The maker of the iPhone, iPad and other popular consumer gadgets hits a milestone this week, reaching its 50th anniversary.

The Altair 8800 lit the fuse, but Apple's 1977 device made home computing irresistible to the masses. Here's a look back as Apple turns 50.

Paul Terrell opened the Byte Shop in Mountain View, California in December of 1975. It was one of the first computer stores in the world, and did a lot to help popularize a business which just barely ...

Silicon Valley history buffs know Ronald Wayne’s story well. He worked with Steve Jobs at Atari and when the agreement was signed to create Apple Computer on April 1, 1976 — 50 years ago next month — ...

Apple pioneered the WYSIWYG computer-human-interface, the iPod, iPhone, iPad and a host of other innovations that have changed the world. The document that marked the beginning of the first stage of ...