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Apple Computer Founded
Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer -
Pixar Began
Pixar began as part of the Lucasfilm computer division, known as the Graphics Group -
Steve Jobs Forced Out of Apple
Steve Jobs was forced out of Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO John Sculley -
Pixar Spun-off
Pixar spin-off as a corporation with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs -
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web became publicly available -
Amazon Founded
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos from his garage in Bellevue, Washington initially an online marketplace for books -
WALL-E Conceived
WALL-E conceived of with the idea, "What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot?" -
Google Founded
Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California -
WALL-E Begins Development
A story reel of the first twenty minutes of the film is created. Steve Jobs was impressed and officially began development -
YouTube Launched
YouTube was registered on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of the American e-commerce company PayPal. They had the idea that ordinary people would enjoy sharing their “home videos.” -
Disney Purchases Pixar
Disney purchased Pixar at a valuation of $7.4+ billion -
iPhone Announced
The first-generation iPhone was announced by then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs -
Amazon Introduces Kindle
Amazon introduces the Kindle e-Reader -
WALL-E Released
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High-speed Internet Widespread
Over 90% of the Internet access subscriptions use high-speed broadband -
Siri Released
Siri was released as an app for iOS. Two months later, Apple acquired it and integrated into iPhone 4S -
iPad Released
The first generation of iPad released -
Amazon Echo Released
Amazon unveils Amazon Echo, a wireless speaker and voice command device that can take commands and queries