Apple is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. Some of Apple's major products include the Mac line of computers, the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and iOS and macOS operating systems. In 2012, Apple had annual revenues of $156.5 billion and net income of $41.7 billion. It employs 72,800 people and has retail stores worldwide.

2. Type Public
Traded as NASDAQ: AAPL
Industry Computer hardware
Computer software
Consumer electronics
Digital distribution
Founded April 1, 1976
(incorporated January 3, 1977)
Founder(s) Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Ronald Wayne
Headquarte
rs
Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop , Cupertino
,California, U.S.
Number of
locations
406 retail stores(as of May 2013)
Area
served
Worldwide

3. Revenue US$ 156.508 billion(2012
Operating
income
US$ 55.241 billion (2012)
Net income US$ 41.733 billion (2012
Total assets US$ 176.064 billion (2012)
Total equity US$ 118.210 billion (2012)
Employees 72,800 (2012)
Subsidiaries FileMaker Inc., Anobit, Brae
burn Capital
Website apple.com

4. Mac
i Pod
i Phone
i Pad
i Pad mini
Apple TV
OS X
i life
i work
iOS

5. •MAC BOOK AIR: Consumer ultra-
thin, ultra-portable notebook,
introduced in 2008.
•MAC BOOK PRO: Professional
notebook, introduced in 2006.
•MAC MINI: Consumer sub-desktop
computer and server, introduced in
2005.
•I MAC: Consumer all-in one desktop
computer, introduced in 1998.
•MAC PRO: Workstation desktop
computer, introduced in 2006.
Apple sells a variety of computer
accessories for Macs

6. Apple currently sells four variants of
the iPod:
•iPod Shuffle: Ultra-portable digital
audio player, currently available in a
2 GB model, introduced in 2005.
•iPod Nano: Portable media player,
currently available in a 16 GB model,
introduced in 2005.
•iPod Touch: Portable media player
than runs iOS, currently available in
32 and 64 GB models, introduced in
2007.
iPod Classic: Portable media player,
currently available in a 160 GB model,
first introduced in 2001.

7. iPhone, a convergence of an Internet-
enabledsmartphone and iPod.The original
iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 The
iPhone features a 3.5-inch (89 mm)
touchscreen display, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi
On September 12, 2012, connectivity, and
the upgraded Apple A6 chip, among several
other improvements.Apple introduced the
sixth-generation iPhone , the iphone 5. It
added a 4-inch display.

8. On January 27, 2010, Apple
introduced their much-anticipated
media tablet, the iPad, running a
modified version of iOS. It
offers multi-touch interaction
with multimedia formats including
newspapers, magazines, ebooks,
textbooks, photos, movies, videos
of TV shows, music, word
processing documents,
spreadsheets, videogames, and
most existing iPhone apps. It also
includes a mobile version
of Safari for web browsing, as
well as access to the App
Store, iTunes Library, iBookstore
, contacts, and notepad. Content
is downloadable via Wi-Fi and
optional 3Gservice or synced

9. The device links up to a
user's TV and syncs, either
via Wi-Fi or a wired
network, with one computer's
iTunes library and streams
from an additional four. The
Apple TV originally
incorporated a 40 GB hard
drive for storage, includes
outputs for HDMI
and component video, and
plays video at a maximum
resolution of 720p. A third
generation of the device was
introduced at an Apple event
on March 7, 2012, with new
features such as higher
resolution (1080p) and a new
user interface.

10. Apple Inc.'s world corporate
headquarters are located in the
middle of Silicon valley, at 1–
6 Infinite Loop , Cupertino,
California. This Apple campus has
six buildings that total 850,000
square feet (79,000 m2) and was
built in 1993 by Sobrato
Development Cos.

12. 1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, California 95014
United States of America