“Today Apple is valued as one of, if not the, most valuable companies in the world,” Michael Gartenberg writes for iMore. “And with good reason. I recently took Amtrak’s Acela Express train from New York to Boston and pretty much every person I saw was consulting some electronic oracle or another, all with fruit company logos on the back.”
“It is said that after conquering all the known world, Alexander the Great wept for there were no more worlds to conquer,” Gartenberg writes. “In a world where the Apple eco-system has permeated the hearts, minds, and wallets of people everywhere, what happens when everyone has an iPhone or iPad?”
“Apple turned 40 this month, and while the company’s history has been well chronicled, for me its story has just begun,” Gartenberg writes. “As Apple’s value grows north of half-a-trillion dollars, the question becomes one Jed Bartlett was especially fond of — what’s next?”
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