April 1st is known for the jokes we play on each other, but it’s also the birthday of something that has revolutionized our world since 1976 when Apple became not just the popular juicy fruit we all love, but it was the name of a company that was the brain-child of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They actually started this phenomenon in their garage, and transformed the way people use technology in the internet age, while building a company now worth more than $3.6 trillion. The two college drop-outs changed the way people use computers, listen to music, and communicate on the go, giving rise to lifestyles revolving around smartphones. These were Apple’s hit products – the Mac, iPod, iPhone, the Apple watch, the iPad, which were probably all created in that humble garage in Cupertino, California. Since they debuted in 2007, Apple sold more than 3.1 billion iPhone, generating $2.3 trillion in revenue. But in 1984, the two Steves shook up home computing with the Macintosh, which sparked a technological rivalry between them and Bill Gates’ Microsoft. Jobs, who died in 2011 at the age of 56 was renowned for his uncompromising drive to marry technology with design to create products that were intuitive and hassle free. But it was the iPhone’s dominance that has become the most popular gadget that just about everybody on the planet (myself being the exception,) has it almost attached to their bodies, almost like a third hand, an attachment God never gave Adam and Eve when He created them !
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