August 11, 1955: Steve Wozniak Born
by Chris Seibold on Aug 11, 2011Steve Jobs had the marketing savvy but Steve Wozniak had the technical skills. Interested in technology at an early age Woz, as Steve Wozniak is popularly known, would go on to design the Apple I, …(read more)
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
October 21, 1991: PowerBooks Debut
PowerBooks are a thing of the past, like rotary phones and coal chutes the computers have been surpassed by superior technology. Well, surpassed by a …(read more)
October 20, 1997: Last Newton Introduced
For those still enamored of the Newton, the most desirable model is the Message Pad 2100. The handheld (not pocketable) PDA was leaps ahead of …(read more)
October 19, 1989: America Online Launches
Founded by ex-Apple Employee Steve Case, Q Link for Commodore machines morphed into America Online.The service would go on to become the de facto standard …(read more)
October 18, 1991: Quadra 900 Introduced
The Quadra 900 was Apple's king of performance for a short time. The machine featured Motorola's peppy 040 processor, and sharing a first with the …(read more)
October 17, 1998: System 8.5 Released
System 8.5 was Apple's first system that would run only on PowerPC hardware, instantly forcing obsolete status on all 68030- and 68040-based machines.The wow factor …(read more)
October 16, 2003: Apple and Pepsi Announce Plans to Give Away 1 Million Songs
In conjunction with a Super Bowl ad, Apple and Pepsi announced that certain Pepsi products would come with a chance to win a free song. …(read more)
October 15, 1990: Original Mac Discontinued
Old school Mac fans can instantly conjure up an image of the original Mac in their minds. The small, boxy machine was regarded as "cute" …(read more)
October 14, 1998: Apple Releases Results Early
Apple generally waits until after the market closes to announce results, but there have been a few exceptions. The most notable came right before Mac …(read more)
October 13, 1988: NeXT Introduces First Computer
It's a fair guess to say that Steve Jobs really, really likes cubes. As evidence of this assertion you've got the failed Mac Cube, the …(read more)
October 12, 2005: the Video iPod Arrives
Since the introduction of the color iPod (and before) people had been wondering just when the iPod would be able to play video content. Technical …(read more)
October 11, 1979: VisiCalc Introduced
If the pre-eminant program in the history of the Mac was PageMaker, the seminal program in the history of Apple was Visicalc.Visicalc, as one can …(read more)
October 10, 1990: Mac Classic Introduced
In the early days of Apple Computer, the company learned that it could charge a premium for products if they were substantially better than the …(read more)
