On April 25, 1990, Steve Jobs shuts down Pixar's hardware division. This ended production of the pricey Pixar Image Computers immediately. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how...
https://www.cultofmac.com/477983/today-apple-history-pixar-stops-selling-pixar-image-computer/
On April 24, 2015, the original Apple Watch launch meant fans could finally try the smartwatch dubbed the "next chapter in Apple history." (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how...
https://www.cultofmac.com/477727/apple-history-original-apple-watch-launch/
On April 23, 2009, the App Store reached a remarkable milestone less than a year after opening its virtual doors: 1 billion downloads. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos...
https://www.cultofmac.com/543017/app-store-1-billion-downloads/
On April 22, 2013, the iBeetle arrived. A collaboration between Cupertino and Volkswagen produced a car "stylistically linked" to Apple (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-to...
On April 21, 1995, rumors swirled that Canon (yes, the Japanese camera company!) might take over Apple, which was struggling at the time. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-...
https://www.cultofmac.com/477553/apple-history-canon-apple-acquisition/
On April 20, 2010, tech news site Gizmodo dissected a prototype iPhone 4, then published the teardown of the soon-to-be-released device. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-t...
https://www.cultofmac.com/477343/today-apple-history-gizmodo-lost-iphone-4-prototype/
On April 19, 1994, Gaston Bastiaens, the executive in charge of Apple's new Newton MessagePad line, parted ways with the company. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/477141/tiah-newton-boss-gaston-bastiaens-leaves-apple/
On April 18, 1996, Apple unveiled a massive $15 million promotional tie-in for the "Mission: Impossible" movie starring Tom Cruise. What a disaster! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, revie...
https://www.cultofmac.com/476723/today-apple-history-mission-impossible-ad/
On April 17, 1977, Apple made a splash at the West Coast Computer Faire. With the Apple II launch, the company led the computer revolution. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ho...
On April 16, 2009, Apple hit back following a Microsoft ad that criticized Cupertino for failing to sell decent laptops for less than $1,000. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/541393/apple-vs-microsoft-advertising/
On April 15, 1981, Apple defended the Apple III computer, which suffered from an overheating motherboard, offering a quick, unorthodox fix. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ho...
https://www.cultofmac.com/541415/apple-iii-overheating-motherboard/
On April 14, 1986, Apple released the "low-cost" Macintosh 512Ke, bringing hardware upgrades to address complaints about the original Mac. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how...
https://www.cultofmac.com/476491/today-in-apple-history-macintosh-512ke/
On April 13, 2005, a sketchy early rumor suggested Apple was building a tablet computer. This first iPad hint got the tech world buzzing. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-...
On April 12, 1976, Apple's third co-founder sold his 10% stake in the company for just $800. Ron Wayne could have been a billionaire! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos ...
On April 11, 1976, Apple released its first computer, the Apple-1. With only 200 made, these remain the rarest Apple computers ever. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
On April 10, 1985, Steve Jobs was removed as general manager of the Macintosh division after a showdown with Apple CEO John Sculley. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/475513/steve-jobs-macintosh-division/
On April 9, 2007, Apple sold its 100 millionth iPod. The landmark event confirms the iPod as Apple’s most popular product of all time. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-t...
On April 8, 1983, former PepsiCo president John Sculley took over as Apple's third CEO. Steve Jobs wooed Sculley with a provocative question. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ...
On April 7, 1997, Apple's System 7 operating system got its final update when Mac OS 7.6.1 shipped. It fixed bugs and ended the Clone Mac era. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and...
https://www.cultofmac.com/475281/mac-os-system-7-6-1-final-update/
On April 6, 1939, John Sculley was born. He went on to become Apple's third CEO and oversaw the company's transformation into a profit powerhouse. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews...
On April 5, 2006, Apple released the Boot Camp public beta. The software let users with Intel-based Macs run Windows XP on their machines. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how...
https://www.cultofmac.com/474771/today-apple-history-mac-users-can-run-windows-boot-camp/
On April 4, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, a software company destined to become a tech behemoth (and key Apple frenemy). (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/474565/today-apple-history-microsoft-founded/
On April 2, 1979, Microsoft released its first hardware product, a microprocessor card called the Z80 SoftCard that plugged into the Apple II. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and...
https://www.cultofmac.com/538573/apple-history-microsoft-z80-softcard/
On April 1, 1976, the Apple Computer Company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to sell the $666 Apple-1 computer. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-...
https://www.cultofmac.com/537989/apple-history-apple-founded/
On March 31, 2010, the world got its first sense of how the original iPad measured up. With the first iPad reviews, a star was born. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
On March 30, 2006, a court case began that pitted Apple Computer against Apple Corps, aka The Beatles' record label. It fueled an epic fight. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/473927/today-apple-history-apple-goes-war-beatles/
On March 29, 2012, Apple settled its "Antennagate" controversy by giving affected iPhone 4 owners the chance to claim a whopping $15 payout. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and h...
https://www.cultofmac.com/473695/iphone4-antennagate-payout-tiah/
On March 28, 1996, Apple warned Wall Street that it would report a $700 million quarterly loss. It was Apple's worst quarter ever. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/473471/today-in-apple-history-worst-quarter-ever/
On March 27, 1995, the first official Macintosh clone launched. The high-end Radius System 100 Mac clone delivered on specs. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/473221/today-in-apple-history-first-mac-clone-radius-system-100/
On this day in 2010, Apple paid to end a trademark dispute with Japanese multinational Fujitsu over the name "iPad" in the United States. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-...
https://www.cultofmac.com/536775/apple-history-apple-buys-ipad-name/
On March 25, 1993, Apple exec Gaston Bastiaens wagered that the Newton MessagePad would ship before summer ended. The prize? His wine cellar! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/536599/tiah-newton-messagepad-wine-cellar-bet/
On March 24, 1997, the Newton MessagePad 2000 brought major upgrades to Apple's PDA line, including a better display and a faster processor. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and h...
https://www.cultofmac.com/473067/today-apple-history-newton-messagepad-2000/
On March 23, 1992, Apple released the Macintosh LC II, a low-cost “headless” Macintosh that was roughly analogous with today’s Mac minis. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews an...
https://www.cultofmac.com/472621/today-in-apple-history-macintosh-lc-ii-is-the-mac-mini-of-its-day/
On March 22, 1993, Apple launched the PowerCD, a CD player that worked as an external CD drive for Macs. It was a sign of things to come. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-...
https://www.cultofmac.com/472607/today-apple-history-powercd/
On March 21, 2007, Apple launched the Apple TV, a set-top box for bringing iTunes media to the living room. Unfortunately, it flopped. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos...
https://www.cultofmac.com/472395/today-in-apple-history-apple-tv-debuts/
On March 20, 1997, Apple released the Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, a futuristic, special-edition Mac that was way ahead of its time. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-t...
https://www.cultofmac.com/472347/tiah-twentieth-anniversary-mac/
On March 19, 1990, the powerful Macintosh IIfx made its debut, sporting a hefty price tag appropriate for such a speedy machine. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
On March 18, 1991, Steve Jobs married 27-year-old Stanford MBA Laurene Powell. They went on to have three children together. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
On March 17, 1988, Apple sued Microsoft for allegedly stealing 189 elements of its Macintosh operating system to create Windows 2.0. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/470399/today-in-apple-history-microsoft-sued-ripping-off-mac-os/
On March 16, 2012, Apple introduced the third-generation iPad, its first tablet to come with a Retina display. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/470375/today-in-apple-history-ipad-gets-an-eye-dazzling-retina-display/
On March 15, 2004, the iTunes Music Store marked a major musical milestone, having sold an astonishing 50 million songs. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/470423/itunes-50-million-songs-downloaded/
On March 14, 1994, Apple introduced the Power Macintosh 7100, a midrange Mac that landed the company in court against astronomer Carl Sagan. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and h...
https://www.cultofmac.com/470349/today-apple-history-mac-7100-lands-apple-hot-water-carl-sagan/
On March 13, 1997, CNN predicted doom for Apple, saying "the coffin door is closing." It's one of many "Apple doomed" predictions. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
On March 12, 2010, Apple moved into third place among publicly listed U.S. companies. Soon the Apple market cap would hit the top. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/533699/apple-market-cap-passes-walmart/
On March 11, 2011, Apple released the iPad 2. Thinner and more powerful, it brought massive advances over the original in nearly every way. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ho...
https://www.cultofmac.com/533115/today-in-apple-history-ipad-2/
On March 10, 2004, Apple sent out a customer survey asking why the Newton MessagePad failed. It was stealth iPhone reconnaissance. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/470249/today-in-apple-history-apple-reconsiders-the-newton/
On March 9, 1996, Apple confirmed that it would shut down eWorld, a cartoony (and pricey!) online service that was truly ahead of its time. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and ho...
https://www.cultofmac.com/470461/today-in-apple-history-eworld-closes-its-virtual-doors/
On March 8, 1997, Apple renamed the forthcoming Mac OS 7.7 to Mac OS 8. There was a good -- if slightly underhanded -- reason for it. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos ...
https://www.cultofmac.com/470235/tiah-apple-outwits-clonemakers-mac-os-8/
On March 7, 1989, Apple introduced the Macintosh Portrait Display, an impressive, 15-inch vertical grayscale monitor for desktop publishing. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and h...
https://www.cultofmac.com/469981/today-in-apple-history-remember-the-macintosh-portrait-display/
On March 6, 2008, Apple released the iPhone SDK, finally allowing third-party developers to start making iPhone apps. The App Store follows. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and h...
https://www.cultofmac.com/469975/today-in-apple-history-iphone-sdk/
On March 5, 2012, Apple marked 25 billion apps downloaded from the iOS App Store. The 25 Billion App Countdown contest had a winner! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/532303/app-store-25-billion-downloads/
On March 4, 2014, Peter Oppenheimer, the Apple CFO who presided over a decade of skyrocketing growth, stepped down from the company. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos )
https://www.cultofmac.com/532025/apple-cfo-peter-oppenheimer-retires/
On March 2, 1987, three years after releasing the original Macintosh 128K, Apple launches its direct sequel, the almighty Macintosh II. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-to...
On March 1, 1991, Apple introduced the Apple IIe Card, which let users turn their LC family Macs into fully functioning Apple IIe computers. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and h...
https://www.cultofmac.com/469953/mac-gain-access-appleiie-os/
On February 28, 2006, Apple introduced its "headless" Mac mini with Intel processor. It turned out to be a pretty darn great media player! (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how...
https://www.cultofmac.com/469737/today-in-apple-history-mac-mini-arrives-with-intel-inside/