Latest TIAH: 1980s News
Today in Apple history: AppleLink Personal Edition is the precursor to AOL
May 20, 1988: Apple launches AppleLink Personal Edition, a user-facing online service which lets Apple customers connect using a Mac-style […]
Today in Apple history: Apple introduces the doomed Apple III
May 19, 1980: Apple introduces the Apple III at the National Computer Conference in Anaheim, California. After two years of […]
Today in Apple history: Apple scrambles to fix doomed Apple III
April 15, 1981: Apple CEO Mike Markkula defends the struggling Apple III with a surprisingly straightforward admission, even as the […]
Today in Apple history: John Sculley takes over as Apple CEO
April 8, 1983: John Sculley, former president of PepsiCo, takes charge as Apple’s third CEO. Despite a total lack of […]
Today in Apple history: Future Apple CEO John Sculley is born
April 6, 1939: John Sculley is born in New York City. He will grow up to be hailed as a […]
Today in Apple history: Microsoft gets sued for ripping off Mac OS
March 17, 1988: Apple sues Microsoft for allegedly stealing 189 different elements of its Macintosh operating system to create Windows […]
Today in Apple history: Apple clears the ‘bozo explosion’
February 25, 1981: Apple CEO Michael Scott oversees a mass firing of employees, then holds a massive party. “I used […]
Today in Apple history: Sequel to ‘1984’ Mac ad bombs hard
January 20, 1985: Apple attempts to build on the triumph of the previous year’s “1984” Macintosh commercial with another Super […]