From Macs to iPods and apps: how Apple revolutionised technology

Over 42 years, the company has created an 'app economy' and placed itself at the centre of it

Few companies change the world, and fewer still do it more than once. Apple is one of them, with a string of products over its 42-year history that have revolutionised computing, upended industries and ultimately reshaped society.

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