Apple's Journey: From Garage to Tech Titan, Including iPad's Origin

A retrospective looks back at Apple's half-century history, tracing its origins from 1976 to its current status as a tech giant, now revealing Steve Jobs' inspiration for the iPad stemmed from a Microsoft engineer's persistent boasting about tablet technology.

5 Apr, 02:54 — 5 Apr, 02:54

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When an engineer ‘angered’ Steve Jobs so much with his ‘Microsoft tablet’ stories that he told his team, we need to show ...

A new book reveals Steve Jobs' inspiration for the iPad stemmed from a Microsoft engineer's persistent boasting about tablet technology. Annoyed by repeated pitches, Jobs vowed to create a superior tablet, famously declaring "God gave us ten styluses." This anecdote highlights the intense Apple-Microsoft rivalry, a central theme in the 50-year history of Apple.

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Apple's Journey: From Garage to Tech Titan, Including iPad's Origin

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