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Apple MixC Hefei opens for customers this Saturday, January 18, in Anhui, China - Apple
16 Jan 2025
Apple today previewed Apple MixC Hefei, the first store in the dynamic city and the first in China’s Anhui province.
MLS Cup streams free on Apple TV this Saturday - Apple
16 Jan 2025
The MLS Cup’s championship match between LA Galaxy and New York Red Bulls will stream for free this Saturday, December 7, on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Apple Arcade launches into 2025 with 10 new games, including PGA TOUR Pro Golf - Apple
10 Jan 2025
Apple Arcade is kicking off the new year with an exciting slate of game launches, along with big updates to existing hits.
Our longstanding privacy commitment with Siri - Apple
09 Jan 2025
Apple’s products and features are built from the ground up with innovative privacy protections, including Siri.
Apple Fitness+ unveils an exciting lineup of new ways to stay active and mindful in 2025
03 Jan 2025
Apple Fitness+ kicks off the new year with its biggest lineup of programming, bringing users more ways to stay active and mindful in 2025.
His Majesty King Charles III visits Apple’s U.K. headquarters - Apple
13 Dec 2024
On Thursday, December 12, His Majesty King Charles III visited Apple’s Battersea office in London.
Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2024 - Apple
13 Dec 2024
Today, Apple shared the most popular podcasts of 2024, with year-end charts localized for listeners in nearly 100 countries and regions.
Voice Memos update brings Layered Recordings
12 Dec 2024
Voice Memos now offers the ability to layer a vocal on top an existing instrumental recording on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Apple honors 2024 App Store Award winners
11 Dec 2024
The 2024 App Store Awards recognized 17 apps and games that empowered users’ creativity, introduced a world of new adventures, and more.
Apple Intelligence now features Image Playground, Genmoji, Writing Tools enhancements, seamless support for ChatGPT, and visual intelligence
11 Dec 2024
The release of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 introduce new Apple Intelligence features.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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