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| Jan.6 |
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$250 iPod mini unveiled The digital music player will be a half-inch thick and roughly the size of a business card and will hold about 1,000 songs
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| Jan.14 |
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Earnings rise on strong iPod, laptop sales Strong holiday sales helped first-quarter results easily beat Wall Street expectations
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| Feb.5 |
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New version of iChat software released
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| Feb.10 |
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Class Action Suits on IPod Battery
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| Feb.12 |
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PalmSource to drop Macintosh support
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| Feb.17 |
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100,000 Orders for iPod Mini
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| Feb.28 |
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Apple Opens Store with Pomp The glitzy store opening was kicked off with loud music and a ribbon-cutting with Steve Jobs and Gavin Newsom
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| Mar.15 |
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50 Million Songs Sold Over Internet Apple Computer said it has sold 50 million songs over the Internet through its iTunes Music Store
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| Mar.25 |
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Ipod Mini Global Launch Delayed
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| Apr.13 |
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Lowest-Priced Macintoshes Upgraded
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Reports of iPod Mini static investigated
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| Apr.14 |
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Quarter earnings triple, beat expectations| Huge demand for iPod portable digital music players helped the company. Net income was $46 million, or 12 cents a share | | |
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| Apr.18 |
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Digital Video Editing Software Upgraded
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| Apr.28 |
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70 Million Songs Sold Online in 1st Year Apple Computer is short of its original 100-million-song target but more than anyone else
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| May.6 |
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iTunes Breaks One-Week Sales Record An online music store broke its one-week record after Apple updated its music player software with new features
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| May.19 |
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New iPod Division, Execs Shuffled Jon Rubenstein, who has led the hardware engineering efforts, will run the new division
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| Jun.7 |
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Wireless hardware for PCs, Macs Airport Express takes a single broadband connection and shares it among wireless-enabled computers
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| Jun.9 |
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Faster Power Mac G5 Computer A new version of desktop line, with all models including 2 microprocessors and some running as fast as 2.5 gigahertz
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| Jun.21 |
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Apple, BMW introduce iPod adapter An adapter allows iPod and BMW customers to plug their music directly into their car sound systems
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| Jun.28 |
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CEO previews next upgrade of Mac OS Steve Jobs is claiming next release of the operating system will boast some features that Windows won't include until 2006
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| Jul.2 |
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Shares tumble after iMac delay Shares fell more than 5% after the company said it has stopped taking orders for existing iMac models
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| Jul.12 |
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iTunes hits benchmark of 100 million songs It took nearly 3 months longer than Steve Jobs predicted
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| Jul.14 |
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Profit soars on new iPod sales Strong sales helped Apple more than triple 3rd-quarter profits, topping Wall Street's expectations
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| Jul.19 |
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Cheaper iPods with longer battery life Apple Computer introduced its 4th-generation iPod portable music players
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| Jul.29 |
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Apple accuses RealNetworks over iPod Apple Computer responded to creation of iPod-compatible software by calling it 'hacker tactics'
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| Aug.1 |
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CEO Jobs Says Has Cancer Surgery| Chief Executive Steve has had successful surgery for a pancreatic cancer, the company's co-founder told employees | | |
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| Aug.31 |
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New iMac Computer Introduced iMac is billed as the thinnest desktop in the world. CEO Steve Jobs is said to be recuperating at home
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| Oct.13 |
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Profits surge on iPod, laptop sales| 4th-quarter earnings soared helping the company notch its highest revenue for the quarter in 9 years | |
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| Oct.14 |
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Steve Jobs first appears after surgery| The 49-year-old executive attended a news conference to unveil a new Apple store at a shopping mall | |
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| Oct.26 |
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Color screen iPod, U2 collaboration Apple introduced a new larger-capacity iPod as well as a first-of-its-kind digital compendium of the rock band songs
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| Dec.28 |
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S. Jobs highest paid Bay Area executive| The co-founder and CEO received a salary of only $1 in 2003, but he traded his stock options for $74.8 million | |
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