Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an multinational
corporation headquartered in Cupertino,
California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and
personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod music player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari
web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. The
company was founded on April 1, 1976, and incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc.
on January 3, 1977. The
word "Computer" was removed from its name on January 9, 2007, reflecting its
shifted focus towards consumer electronics after the introduction of
the iPhone
Apple is the world's second-largest information technology
company by revenue after Samsung Electronics, and the world's third
-largest mobile phone makes after Samsung
and Nokia. Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired
company in the United States in 2008, and in the world from 2008 to 2012.
However, the company has received criticism for its contractors' labor practices,
and for Apple's own environmental and business practices.
As of November 2012[update], Apple maintains 394 retail store in fourteen countries as
well as the online Apple Store and iTunes Store. It is
the second-largest publicly traded corporation in the world by
market capitalization, with an estimated value of US$414 billion
as of January 2013. As of
September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)[update], the company had 72,800
permanent full-time employees and 3,300 temporary full-time employees
worldwide.[4] Its
worldwide annual revenue in 2012 totalled $156 billio.. In
May 2013, Apple had made it to the top ten of the Foretne 500 list of companies for the first time,
taking the 6 position, 11 places up from the previous year
corporation headquartered in Cupertino,
California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and
personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod music player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser, the Safari
web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. The
company was founded on April 1, 1976, and incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc.
on January 3, 1977. The
word "Computer" was removed from its name on January 9, 2007, reflecting its
shifted focus towards consumer electronics after the introduction of
the iPhone
Apple is the world's second-largest information technology
company by revenue after Samsung Electronics, and the world's third
-largest mobile phone makes after Samsung
and Nokia. Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired
company in the United States in 2008, and in the world from 2008 to 2012.
However, the company has received criticism for its contractors' labor practices,
and for Apple's own environmental and business practices.
As of November 2012[update], Apple maintains 394 retail store in fourteen countries as
well as the online Apple Store and iTunes Store. It is
the second-largest publicly traded corporation in the world by
market capitalization, with an estimated value of US$414 billion
as of January 2013. As of
September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)[update], the company had 72,800
permanent full-time employees and 3,300 temporary full-time employees
worldwide.[4] Its
worldwide annual revenue in 2012 totalled $156 billio.. In
May 2013, Apple had made it to the top ten of the Foretne 500 list of companies for the first time,
taking the 6 position, 11 places up from the previous year
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