Founded on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple built the first personal computer in Jobs's parents’ Cupertino garage. The company grew rapidly until IBM introduced its own PC in 1981, decimating growth. When Jobs left the company in 1985, Apple continued as an also-ran, attempting to find other areas into which it could expand, even launching the first PDA, the Newton, in 1993. And while the Newton failed dismally, it presaged future innovation. When Apple purchased Jobs’s NeXT Computer in 1997, its maverick founder returned in triumph, setting about reintroducing a new version of the iconic Mac. Today, Apple is best known for its products outside the personal computing arena: from the rule-breaking iTunes online music store to the trendsetting iPod to, most recently, the hyper-anticipated iPhone.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:43:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35957/misleading-iphone-ad-banned.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBritish advertising regulators have banned a commercial claiming iPhones have “access to all the parts of the internet,” citing technological limitations that prevent users from seeing some websites, CNET News reports. iPhones don’t have Flash or Java, and while Apple simply intended to contrast the product with its more restricted mobile-device competitors, authorities say it gave a “misleading impression.”http://www.newser.com/story/35957/misleading-iphone-ad-banned.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Aug 2008 15:44:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35872/iphone-3g-has-already-outsold-original.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIt took Apple one year to sell 6 million first-generation iPhones. By next week, the company will have sold the same number of 3G iPhones—just seven weeks after they went on the market, TechCrunch reports. Complaints about battery life and connection speed haven’t tempered the iPhone’s popularity, and Apple is predicted to sell 40 million in the next year.http://www.newser.com/story/35872/iphone-3g-has-already-outsold-original.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 26 Aug 2008 13:12:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35482/china-blocks-itunes-over-pro-tibet-album.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Chinese government has blocked access to Apple’s iTunes music store for providing free downloads of a pro-Tibet compilation to Olympic athletes, the Telegraph reports. Users reported a blackout Monday, shortly after the Campaign for Tibet notes that 40 Olympians had downloaded the record. Only the Chinese iTunes store is blocked, however—people in China can access other countries' stores with foreign credit cards.http://www.newser.com/story/35482/china-blocks-itunes-over-pro-tibet-album.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 15:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35465/apple-customer-sues-over-iphone-3g-glitches.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn Alabama woman is suing Apple after purchasing the new iPhone 3G, alleging the gizmo does not nearly live it to its hype—plagued by problems like slow email and text-messaging, excessive dropped calls, and the inability to connect to AT&T’s 3G network. Her complaints are echoed across the Internet, Ars Technica notes.http://www.newser.com/story/35465/apple-customer-sues-over-iphone-3g-glitches.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 11:34:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35402/colleges-make-igadgets-part-of-course-load.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSome US universities have started handing out free iPhones and Internet-enabled iPods to students, the New York Times reports. The institutions view the gadgets as tools for online research, student polling, and as-yet undeveloped educational applications, while Apple gets an in with a new generation with consumers. Professors with easily distracted students stand to lose out, however.http://www.newser.com/story/35402/colleges-make-igadgets-part-of-course-load.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 23:15:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35258/overheated-ipods-blamed-for-fires.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJapan’s trade ministry says iPod nanos are to blame for three fires, Reuters reports. The Japanese government suspects defective battery cells could be the cause of the fires, which left individuals with minor burns. A product safety commission will investigate the incidents with Apple’s cooperation.http://www.newser.com/story/35258/overheated-ipods-blamed-for-fires.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 19 Aug 2008 12:56:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35040/dropped-calls-plague-new-3g-iphone.html?refid=rss_all_defaultOwners of 3G iPhones complain that their new phones are suffering from glitches, especially dropped calls—and that Apple seems keen to drop their calls when they report issues, ABC News reports. A company spokeswoman refused to comment when contacted about the iPhone problems, which also include slow web access and a lack of access to AT&T's network.http://www.newser.com/story/35040/dropped-calls-plague-new-3g-iphone.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 16 Aug 2008 3:12:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34646/app-store-selling-1m-a-day-jobs.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe iPhone’s new App Store has exceeded the company’s wildest expectations, tallying up average sales of $1 million per day, Steve Jobs said today in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s on pace to make $360 million from the store this year. “This thing's going to crest a half a billion, soon,” says Jobs. “I've never seen anything like this in my career for software.”http://www.newser.com/story/34646/app-store-selling-1m-a-day-jobs.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 11 Aug 2008 8:05:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34313/1k-iphone-app-get-control-of-your-store-apple.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThough the $1,000 “I Am Rich” iPhone application that so enrages Don Reisinger seems to have disappeared from Apple’s store since his original Mashable post this morning, his call for the giant to impose some order on would-be price-gougers stands. “There’s nothing stopping other developers from charging too much for apps,” writes Reisinger, blasting the program whose jewel icon is almost literally all it does.http://www.newser.com/story/34313/1k-iphone-app-get-control-of-your-store-apple.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 06 Aug 2008 14:07:23 CDT