Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In March 1976, Apple cofounders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak both signed a $500 check weeks before the official creation of a California company that would transform personal computing ...

The Newton MessagePad did not become the immediate hit Apple desired. April 19, 1994: Gaston Bastiaens, the executive in charge of Apple’s revolutionary new Newton MessagePad product line, parts ways with the company. “We can’t say whether he fell or ...

Apple’s earliest legal documents have long been treated as relics of the personal computing revolution, but their precise whereabouts and ownership are not fully documented in the sources available here. What is clear is that the company’s origin story, and the paperwork that crystallized it, now sits at the intersection of technology history, intellectual property, […]

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. The first check from Apple Computer's original bank account went to engineer Howard Cantin, who designed the printed ...

I remember when I got my first computer, ever, at the age of 24. It was a Macintosh Performa 638CD, and it came with this sweet little 14.4 baud modem that was my entree to the whole of the internet, which really wasn’t that popular back then. I remember ...

Apple has a long history of making beloved products. From the original Macintosh computers to the recently released iPhone 17, the company has developed a wide range of products and devices. Some experiments, like the iPod and iPad, will go down in history ...

WARNING: Possible spoilers below, especially if you don’t know anything about the history of Apple Computer, Inc. Jobs, the movie starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, doesn’t open until August 16. But I got to see it recently at a screening hosted by ...