Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The organization's best-known hardware products include Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; and Logic Studio, a suite of audio tools. As of January 2010 the organization operates 284 retail stores in ten countries, and an online store where hardware and software products are sold. As of the third quarter of 2009, it is the tenth largest organization in the world. Established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977, the organization was called Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years, but dropped the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007, to reflect the organization's ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.