{"id":22251,"date":"2026-03-10T11:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/fifty-years-of-sexing-up-tech-apples-epic-hits-and-misses\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:37:25","slug":"fifty-years-of-sexing-up-tech-apples-epic-hits-and-misses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/fifty-years-of-sexing-up-tech-apples-epic-hits-and-misses\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty years of sexing up tech: Apple\u2019s epic hits \u2013 and misses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flops<\/p>\n

Fifty years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the company in Jobs\u2019 parents\u2019 garage in Los Altos, California, Apple has become a behemoth, and billions of us use its products every day. From the first successful home computers with colour screens, to the iPod, to the smartphone that set the template for the modern mobile era, the company has repeatedly reset consumer expectations.<\/p>\n

As a result, the firm occupies a central position in the tech world, initiating trends and popularising products. Here are five of its most influential products from the past half-century \u2013 alongside some unusually big misses.<\/p>\n

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\nRemember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flops
\nFifty years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the company in Jobs\u2019 parents\u2019 garage in Los Altos, California, Apple has become a behemoth, and billions of us use its products every day. From the first successful home computers with colour screens, to the iPod, to the smartphone that set the template for the modern mobile era, the company has repeatedly reset consumer expectations.
\nAs a result, the firm occupies a central position in the tech world, initiating trends and popularising products. Here are five of its most influential products from the past half-century \u2013 alongside some unusually big misses. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flops Fifty years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the company in Jobs\u2019 parents\u2019 garage in Los Altos, California, Apple has become …<\/p>\n

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