Apple Inc.


The Message Maker

Phyllis Apple started a thriving public-relations firm at an age when most people start mulling retirement. Nearly three decades later, this 84-year-old CEO ...  Read story

An Apple On Every Desk

How Apple Computer has inaugurated the workplace of the future  Read story

The 1982 Inc. 100

Despite an ailing economy, America's fastest-growing public companies are keeping a breathless pace.  Read story

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The personal computer and INC. have grown up together. Over the years we have published a number of feature stories on both the machines and the companies...  Read story

The iPhone Economy Emerges

Consumers are eagerly waiting to get their hands on Apple's upcoming iPhone. But a number of small accessory makers are already cashing in.  Read story

Climbing To The Top Of The Charts

Microcomputer software sales are heading for the stratosphere. But the most popular programs aren't necessarily the best.  Read story

Micro Matter

From books to tapes to classes, computer training options are as varied as the computers themselves.  Read story

Food For Thought

Computers work logically, humans don't. On the other hand, no one has yet credited a computer with original thought. If the machine's capacity for organiz...  Read story

The Pc Crapshoot

"If you're a stockholder in the personal computer business, you've probably had your head handed to you by now," says Peter Wright, vice-president of Gart...  Read story

Beyond The Keyboard

You don't use a computer because you can't type? Some companies are turning the lack of typing skills into a business opportunity by selling unusual alte...  Read story

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If misery loves company, the company the INC. Index has to take a shine to is Apple Computer Inc. In 1982, when the INC. Index was a fast-grower itself, ...  Read story

Redesigning A High-tech Firm

Dychtwald on Apple Computer: "We once spent six months trying to find print ads for computers that had people over 60 in them. We found one. Computer com...  Read story

Helpmate

Apple Computer funds start-up and gives itself nonexclusive license to manufacture the new company's technology.  Read story

Apples Get Stolen the Most

Apple laptops are stolen more often than other machines are.  Read story

Forget Patents, Says Stanford Prof

The author of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law explains why patents may not protect you in the new economy.  Read story

Desperation Capitalism

What do Clorox and Apple Computer have in common? Both were launched by bootstrappers-- and here are some other bootstrapping Hall of Famers.  Read story

Riding Apple's Coattails

When Apple speaks, industry listens. While millions of iPod fans are thrilled about the upcoming iPhone, companies that make up the $1 billion accessories ma...  Read story

America Goes Gaga Over iPhone -- with One Big Exception

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

IGG Upgrades Financial Management Application

IBank 3 Public Beta includes a Web-based tool for entering transactions with an iPhone.  Read story

Apple to Sell Kerio Messaging Solution

MailServer synchronizes e-mail, contacts and calendars.  Read story

Software Buyer's Guide

Self-service: buy the right system.  Read story

Horse Race: Putting the App in Apple

Now that it's officially sanctioned, companies are rushing to develop games and widgets for the iPhone  Read story

Life After Apple

Last October , we introduced you to Cornice, a Colorado technology company that had decided...  Read story

Computing On the Go

New laptops for every purpose.  Read story

Taking the Show On the Road

With a tuner and the ability to play movies, this new media player just may trump the iPod.  Read story

Apple Squares Off Against Resellers

Apple's bite prompts resellers to bark.  Read story

The Mac Suits Up

Apple continues its efforts to lure businesses with its new operating system, Snow Leopard.  Read story

Born To Grow

Five phenomenal years made Apple Computer number one. For them, or anyone else, it's a tough act to follow.  Read story

Whatever Happened To The Class Of '83?

Led by Healthdyne (#5 this year), Consul (#6), and BRAE (#11), 27 of the 1983 INC. 100 companies graduated to the 1984 listing. Of those, 4 moved up in st...  Read story

Michael Braun

The CEO of now-dead Kaleida Labs, the Apple-IBM joint venture, on what went wrong.  Read story

Steven Jobs Of Apple Computer: The Missionary Of Micros

The lights dim in John Hancock Hall. As a slide tape synchs in, the music begins to swell: loud, taunchy, pulse-pumping rock dressed in the rhythms of the...  Read story

Fountain of Youth: The Under 30 Hall of Fame

Some of the biggest names in business got their start before their 30th birthday.  Read story

Happiness and the Downwardly Mobile CEO

It's not uncommon today for a CEO to leave a big company to run a start-up--but it was ten years ago. John Sculley, who went from PepsiCo to Apple, was among...  Read story

Paragon Software Launches Mac Rescue Kit

Rescue Kit for Mac OS X-Lite moves vital data to a separate drive.  Read story

An Apple A Day

George A. Kuhnreich, director of corporate planning for Tandy Corp., sits in his spacious office atop one of the twin Tandy Towers in downtown Fort Worth,...  Read story

Keeping Secrets;

Apple Computer Inc. v. Steven Jobs. The lawsuit has an odd ring to it -- Apple suing its famous founder, who is starting another company. Apple all...  Read story

For Small Accessory Makers, iPhone Mania Means Big Business

The iPhone's brisk sales thus far have been a boon to companies that make cases and adapters.  Read story

Students to Vie for Innovation Prize

The Innovation America Foundation this week launched a contest for high school students aimed at showcasing the future of innovation, organizers said. ...  Read story

Why Cornice Said No, Thanks, to Apple

Apple wanted Cornice to supply tiny hard drives for a new device, the iPod Mini. Would it be completely nuts to say no?  Read story

How To Get A Fix On Free Ad Dollars

Companies are dreaming up new ways to spend co-op advertising dollars -- and reaping the rewards of greater exposure.  Read story