VisiCalc

co-created the software program VisiCalc. We can look back and recognize that VisiCalc was the first "killer" application for personal computers. What is a spreadsheet?

January Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston formed “Software Arts”. An agreement between personal software company and software arts to provide royalties to software arts of 35.7% of revenue on direct sales and 50% off revenue on OEM sales. A product named VisiCalc was deployed Software Arts in 1979 and marketed by Personal Software Company, generating revenue of $882 thousand. In 1982 the profit grew to $22.6 million (Andrew, 1984). In early 1982, with an objective to develop new generation of software including

One of the most successful companies in the world is Apple. It is currently the highest valued company and is expected to be the first trillion-dollar company. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were the main two people involved in the company. Jobs was the salesman and Wozniak was the engineer. They started the entire company from Jobs’s garage. They together launched the most innovative tech company. Apple helped launch some of the most common features found in most modern-day tech. With the Macintosh

Influence of Apple There is an incredibly small amount of companies that can claim part in completely changing a consumer market. Even less can claim part in changing society. On the prestigious list of companies who can make legitimate arguments for both of these groups, one stands out among the rest. Apple Inc. has completely revolutionized society as well as their own market. Apple changed the entire market of personal computers, innovating beyond what people even dreamed of, and Steve Jobs

YEAR 11 CELEBRATION EVENT BUDGET REPORT Due March 22, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report documents a spreadsheet information system used to budget the year 11 end-of-year event. Joshua van Dyk Information Processes and Technology (Preliminary) 1 | P a g e TABLE OF CONTENTS Problem Statement ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Evidence of Research .................................................

Steve Jobs was an American business man. He was the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was a large shareholder of Pixar studios, as well as a member of Walt Disney’s board of directors. He is most known for his microcomputer revolution during the 1970’s, and was the pioneer of many technologies we use today. He co-founded Apple alongside Steve Wozniak to sell their Apple 1 computer they made in their garage. Steve was born February 24, 1955 in San Francisco. He was born out of wedlock and set up for

Did you know that the Apple computer started in someone’s garage? Many people do not know how it all started. Today, Apple Computer Incorporated, formerly known as Apple Computer Company, dominates the technological industry with Mac, iPod, and iPhone sales. Apple had its best ever quarterly revenue of $1.58 billion dollars in 2008 (“Best Quarterly Revenue” n.pag.). The brilliant minds of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs led to the inventions of the Apple I and Apple II computers, which revolutionized

In the film "Triumph of the Nerds: Impressing their Friends", it talked around the Ascent of the personal computer (PC), stimulating the "PC Revolution". More importantly this “revolution” was all started by nerds trying to impress their friends. Former Pcs were not convenient what so ever. They were huge, massive, and extremely bulky. What's worse operators needed to learn a complex code language in order to operate it. What's more, to add to the issue, every pc used different codes, known as "machine

Apple Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1977, and the headquarters is primarily located in Cupertino, California. In 2011 Tim Cook became the new CEO. Apple has 116,000 employees, 35 key professionals including Tim Cook and he is also one of the eight board members. Apple Inc. Form-10K for their fiscal year ended September 24, 2016, shows that their net income has fluctuated over the years. In 2012, their net income was $156,508, 2013 was $170,910, 2014 was $182,795, 2015 was $233

Eighty-Seven percent of Americans use the Intranet, many of us rely on it (Anderson, Monica). Children are become more accustomed to the use of computers, and smartphones. Almost a staple in today’s society, computers can access vast amounts of information in seconds. Where would so many of us be if we didn’t have our computers, or smartphones? In a world so increasingly dependent on technology. I would like to take a step back, and reflect on one of the critical people in the evolution of our