At 50, Apple’s legacy is not just global scale, but changing what technology feels like while building an ecosystem powerful enough to draw monopoly claims and criticism over its broader harms.

While still not up to Windows standards, Apple’s laptops and desktops have gotten a couple of key upgrades that seriously improve graphics.

April 1 (Reuters) - In early 1976 in California, Steve Wozniak had just completed the design of a computer circuit board he intended to share with fellow hobbyists at a prominent local club. His friend Steve Jobs also saw a business opportunity to ...

Before there was an iPod, an iPhone, an iPad, or an Apple Watch—before there was a Macintosh or Apple II or even an Apple-1—there were a couple of kids who came of age in Silicon Valley in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ...

CUPERTINO — A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off. The improbable odyssey ...

Apple’s corner office has been a seat from which executives like Steve Jobs changed how we interact with technology.

In the early 1970s, the idea of an ordinary person owning a computer sounded absurd. Computers back then were more like aircraft carriers or nuclear power plants than household appliances – vast machines housed in data centres operated by teams of ...

In his new book, Apple: The First 50 Years, author David Pogue includes a story about how the tech company's late CEO and co-founder, Steve Jobs, pushed his team to perfect the iPod. "Steve Jobs wanted it to be as small as possible," Pogue said, recounting ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, and subscriptions. Apple is celebrating its 50th ...