February 5, 2008: Six months after the first generation iPhone went on sale, Apple is releasing a new version with a whopping 16GB of storage. “For some users, there’s never enough memory,” says Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of worldwide iPod and iPhone marketing. “Now people can enjoy even more of their music, photos and … Read more
February 4, 2008: Apple CEO Steve Jobs is reportedly considering buying the search engine Yahoo. Apple is one of several companies interested following reports that Microsoft offered $44.6 billion for the Web portal last week. In the end, nothing came of it, but Apple’s interest is later confirmed in Jobs’ authorized biography. Is Apple buying … Read more
February 2, 1996: Apple reveals that disruptive artist Gil Amelio will take over from Michael “The Diesel” Spindler as CEO of the troubled company. Due to disappointing Mac sales, a disastrous “Mac cloning” strategy, and the failed merger of Sun Microsystems in his name, Spindler is asked to step down from Apple’s board of directors. … Read more
February 1, 2010: The tech-loving world goes into meltdown at the sight of comedian Stephen Colbert using a pre-sale iPad to read the nominations during the televised Grammy Awards. “Jay-Z, didn’t you get one of these in the gift bag?” Colbert jokes from the stage. “Am I cooler than you?” The celebrity sneak peek is … Read more
January 31, 1998: Mac clone maker Power Computing is shutting down as it has auctioned off its office supplies and computers. Apple had bought Power Computing, once the fastest-growing PC company of the decade, the previous year. As a result, Power Computing shareholders receive Apple shares as compensation. As it turns out, it didn’t have … Read more