designs and markets<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics" title="Consumer electronics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">consumer electronics</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_software" title="Computer software" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">computer software</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">personal computers</a>. The company's best-known hardware products include the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Macintosh</a>&nbsp;line of computers, the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod" title="IPod" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPod</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPhone</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iPad</a>. Apple software includes the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Mac OS X</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">operating system</a>; the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iTunes</a>&nbsp;media browser; the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILife" title="ILife" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iLife</a>suite of multimedia and creativity software; the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWork" title="IWork" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iWork</a>&nbsp;suite of productivity software;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture_(software)" title="Aperture (software)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Aperture</a>, a professional photography package;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Studio" title="Final Cut Studio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Final Cut Studio</a>, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_Studio" title="Logic Studio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Logic Studio</a>, a suite of music production tools; the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Safari</a>&nbsp;internet browser; and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_(Apple)" title="IOS (Apple)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">iOS</a>, a mobile operating system. As of August 2010, the company operates 301&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store" title="Apple Store" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">retail stores</a><sup id="cite_ref-Macworld_UK_-_Grand_opening_of_Apple.27s_300th_retail_store_brings_Covent_Garden_to_a_standstill_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-Macworld_UK_-_Grand_opening_of_Apple.27s_300th_retail_store_brings_Covent_Garden_to_a_standstill-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;in ten countries,<sup id="cite_ref-AppleRetailStoreList_5-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-AppleRetailStoreList-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;and an&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Store_(online)" title="Apple Store (online)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">online store</a>&nbsp;where hardware and software products are sold. As of May 2010, Apple is one of the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_by_market_capitalization" title="List of corporations by market capitalization" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">largest companies in the world</a>&nbsp;and the most valuable technology company in the world, having surpassed&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corporation" title="Microsoft Corporation" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Microsoft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Established on April 1, 1976 in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Cupertino</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">California</a>, and incorporated January 3, 1977,<sup id="cite_ref-orgincpr_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-orgincpr-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;the company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc., for its first 30 years, but removed the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_electronics" title="Consumer electronics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">consumer electronics</a>&nbsp;market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;As of September 2010, Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees worldwide<sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;and had worldwide annual sales of $65.23 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-10-K_3-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10-K-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">For reasons as various as its&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">philosophy</a>&nbsp;of comprehensive aesthetic&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_design" title="Industrial design" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">design</a>&nbsp;to its&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._advertising" title="Apple Inc. advertising" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">distinctive advertising campaigns</a>, Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. This includes a customer base that is devoted to the company and its brand, particularly in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(magazine)" title="Fortune (magazine)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Fortune</a></i>&nbsp;magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008, and in the world in 2008, 2009, and 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup>&nbsp;The company has also received&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc." title="Criticism of Apple Inc." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">widespread criticism</a>&nbsp;for its contractors' labor, environmental, and business&nbsp;</p></span></div> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:52:49 +0100