world uses technology. Preview: Specifically I will talk about Jobs upbringing‚ how apple got started‚ and what they did to become a powerhouse in technology. * Transition: The reason Steve Jobs named it apple was because he used to work for Atari and Apple got in the phone book before it. Body To first understand the genius that is Steve Jobs we have to look at his upbringing and his past. According to biography.com Steve Jobs was born Steve Paul in San Francisco‚ California on February
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video game console Magnavox Odyssey 1996 Nintendo released N64‚ last mass market system to use Cartridges 2001 Nintendo released Game Boy Advance 1975 By Atari Inc‚ First Commercially successful video game‚ Pong 1995 Sony launched PS 2004 Nintendo launched DS‚ portable console‚ Wi-Fi enabled 1977 Atari VCS‚ Cartridge based system played multiple games 1991 2005 Nintendo launched Super NES in US
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most popular “free‚ non-supported game mod in the world”. The map has gone on to influence other maps and games‚ including LOL(league of Legends)‚ HON(Heroes of New Earth)‚ and Demigod. Computer Games have now been with us for over 30 years. The Atari 2600 is nearly 25 years old. Civilization is now nearly 10 years old. Yet‚ many people fail to recognized this complex achievements as more than fads or child’s play. Ask most people what they think about video games many will respond that they’re
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1) Nintendo successfully recreated the home video game business following the Atari-era boom and bust. How did it do so? Offering the cheapest‚ faster version of the console to the market Rigorous control over supply and quality of video games (through licensing agreements where Nintendo had final cut) 2) How was Nintendo able to capture value from the home video game business? Use the Value Net as a starting point for your answer Competitors 1) Security chip in place to avoid counterfeiting
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Video games are taking the entertainment business by storm. Systems are constantly improving and new systems are always in the process. The two latest systems are the Nintendo 64 and the Sony Playstation. Both have similar qualities‚ but they are very different. Software selection is a key point when in comes to deciding on a system. A few of the latest games‚ Madden 99‚ WWF Warzone‚ and NHL 99‚ have been made for both systems. However‚ the Playstation has a greater variety of role playing games
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as a summer employee. While working their as a summer intern‚ Jobs met Stephen Wozniak. In 1972 Jobs graduated high school and started taking philosophy classes at Reed College in Portland. In 1974 Jobs took a job as a video game designer at Atari‚ Inc.‚ where he saved enough money to adventure on a trip to India. He traveled to India in search of spiritual enlightenment. When he returned to California‚ he began attending meeting of Wozniak’s "Homebrew Computer Club". Job’s was not interested
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been interested in electronics‚ and both had been perceived as outsiders. They kept in touch after graduation‚ and both ended up dropping out of school and getting jobs working for companies in Silicon Valley‚ Woz for Hewlett-Packard‚ and Jobs for Atari. Wozniak had been dabbling in computer-design for some time when‚ in 1976‚ he designed what would become the Apple I. Jobs‚ who had an eye for the future‚ insisted that he and Wozniak try to sell the
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would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts"‚ he said In the autumn of 1974‚ Jobs returned to California and began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Steve Wozniak. He took a job as a technician at Atari‚ a manufacturer of popular video games‚ with the primary intent of saving money for a spiritual retreat to India. Jobs then traveled to India with a Reed College friend (and‚ later‚ the first Apple employee)‚ Daniel Kottke‚ in search of spiritual
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but could perform 32-bit calculations internally. By 1984‚ Motorola had introduced the 68020‚ which was a true 32-bit processor compatible with the 68000. A processor in the 68000 family was used in the Apple Macintosh‚ Sun 3 Workstation‚ Amiga and Atari ST computers. According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers‚ the 68000 was almost chosen over the Intel 8088 for use in the IBM personal computer. PowerPC * In 1991‚ an alliance of Motorola‚ Apple and IBM created a microprocessor
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Apple Inc. was founded on April 1‚ 1976 in Cupertino‚ CA and was incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 (Apple‚ 2010). The company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Jobs also asked his former colleague from Atari‚ Ronald Wayne to join them in their startup. Wayne designed the first Apple logo. In early 1976 Jobs approached a local company store‚ The Byte Shop‚ said they would be interested in the machine‚ but only if it came completely assembled (Foljanty‚ 2010). The shop ordered 50 Apple I computers
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