the story of apple

Apple came of interbrand's 2014 best brands ranking making it the most valuable brand in the world  but where did it all begin for this tech giant? Hard as it is to imagine the now global corporation which pulled in almost $183 bn (120bn) 2014,s fiscal year was founded in the garage of steve jobs with friends steve wozniak and ronald wayne (all usa ) back in 1976. arguably their key breakthrough would come eight  year later with the launch of the macintosh  (below). Offering a graphical user interface (gui) which let you click on icon using a mouse to access programs rather than type in instructions this machine revolutionized computing . Although selling at premium  price it became the first commercially successful personal computer  with a gui . In the following year apple forunes  would fluctuate  and staff world change jobs himself resigned in 1985 owing to differences with theceo but through all its highs and low innovation and highend products epitomized the brand. A new era began in 1997 when steve jobs brought back into the fold in 1996 was  made interim ceo. That year he and designer  jonathan  lov (uk) oversaw the reuse of first iMac. Its new sleek look would inspire  apple's  hugely popular personal electronics range including the iPod and iPad which  in 2007 became the best selling smartphone. Although  jobs died in 2011his legacy  shows on sign of abating with tim cook (usa above ) now at the helm The iPhone 6 was released in sep 2014 left and in Q4 2014 alone apple reported sales of 39.2 million.