Care to know where the company behind the Mac OS “grows” the apples for its retail store logos? A recent ifoAppleStore piece sheds light on the topic, revealing that Apple has them retail logos made over at The Thomas Swan Sign Co., Inc., a company that's been in business for almost a century and a h... |
6 May 2009
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Many love Apple for its efforts to stay green, while others simply love the company just for its cool computers and portables. But, how high would Apple rank in your book, if we were to tell you that among the company's policies for hiring retail staff there is one that gives the green light to applicants with p... |
23 December 2008
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The Macintosh startup sound, or the “Chime,” is the single note, or chord (depending on model type) played when a Macintosh computer is turned on. The sound we're all used to hearing when starting up our Macs has somewhat of a historical value.Jim Reekes, a programmer with Apple Computer for 12 years... |
26 November 2008
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Around 1982, Steve Jobs (currently chief exec at Apple Inc.) was forced out of the Lisa project. While he went on to join the Macintosh project, the Lisa had been released to the public. Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh is not a direct descendant of Lisa, although the similarities between the two systems wer... |
18 September 2008
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As the years go by, it's good to see that Apple's products add cool new features, more storage capacity, thinner designs, and breathtaking user interfaces. Then again, it's always good to remember where it all started, like, for instance, who bit the apple used by the company to identify itself –... |
15 September 2008
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Spotlight is Apple's system-wide desktop search feature found within Mac OS X. The feature was introduced in OS X 10.4 (Tiger) on April 29, 2005, aimed at providing a quick-locate option for all files on a Mac. While Apple's cleverly designed Spotlight even gives the dictionary definition of pretty much any... |
19 August 2008
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The Apple I was Apple's first product. It was demonstrated in April 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. Sold as an assembled circuit board, it lacked basic features such as a keyboard, monitor, and case. So, how do you think folks used it?Easy! The owners had to provide these key feature... |
18 June 2008
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Ever wondered who came up with the "Think Different" motto Apple uses to advertise its products? This is probably going to disappoint you, but it wasn't Apple.No siree, Bob, it was the Los Angeles office of the advertising agency TBWAChiatDay that created it for Apple to use in a famous television commercial, s... |
16 June 2008
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In 1994, Apple code-named the Power Macintosh 7100 "Carl Sagan" after the astronomer and science popularizer. His name was only used internally, (presumably) as an homage to his work. The code-name might not have caused any problems hadn't Apple also released models codenamed "Cold Fusion" and "Piltdown Man" at ... |
13 June 2008
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