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In 1996, Apple was a struggling company that had lost more than 70% of its market capitalization in the past decade. Apple’s sales had fell dramatically and their new personal computers weren’t particularly popular with consumers. The return of Steve Jobs to the company was a turning point for Apple and initiated a new era for the firm. With the launch of innovative products such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad, Apple became the biggest brand in the world. Now it remained to be seen if Tim Cook would be able to continue to develop new products and maintain Apple’s success.

The Steve Jobs biography “Steve Jobs the Man Who Thought Different” provides a glimpse into the past and the development of current technology. Although at some points did this book fail to capture my attention, overall I came to the conclusion that it did help me learn a lot about the Apple Industry and how it came to be. Because of this I would recommend this book to a friend. The author’s unique way of reviewing Steve Jobs’s life and his impact made on society, along with his associates who helped him make it to where he was helped to build my interest in the book. Although, it did fail to capture my attention because of the, what I felt, extensive and repetitive descriptions of each situation Jobs found himself in throughout his life. By

One of the major challenges facing Apple was to get the appropriate replacement of the company’s visionary Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Jobs who died on October 2011. The CEO was responsible for turning Apple into what it is today. Apple is in this case challenged to purse the strategies employed by Steve, that propelled the company to new heights, and which saw the company become a

Since 1976 Apple’s innovation has helped the company become a market leader in computer and mobile electronics. Through this time the company has faced a number of challenges either it be an internal power struggles or criticism from the media for certain aspects of their business model. This report covers five different issues that the company is facing or may face in the future.

Given the task of conceptualizing a man who truly changed the realm of technology as we know it today, my mind secludes one person. That person is Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, now known simply as Apple. For this rhetorical analysis, I will be using three biographies/profiles about Jobs including “The Real Genius of Steve Jobs” by Malcolm Gladwell with The New Yorker (June 19, 2017), “Jobs’ Biography; Thoughts on Life, Death, and Apple” from NPR (October 25, 2011), and “Steve Jobs” from Biography.com (April 28, 2017). Precise attention to the audience, purpose, and tone, allows all three of these profiles to vividly explain and represent Jobs as the truly exceptionally minded man that he was.

For decades the digital war between Macintoshes (Macs) and Personal Computers (PCs) has been a never ending struggle to see who ranks the better competition. Because Microsoft has dominated the software field, more and more businesses use PCs rather than Macs. But does that make the PC better than the Mac. Let 's take a trip back in time and review the evolution of a computer company. It 's not IBM or Microsoft. This company is Apple Computers, Incorporated.

Technology is a contemporary artefact, which is constantly evolving in our modern day world. There has been an increase of companies appointed to sell innovative technology to hungry consumers. Apple, a multi- billion-dollar industry has contributed largely to the reconstructed views society has placed on technology. Doing so by crafting a range of products, such as mobile phones, desktop computers, laptops, tablets and portable music devices that are each ingenious, practical, and sleek in design. The ability for these products to undertake a range of functions has thus attracted a large scope of audiences and consequently changed the way in which we live.

In 1997, Steve Jobs returned to Apple as an advisory and with the purposes of reshaping the product line. The changes made by Jobs resulted in increased sales and $309 million in profits. Job changed the mindset of Apples management and development team. He encourage them to have the “think different” management style that promotes the development of products that are ahead of the technology and design curve, and a creative retail strategy. It is this strategy that would eventually make Apple the best-selling company in the PC industry.

Apple Computer Inc., back from near oblivion, is setting the pace in the digital world with innovation and creativity that has been missing from the company for the past

The 1980s was an exciting time in the history of computer science. A variety of companies were competing in the computer market, including Apple, IBM and Microsoft. At the time, Apple owned 20% of the PC market, but the direction of the company went downhill after Steve Jobs was forced out of the company in 1985 over the commercial failure of the Apple Macintosh PC (Entrepreneur, 2012). The company had made enough mistakes that computer retailers had lost all faith in Macintosh (Kroenke, Using MIS 2013, 2014). The problem was only compounded by the fact that Apple hired on a long series of CEOs who failed to manage the company properly (Kroenke, 2014). In 1996, Steve Jobs returned to Apple with the help of Gil Amelio, a company board

Nowadays, Apple has positioned itself to be an innovator in the personal computer industry and Apple has developed by offering modern products compared to its competitors. According to Apple’s mission statement last year, “Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.” (Business Management,

With the recent passing of Steve Jobs, there has been an intense spotlight focused on both the man and the company he built. Most of the attention has rightfully been focused on Jobs’ passion and creativity, as well as the remarkable period of innovation he preside. As a symbolic leader, the man not only once saving the company from bankruptcy but also building up a well-known brand that had integrate with our daily life – Apple.

Apple has always been something of a trendsetter in the tech space. Its product history since Steve Jobs’s return in 1997 gives us a solid list of examples to choose from, from its very first iPod, to Apple’s PowerBook (and later MacBook) lines, to the iPhone and the iPad. Apple’s history is dominated by products that existed before Apple had a crack at them - but it was Apple who simplified them, made them appealing on a much wider scale, and ultimately made them objects of desire for the masses.

Think different in the world of technology and bring greater revenue. This case study focuses on the mass enterprising activities of a world’s leading consumer electronics and software company, i.e. Apple Inc. and how, through its technologically advanced abilities and electronic sharpness, it has propelled and introduced the world to a essentially new era of multimedia innovation. Apple Inc. founded a brand new method in which microchip technology was to be created and used for industrial, institutional and commercial usage. Which is due in enormous part through the great talent of Steve Jobs that this esoteric technology managed to excel most proportions with regards to the open market.

Co-founded by Steve Jobs in 1976, the company was named under Apple Computers Inc. and its initial product Apple IIe gained relative popularity and success. The release of the Macintosh revolutionized the computer experience with a graphical user interfere and a pointer devise called the ‘mouse’ was launched in the same year. The company went public in 1980 resulting in its owners gaining immediate wealth. However, its company’s