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The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC). Ancient historical texts such as the Records of the Grand Historian (c. 100 BC) and the Bamboo Annals (296 BC) describe a Xia dynasty (c. 2070–1600 BC) before the Shang, but no writing is known from the period, and Shang writings do not indicate the existence of the Xia. The Shang ruled in the Yellow River valley, which is commonly held to be the cradle of Chinese civilization. However, Neolithic civilizations originated at various cultural centers along both the Yellow River and Yangtze River. These Yellow River and Yangtze civilizations arose millennia before the Shang. With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest civilizations, and is regarded as one of the cradles of civilization.The Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC) supplanted the Shang, and introduced the concept of the Mandate of Heaven to justify their rule. The central Zhou government began to weaken due to external and internal pressures in the 8th century BC, and the country eventually splintered into smaller states during the Spring and Autumn period. These states became independent and warred with one another in the following Warring States period. Much of traditional Chinese culture, literature and philosophy first developed during those troubled times.
In 221 BC Qin Shi Huang conquered the various warring states and created for himself the title of Huangdi or emperor of the Qin, marking the beginning of imperial China. However, the oppressive government fell soon after his death, and was supplanted by the longer lived Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD). Successive dynasties developed bureaucratic systems that enabled the emperor to control vast territories directly. In the 21 centuries from 206 BC until AD 1912, routine administrative tasks were handled by a special elite of scholar-officials. Young men, well-versed in calligraphy, history, literature, and philosophy, were carefully selected through difficult government examinations. China's last dynasty was the Qing (1644–1912), which was replaced by the Republic of China in 1912, and in the mainland by the People's Republic of China in 1949, resulting in two de facto states claiming to be the legitimate government of all China.
Chinese history has alternated between periods of political unity and peace, and periods of war and failed statehood – the most recent being the Chinese Civil War (1927–1949). China was occasionally dominated by steppe peoples, most of whom were eventually assimilated into the Han Chinese culture and population. Between eras of multiple kingdoms and warlordism, Chinese dynasties have ruled parts or all of China; in some eras control stretched as far as Xinjiang and Tibet, as at present. Traditional culture, and influences from other parts of Asia and the Western world (carried by waves of immigration, cultural assimilation, expansion, and foreign contact), form the basis of the modern culture of China.
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Apple Computer | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:21 1 History
00:04:30 1.1 1976–1984: Founding and incorporation
00:08:34 1.2 1984–1991: Success with Macintosh
00:13:51 1.3 1991–1997: Decline and restructuring
00:17:10 1.4 1997–2007: Return to profitability
00:23:51 1.5 2007–2011: Success with mobile devices
00:30:42 1.6 2011–present: Post-Steve Jobs era; Tim Cook leadership
00:38:59 2 Products
00:39:08 2.1 Mac
00:40:09 2.2 iPod
00:40:59 2.3 iPhone
00:49:01 2.4 iPad
00:52:08 2.5 Apple Watch
00:53:02 2.6 Apple TV
00:56:17 2.7 HomePod
00:56:58 2.8 Software
00:58:13 2.9 Electric vehicles
00:58:46 2.10 Apple Energy
00:59:34 3 Corporate identity
00:59:44 3.1 Logo
01:01:52 3.2 Advertising
01:03:34 3.3 Brand loyalty
01:07:20 3.4 Home page
01:08:31 3.5 Headquarters
01:12:29 3.6 Stores
01:15:52 4 Corporate affairs
01:16:02 4.1 Corporate culture
01:19:51 4.1.1 Lack of innovation
01:26:23 4.2 Manufacturing
01:31:09 4.2.1 Labor practices
01:36:11 4.3 Environmental practices and initiatives
01:36:22 4.3.1 Energy and resources
01:41:46 4.3.2 Toxins
01:44:13 4.3.3 Green bonds
01:44:38 4.4 Finance
01:46:51 4.4.1 Tax practices
01:51:29 4.5 Ownership
01:53:40 4.6 Litigation
01:55:02 4.7 Privacy stance
01:56:39 4.8 Charitable causes
01:59:00 5 Criticism and controversies
02:00:21 6 See also
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Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google and Facebook.The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the HomePod smart speaker. Apple's software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites, as well as professional applications like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Xcode. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, such as the original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing commercials for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price tag of its products and limited software titles caused problems, as did power struggles between executives at the company. In 1985, Wozniak stepped away from Apple, while Jobs resigned and founded a new company—NeXT—with former Apple employees.
As the market for personal computers increased, Apple's computers lost share to lower-priced products, particularly ones that ran the Microsoft Windows operating system. After more executive job shuffles, CEO Gil Amelio in 1997 bought NeXT to bring Jobs back. Jobs regained leadership within the company and became the new CEO shortly after. He began to rebuild Apple's status, opening Apple's own retail stores in 2001, acquiring numerous companies to create a portfolio of software titles, and changing some of the hardware used in its computers. The company returned to profitability. In January 2007, Jobs renamed the company Apple Inc., reflecting its shifted focus ...
Apple Inc. | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:00 1 History
00:04:08 1.1 1976–1984: Founding and incorporation
00:07:59 1.2 1984–1991: Success with Macintosh
00:12:53 1.3 1991–1997: Decline and restructuring
00:15:59 1.4 1997–2007: Return to profitability
00:22:11 1.5 2007–2011: Success with mobile devices
00:28:34 1.6 2011–present: Post-Steve Jobs era; Tim Cook leadership
00:36:19 2 Products
00:36:28 2.1 Mac
00:37:25 2.2 iPod
00:38:12 2.3 iPhone
00:45:42 2.4 iPad
00:48:37 2.5 Apple Watch
00:49:28 2.6 Apple TV
00:52:30 2.7 HomePod
00:53:09 2.8 Software
00:54:22 2.9 Electric vehicles
00:54:54 2.10 Apple Energy
00:55:39 3 Corporate identity
00:55:48 3.1 Logo
00:57:46 3.2 Advertising
00:59:19 3.3 Brand loyalty
01:02:49 3.4 Home page
01:03:57 3.5 Headquarters
01:07:40 3.6 Stores
01:10:51 4 Corporate affairs
01:11:00 4.1 Corporate culture
01:14:36 4.1.1 Lack of innovation
01:20:41 4.2 Manufacturing
01:25:07 4.2.1 Labor practices
01:29:48 4.3 Environmental practices and initiatives
01:29:58 4.3.1 Energy and resources
01:35:02 4.3.2 Toxins
01:37:22 4.3.3 Green bonds
01:37:45 4.4 Finance
01:39:52 4.4.1 Tax practices
01:44:14 4.5 Ownership
01:46:25 4.6 Litigation
01:47:42 4.7 Privacy stance
01:49:14 4.8 Charitable causes
01:51:27 5 Criticism and controversies
01:52:11 6 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the HomePod smart speaker. Apple's software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites, as well as professional applications like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Xcode. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, such as the original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing commercials for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price tag of its products and limited software titles caused problems, as did power struggles between executives at the company. In 1985, Wozniak stepped away from Apple, while Jobs resigned and founded a new company—NeXT—with former Apple employees.
As the market for personal computers increased, Apple's computers lost share to lower-priced products, particularly ones that ran the Microsoft Windows operating system. After more executive job shuffles, CEO Gil Amelio in 1997 bought NeXT to bring Jobs back. Jobs regained leadership within the company and became the new CEO shortly after. He began to rebuild Apple's status, opening Apple's own retail stores in 2001, acquiring numerous companies to create a portfolio of software titles, and changing some of the hardware used in its computers. The company returned to profitability. In January 2007, Jobs renamed the company Apple Inc., reflecting its shifted focus toward consumer electronics, and announced the iPhone, which saw critical acclaim and significant financial success. In August 2011, Jobs resigned as CEO due to health complications, and Tim Cook became the new CEO. Two months later, Jobs died, mar ...
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Apple (company) | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:05:51 1 History
00:06:01 1.1 1976–1984: Founding and incorporation
00:11:25 1.2 1984–1991: Success with Macintosh
00:18:21 1.3 1991–1997: Decline and restructuring
00:22:46 1.4 1997–2007: Return to profitability
00:31:35 1.5 2007–2011: Success with mobile devices
00:40:40 1.6 2011–present: Post-Steve Jobs era; Tim Cook leadership
00:52:53 2 Products
00:53:03 2.1 Mac
00:54:25 2.2 iPod
00:55:29 2.3 iPhone
01:06:13 2.4 iPad
01:10:24 2.5 Apple Watch
01:11:34 2.6 Apple TV
01:15:50 2.7 HomePod
01:16:43 2.8 Software
01:18:25 2.9 Electric vehicles
01:19:07 2.10 Apple Energy
01:20:07 3 Corporate identity
01:20:18 3.1 Logo
01:23:03 3.2 Advertising
01:25:13 3.3 Brand loyalty
01:30:11 3.4 Home page
01:31:48 3.5 Headquarters
01:37:05 3.6 Stores
01:41:35 4 Corporate affairs
01:41:45 4.1 Corporate culture
01:46:49 4.1.1 Lack of innovation
01:55:24 4.2 Manufacturing
02:01:41 4.2.1 Labor practices
02:08:18 4.3 Environmental practices and initiatives
02:08:29 4.3.1 Energy and resources
02:15:40 4.3.2 Toxins
02:18:58 4.3.3 Green bonds
02:19:28 4.4 Finance
02:22:23 4.4.1 Tax practices
02:28:34 4.5 Ownership
02:31:35 4.6 Litigation
02:33:22 4.7 Privacy stance
02:35:31 4.8 Charitable causes
02:38:37 5 Criticism and controversies
02:40:22 6 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.7070245911477834
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-F
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google and Facebook.The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the HomePod smart speaker. Apple's software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites, as well as professional applications like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Xcode. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, such as the original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing commercials for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price tag of its products and limited software titles caused problems, as did power struggles between executives at the company. In 1985, Wozniak stepped away from Apple, while Jobs resigned and founded a new company—NeXT—with former Apple employees.
As the market for personal computers increased, Apple's computers lost share to lower-priced products, particularly ones that ran the Microsoft Windows operating system. After more executive job shuffles, CEO Gil Amelio in 1997 bought NeXT to bring Jobs back. Jobs regained leadership within the company and became the new CEO shortly after. He began to rebuild Apple's status, opening Apple's own retail stores in 2001, acquiring numerous companies to create a portfolio of software titles, and changing some of the hardware used in its computers. The company returned to profitability. In January 2007, Jobs renamed the company Apple Inc., reflecting its shifted focus ...
Apple Computer, Inc. | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:32 1 History
00:04:41 1.1 1976–1984: Founding and incorporation
00:08:56 1.2 1984–1991: Success with Macintosh
00:14:23 1.3 1991–1997: Decline and restructuring
00:17:52 1.4 1997–2007: Return to profitability
00:24:47 1.5 2007–2011: Success with mobile devices
00:31:57 1.6 2011–present: Post-Steve Jobs era; Tim Cook leadership
00:41:30 2 Products
00:41:39 2.1 Mac
00:42:43 2.2 iPod
00:43:35 2.3 iPhone
00:51:58 2.4 iPad
00:55:14 2.5 Apple Watch
00:56:09 2.6 Apple TV
00:59:30 2.7 HomePod
01:00:13 2.8 Software
01:01:34 2.9 Electric vehicles
01:02:07 2.10 Apple Energy
01:02:57 3 Corporate identity
01:03:06 3.1 Logo
01:05:18 3.2 Advertising
01:07:01 3.3 Brand loyalty
01:10:57 3.4 Home page
01:12:11 3.5 Headquarters
01:16:19 3.6 Stores
01:19:51 4 Corporate affairs
01:20:01 4.1 Corporate culture
01:24:00 4.1.1 Lack of innovation
01:30:46 4.2 Manufacturing
01:35:42 4.2.1 Labor practices
01:40:57 4.3 Environmental practices and initiatives
01:41:08 4.3.1 Energy and resources
01:46:47 4.3.2 Toxins
01:49:22 4.3.3 Green bonds
01:49:47 4.4 Finance
01:52:06 4.4.1 Tax practices
01:56:58 4.5 Ownership
01:59:17 4.6 Litigation
02:00:42 4.7 Privacy stance
02:02:24 4.8 Charitable causes
02:04:52 5 Criticism and controversies
02:06:16 6 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.9258436003057378
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google and Facebook.The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the HomePod smart speaker. Apple's software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites, as well as professional applications like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Xcode. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, such as the original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing commercials for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price tag of its products and limited software titles caused problems, as did power struggles between executives at the company. In 1985, Wozniak stepped away from Apple, while Jobs resigned and founded a new company—NeXT—with former Apple employees.
As the market for personal computers increased, Apple's computers lost share to lower-priced products, particularly ones that ran the Microsoft Windows operating system. After more executive job shuffles, CEO Gil Amelio in 1997 bought NeXT to bring Jobs back. Jobs regained leadership within the company and became the new CEO shortly after. He began to rebuild Apple's status, opening Apple's own retail stores in 2001, acquiring numerous companies to create a portfolio of software titles, and changing some of the hardware used in its computers. The company returned to profitability. In January 2007, Jobs renamed the company Apple Inc., reflecting its shifted focus ...
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China | Wikipedia audio article
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
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- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the source consulted. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
China emerged as one of the world's earliest civilizations, in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. For millennia, China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, or dynasties, beginning with the semi-legendary Xia dynasty in 21st century BCE. Since then, China has expanded, fractured, and re-unified numerous times. In the 3rd century BCE, the Qin unified core China and established the first Chinese empire. The succeeding Han dynasty, which ruled from 206 BC until 220 AD, saw some of the most advanced technology at that time, including papermaking and the compass, along with agricultural and medical improvements. The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Tang dynasty (618–907) and Northern Song (960–1127) completed the Four Great Inventions. Tang culture spread widely in Asia, as the new maritime Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and Horn of Africa. Dynastic rule ended in 1912 with the Xinhai Revolution, when a republic replaced the Qing dynasty. The Chinese Civil War resulted in a division of territory in 1949, when the Communist Party of China established the People's Republic of China, a unitary one-party sovereign state on Mainland China, while the Kuomintang-led government retreated to the island of Taiwan. The political status of Taiwan remains disputed.
Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China's economy has been one of the world's fastest-growing with annual growth rates consistently above 6 percent. As of 2016, it is the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). China is also the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army and second-largest defense budget. The PRC is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council as it replaced the ROC in 1971, as well as an active global partner of ASEAN Plus mechanism. China is also a leading member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), WTO, APEC, BRICS, the BCIM, and the G20. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower.
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00:04:48 1 History
00:04:58 1.1 1976–1984: Founding and incorporation
00:09:26 1.2 1984–1991: Success with Macintosh
00:15:11 1.3 1991–1997: Decline and restructuring
00:18:48 1.4 1997–2007: Return to profitability
00:26:03 1.5 2007–2011: Success with mobile devices
00:33:34 1.6 2011–present: Post-Steve Jobs era; Tim Cook leadership
00:43:36 2 Products
00:43:45 2.1 Mac
00:44:53 2.2 iPod
00:45:48 2.3 iPhone
00:54:35 2.4 iPad
00:58:00 2.5 Apple Watch
00:58:59 2.6 Apple TV
01:02:31 2.7 HomePod
01:03:18 2.8 Software
01:04:43 2.9 Electric vehicles
01:05:19 2.10 Apple Energy
01:06:09 3 Corporate identity
01:06:20 3.1 Logo
01:08:38 3.2 Advertising
01:10:27 3.3 Brand loyalty
01:14:35 3.4 Home page
01:15:59 3.5 Headquarters
01:20:21 3.6 Stores
01:24:05 4 Corporate affairs
01:24:15 4.1 Corporate culture
01:28:27 4.1.1 Lack of innovation
01:35:33 4.2 Manufacturing
01:40:47 4.2.1 Labor practices
01:46:17 4.3 Environmental practices and initiatives
01:46:28 4.3.1 Energy and resources
01:52:25 4.3.2 Toxins
01:55:07 4.3.3 Green bonds
01:55:33 4.4 Finance
01:58:03 4.4.1 Tax practices
02:03:09 4.5 Ownership
02:05:42 4.6 Litigation
02:07:12 4.7 Privacy stance
02:08:59 4.8 Charitable causes
02:11:33 5 Criticism and controversies
02:13:03 6 See also
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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google and Facebook.The company's hardware products include the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, the Apple Watch smartwatch, the Apple TV digital media player, and the HomePod smart speaker. Apple's software includes the macOS and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites, as well as professional applications like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Xcode. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, Apple Music, and iCloud.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc., in January 1977, and sales of its computers, including the Apple II, grew quickly. Within a few years, Jobs and Wozniak had hired a staff of computer designers and had a production line. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, such as the original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing commercials for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price tag of its products and limited software titles caused problems, as did power struggles between executives at the company. In 1985, Wozniak stepped away from Apple, while Jobs resigned and founded a new company—NeXT—with former Apple employees.
As the market for personal computers increased, Apple's computers lost share to lower-priced products, particularly ones that ran the Microsoft Windows operating system, and the company was financially on the brink. After more executive job shuffles, CEO Gil Amelio in 1997 bought NeXT to bring Jobs back. Jobs regained leadership within the company and became the new CEO shortly after. He began to rebuild Apple's status, opening Apple's own retail stores in 2001, acquiring numerous companies to create a portfolio of software titles, and changing some of the hardware used in its computers. The company returned to profitability. In January 2007, Jobs renamed the co ...
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0:00:00 DS3 RW: Я подъехал и не только, как же заебло. Все в цитатники попали, рандом западло
0:34:58 Ролл 11. Поднял Асторский меч 14. Нарандомил Панцербрехер
1:43:00 Смерть 7 Сдох на Вордте
1:48:00 Смерть 8 Сдох на Вордте от льда
1:55:14 Смерть 9 Сдох на Вордте лоу хп
2:12:56 Смерть 10 Сдох на Вордте
2:13:00 Ролл 12. из-за 10 смертей
2:20:10 Убил Вордта
2:24:00 Ролл 13 убил босса.
2:54:00 Смерть 12 от объятий мачехи
2:58:00 Ролл 14 Поднял Баклер
3:31:00 Новая поэма. Город Дмитров богатеет, продаются куры, и заебатый же курятник жопа мазердуры.
3:36:30 Новая поэма. И просрочка посвежела, и свистели раки, Мазердурина вебкамера теперь не как из сраки.
3:38:37 Новая поэма. Ох какой же богатей каждый день просрочка. Мазердура взял кредит, а платил в рассрочку.
3:45:13 Новая поэма. И погасли фонари, мир перевернулся. Ты прошёл все SL1, ты чё блять ебанулся? (Дрочит даун SL1 Ох какой же уебан)
03:53:15 Новая поэма. У Ебобы мандавошки, раз в полгода моет бошку, только снимет он штаны, сразу фонь на пол страны.
3:56:00 Новая суперпоэма. Мазердура словно пушка на стримах пердит в подушку, чтоб всегда греметь очком, заряжает молочком.
3:59:00 Новая поэма. Мазердрочный персонаж очень любит свой массаж, стоит лишь со стула встать, сразу анус разминать.
4:04:50 Новая поэма с подвохом. 4:05:20 Мазердура старый дед, щас не в рифму строчка. Взял сырочков на обед, а затем просрочку.
4:12:07 Новая поэма. Вам скажу, друзья, за чаем, Ебобо не обучаем. Коль он он что-то в гугле ищет, то потом подливой дрищет.
4:17:50 Новая поэма. Мазердуру хуй проссышь, мудрец сказал однажды. Его маленькая мышь обоссала дважды.
4:21:30 Вторая суперпоэма. 04:23:01 Поэма 10 летия. У Ебобы между ног вместо хуя рос сырок. Как же Ебобо орал, когда дед его сожрал.
4:29:50 Поэма с рифмой. Мазердура без сырочка, вместо сына теперь дочка, вместо завтрака просрочка, вместо топ контента дрочка
4:35:00 Денежная поэма. Мазердура как-то раз, когда искал работу, взялся чистить унитаз, там где срала рота.
4:42:18 Поэма насущная. Мазердура в скобках скобки, пьёт ссанину из коробки. В триггер звуки забивает, про дарксоул забывает.
4:47:40 Поэма засыпательная. Мазердуре снится сон, что в ссанине тонет он. Рука торчит как-будто флюгер, балом правит Фредя Крюггер.
Перепеть поэмы под Частушки. beDWJ0bbz9I (В ЗС)
4:58:00 Смерть 13(2) Поднял щит и умер
4:59:20 Ролл 15 Щит 6 5
5:00:26 Поэма настольгическая. Мазердура как дурак в Спейс Инжах спалил пердак. Управлял буровиком, ну, земля пуховиком.
5:07:30 5:08:06 Поэма о бесполезности. Мазердура словно даун корчит из себя шлакбаум. Поднимает, опускает только баб не ублажает.
5:10:00 Снизашло Вдохновление
5:12:40 Поэма о рассчётливости. Мазердура словно лох, посреди пути заглох. И ворчит он словно дед ГЮЕЛ НАЫ ЕИНДЕД.
5:24:20 Коротенькая поэма перевёртыш. Мазердура как шакал, всрал просрочку, выжрал кал.
5:27:15 Ролл 16 Топор 15
5:31:00 Ролл 17 Протазан 16
5:31:40 Поэма о неизбежном. Ебантес не зная мата отбивался от пирата. Нихуя не понимает, но пиздячек получает.
5:35:50 Поэма о говне с загадкой. Мазердура на махине рассекает по пустыне. Даун стату набивает и простату разминает.
5:39:00 Смерть 14 Упал и сдох
5:39:30 Поэма о трудоустройстве. Мазердура шёл на стройку, получил в ебало двойку. Мазердура ехал в порт, челюсти сыграл в апорт.
5:42:01 Поэма о трудностях перевода. Шёл ебоба на ОЛО получать ногой в ебло. НПЦ когда искал, по петушиному орал.
5:46:05 Поэма о технических сложностях. Мазердура чистил мышку, зажимал говно под мышку, а когда клепал ГУИ, обмусолил все хуи.
5:49:10 Поэма о модном шмоте. 5:51:51 5:52:42 У него в мозгу дефект, полшмота на интеллект. Он не хилит не дамажет но весь рейд в говне измажет.
5:57:45 Поэма о гладиаторских буднях. Мазердура - пациент, с ним несчастным инцедент. Кровоточит покров кожный, орк с арены спутал ножны.
6:04:20 Поэма о гладиаторских трудностях 25. На арене слышен свист, в Мазердуру летит пизд. Мазердура тонко ноет, от кровищи жопу моет.
6:06:00 Ролл 18 Цестус 17
6:08:00 Бегаю от крысы
6:30:00 Ролл VIP на Twitch
6:44:00 Покупаю Нож бандита 18 Длинный меч 19 Булава 20 Копьё 21
7:44:00 Ролл 19 Кнут 22
7:52:00 Смерть 15 от крыс
7:56:00 Смерть 16 от крыс 2
7:59:30 Дубликат 4 дощатого
8:06:07 Ролл 20 Щит бога войны 7
8:11:00 рука пиро
8:34:00 Купил Полуторный меч 23
8:38:00 Ролл 21 Крепкая дубина 24
8:41:50 Ролл 22 Синий деревянный щит 8
8:44:30 Смерть 17(6) прилетело от ёбанного гиганта
9:32:00 Ролл 23 Большая коса 25 Выпал кинжал
9:50:00 Смерть 18(7) на демоне
9:53:20 Ролл 24 Большая дубина 26
9:56:00 Убил Мини Демон 1/1
10:09:00 Смерть 19(8) Ну это уже залёт 2 мачехи
10:32:00 Ролл 25Красная алебарда 27
10:36:20 баг
10:37:30 Ролл 26(9)
10:48:00 Смерть 20(9) вороны
11:08:20 Ролл 27(28) Топор разбойника
11:10:51 Смерть 21(0) мясничка
11:12:00 Ролл 28(28)
11:13:00 Ролл 29(9)
11:18:40 Ролл 30(29) Разбойника
11:19:30 Ролл 31(30) Мясника
11:25:00 Ролл 32(10) Травяной
11:26:30 Ролл 33(11) 2 дракона
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