Looking back at Apple’s first 50 years

iMacs. iBooks. iPods. Over the last five decades, Apple has left its mark on almost every part of our relationship with tech and culture.

Monday, March 30, 2026 Apple @ 50 Fifty years ago, on April 1st, 1976, Apple Computer Company was founded. Today it's one of the most valuable companies in the world, celebrated for producing ubiquitous products like the iPad and iPhone to now-nostalgia bait like the iPod Mini and PowerBook. Over the last five decades, the company has seen ups and downs but ultimately has left its mark on almost every part of our relationship with tech and culture, from entertainment to fitness to accessibility. In this package, The Verge looks back at the impact of the tech giant over the last five decades — from the triumphs and failures of the Jobs eras to its current incarnation as an antitrust juggernaut. We reminisce about some of our favorite products and take a walk down memory lane to look back at some of The Verge's earliest Apple coverage. Read more Our Flash Sale has returned for a limited time! New subscribers get 50% off when you subscribe to The Verge's annual plan for access to exclusive reviews, reporting, and analysis.  Happy anniversary Steve Jobs and the greatest run of products in tech history By David Pierce iMacs. iBooks. iPods. For 10 years after Steve Jobs came back, Apple couldn't miss. Apple II Forever! By Jason Snell Apple would never have survived a decade without Steve Wozniak's marvelous machine. You can rank the 50 best Apple products In honor of the anniversary, we picked 50 of our favorite Apple products, from the OG iPhone to GarageBand. Now, help us rank them. Apple's long, bitter App Store antitrust war By Adi Robertson Apple's iPhone empire spans the globe — and so does legal pushback. The origin story of Apple's long-running relationship with FoxConn By Patrick McGee An excerpt from Patrick McGee's Apple in China. The mad dash to build the future of multimedia By John Buck For $200 more, you can get a MacBook Air By Joanna Stern Joanna Stern talks Apple's most imitated product. The Macintosh changed computers forever By David Pierce On Version History: how a side project within Apple turned into one of the most influential computers ever. This email was sent to conveniencebigstores.happyshop@blogger.com. Click here to unsubscribe from all Verge marketing emails.    View our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.   Vox Media, 1701 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright 2026. All rights reserved. https://link.theverge.com/oc/66eb68f2fdd67066e507c629qrsqg.30kt/8d857d9d