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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; formerly
Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system. As of October 2010
[update], the company operates 317 retail stores
[3] in ten countries,
[4] and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.
[5] As of September 2011
[update], Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization and the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit.
[6]Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977,
[7] the company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc., for its first 30
years, but removed the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007,
[8] to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.
[9] As of September 2010
[update], Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees worldwide
[2] and had worldwide annual sales of $65.23 billion.
[2]For reasons as various as its philosophy of comprehensive aesthetic design to its distinctive advertising campaigns,
Apple has established a unique reputation in the consumer electronics
industry. This includes a customer base that is devoted to the company
and its brand, particularly in the United States.
[10] Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008, and in the world in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
[11][12][13] The company has however received widespread criticism for its contractors' labor, environmental, and business practices.
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