February 15, 1982: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is on the front cover Time magazine for the first time. The long opening story makes Jobs the public face of a successful technology business. The first of many Time cover for Jobs, the article — titled “Striking It Rich: America’s Risk Takers” — casts him as the … Read more
February 14, 1995: Apple Computer Expands Lawsuit Against San Francisco Canyon Company Developer to Microsoft and Intel The lawsuit concerns allegedly stolen Apple code used to enhance Microsoft Video for Windows technology. The lawsuit comes to a head as Apple threatens a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Microsoft. Meanwhile, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates threatens to cancel … Read more
February 13, 1984: The launch of the first Mac created a huge excitement in the tech press that epitomized the year InfoWorld cover story on Macintosh 128K. The wave of coverage comes weeks after the January 24 release of the Macintosh. But when the press blitz finally arrives, it’s clear that the Mac is a … Read more
The death of Steve Jobs sparked a wave of support. Photo: Grammy February 12, 2012: Months after his untimely death, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is being honored with a special Grammy Award for his contributions to music through the iPod and iTunes Music Store. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior … Read more
February 11, 2010: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is getting up to speed with the iPad excitement and his take on Apple’s tablet. His look? Apple’s upcoming device is kind of meh. “There’s nothing on the iPad that I look at and think, ‘I wish Microsoft had done that,’” Gates tells one interviewer. Bill Gates rejects … Read more
February 10, 1993: Apple launches the Macintosh Color Classic, the company’s first compact Mac with a color display. As the first all-in-one Mac with an integrated color display and the last American Mac to offer the compact form factor of the original model, this model represents a milestone in Macintosh development. The Color Classic unit … Read more
February 9, 1993: NeXT Inc., founded by Steve Jobs after being forced out of Apple, is ending computer production. The company changes its name to NeXT Software and focuses its efforts exclusively on producing code for other platforms. In mass layoffs, 330 of NeXT’s 500 employees will lose their jobs in an event known internally … Read more
February 8, 2010: Apple CEO Steve Jobs allegedly flipped a tweet sent from an iPad by an editor at the address The Wall Street Journal. Reason? Apple showed the iPad to top employees in a news release months before its official release. While Jobs had already unveiled the device to the public a few weeks … Read more
February 7, 1981: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is involved in a serious plane crash in California, resulting in his first extended leave from the company. At the time, Wozniak flies a turbocharged, single-engine, six-seat Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC. On the plane with Woz are his fiancé Candi Clark, her brother and her brother’s girlfriend. Fortunately, no … Read more
February 6, 1985: Co-founder Steve Wozniak, frustrated with Apple’s shifting priorities, leaves the company to pursue outside interests. His departure — which comes in the same year that Steve Jobs left Apple to create NeXT — marks another big change for the company. The move mostly stems from Woz’s dissatisfaction with the way management treated … Read more