{"id":35674,"date":"2016-04-01T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=35674"},"modified":"2016-04-04T16:20:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:20:48","slug":"happy-birthday-apple-watch-40-years-of-innovation-in-40-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/35674-happy-birthday-apple-watch-40-years-of-innovation-in-40-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Apple! Watch 40 Years of Innovation in 40 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-28618\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apple-logo-2-284x249.jpg\" alt=\"apple-logo-2\" width=\"284\" height=\"249\" \/>It started in 1976 as a three-man team consisting of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, which worked primarily out of a Los Altos, California garage. And in just 40 years, it has grown into one of the world\u2019s most valuable companies.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Apple is celebrating its 40<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. And in those 40 years, the company has brought us some of the most influential and ubiquitous hardware and software ever with an incredible 1 billion active Apple devices now in use around the world.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate its birthday, Apple has put together a simple, upbeat ad featuring a running list of some of those\u00a0hardware and software hits from the past 40 years and a few misses (sorry, Newton).<\/p>\n<p>The video serves as a fun timeline for those who have been with Apple from the beginning.\u00a0Check it out\u00a0below and feel free to share your favorite memories and products from Apple from the past 40 years in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mtY0K2fiFOA?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s 40th birthday coincides with its recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/35570-deeper-dive-a-look-at-yesterdays-let-us-loop-you-in-event\">iPhone SE and iPad Pro releases<\/a>, and\u00a0we expect much more from the company in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, Apple. Here\u2019s to another 40 years!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started in 1976 as a three-man team consisting of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, which worked primarily out of a Los Altos, California garage. And in just 40 years, it has grown into one of the world\u2019s most valuable companies. Today, Apple is celebrating its 40th birthday. 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