The biggest myths about Apple dispelled: A look inside 5 decades of the company’s history

The tech giant was founded 50 years ago today, on April 1, 1976. Reporter David Pogue’s new book is a revealing look back—and at what comes next.

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Apple was founded 50 years ago today, on April 1, 1976, by two scruffy twentysomethings named Steve—Steve Jobs and Steve “Woz” Wozniak—but not in a garage, as legend has it.

On that date, Ron Wayne, a........

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