So, you’re an Apple fan?
Here’s a quick pop quiz for you: What groundbreaking product did Apple release in 1991?
No idea?
I won’t spoil it for you, but here’s a clue: It looks pretty dated now, but its design became the standard for millions of devices that followed it.
There’s a lot of that in Apple’s 50-year history.
For an easy, breezy look at five decades of innovation, check out our year-by-year rundown of the biggest events in Apple history — which is surprisingly readable!
It’s a nice, easy-to-skim overview of Apple’s long and storied history.
(We also made an eight-minute video, if you prefer watching to reading …👇)
Also in today’s newsletter:
Fifty years ago today, here’s how it all got started.
What was your first Apple product? When did you join the cult? Here are our stories.
The DarkSword exploit is so serious, Apple’s pushing out a special security update for iOS 26 holdouts.
Just weeks after its release, Apple dropped the price of its beautiful new monitor by a pretty hefty $400 — but the discount only applies to certain models.
🔥 DEAL OF THE DAY: I’m not familiar with this brand, but $18 for three Bufunto 40W fast chargers with USB-C cables is pretty cheap — and they get good reviews. Don’t forget to apply the coupon. #affiliate
I have no idea what a semi-solid-state iPhone power bank is, but the headline sure caught my eye.
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
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One more thing ...
Think of your life as a rainbow arcing across the horizon of this world. You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear.
The two endpoints of everyone’s rainbow are birth and death. We all experience both completely alone. And yet, most people of your age have not thought about these events very much, much less even seen them in others.
How many of you have seen the birth of another human? It is a miracle. And how many of you have witnessed the death of a human? It is a mystery beyond our comprehension.
No human alive knows what happens to “us” upon or after our death. Some believe this, others that, but no one really knows at all.
Again, most people of your age have not thought about these events very much, and it’s as if we shelter you from them, afraid that the thought of mortality will somehow wound you.
For me it’s the opposite: To know my arc will fall makes me want to blaze while I am in the sky. Not for others, but for myself, for the trail I know I am leaving.
Today’s poll
Will Apple be around in another 50 years?
Results from yesterday’s poll: What's the most important Apple product of all time?
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