Overview
- Apple, founded on April 1, 1976 in a Los Altos garage, marks 50 years this week as one of the world’s most valuable companies.
- Former executives Tony Fadell and Glenn Reid describe small, sealed‑off teams that built hits like the iPod, iPhone and iMovie under tight secrecy.
- Fadell recalls presenting an early iPod prototype and once losing a pre‑launch iPhone on a plane, while Reid says his iMovie group even taped over office windows.
- A new private Apple Museum in Utrecht opened with decades of devices on display, including an Apple I replica, as original Apple I computers have sold for more than $2 million.
- Coverage notes persistent critiques over high prices, hard‑to‑repair hardware and strict App Store rules, and analysts say Apple trails rivals on artificial intelligence as competition from China intensifies.