Today is the 39th birthday of Apple’s indomitable Macintosh. Thirty-nine years and two day ago, on January 22, 1984, during the Super Bowl…
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The Apple icons you see today have surprisingly ancient roots
In the early 1980s, Apple asked a young artist named Susan Kare to design some graphics for its forthcoming personal computer, the Macintosh…
The woman who gave Apple’s Macintosh a smile
Kare, who is sixty-four, will be honored for her work on April 20th, by her fellow designers, with the prestigious AIGA medal…
Apple flies the pirate flag in 40th birthday celebration
A pirate flag is flying outside Apple’s campus at 1 Infinite Loop…
Apple execs, former and current, including Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall, may testify in upcoming Samsung damages retrial
Current and former Apple executives, including Phil Schiller, Greg Joswiak and Scott Forstall, are all on the list…
The Steve Jobs you never saw: Amazing photos of the Silicon Valley revolution
In 1985, the year that Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple…
Mac graphic designer Susan Kare offers hand-painted replicas Apple’s legendary pirate flag
Gift-giving season is right around the corner, and we know just…
Why Steve Jobs replaced the Mac’s key with ⌘
Susan Kare never thought she’d be best known for designing icons for a living…
30 years on, Apple’s revolutionary Mac still influences
Look around. Many of the gadgets you see drew inspiration from the original Mac computer…
Apple’s 100-day Macintosh marketing blitz: After the applause, confusion
Two days after an advertising tease that captured the attention of nearly 100 million people…
Meet the software wizards who brought Apple’s Macintosh to life
The Macintosh hardware was brought to life by several teams working in concert…