On August 9, 2011, Apple overtook ExxonMobil to become the world's most valuable company for the first time. Many such milestones followed.

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On August 8, 1997, Steve Jobs introduced the world to the iconic slogan, "Think different." It became Apple's most famous catchphrase.

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On August 7, 2006, Apple launched the first Mac Pro, a high-end desktop that completed the transition to Intel processors from PowerPC chips.

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On August 6, 1997, Steve Jobs revealed a $150 million Microsoft investment in Apple. The controversial cash infusion saved Cupertino.

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On August 5, 1997, Apple got into a standoff with Power Computing, marking the beginning of the end of the Mac clone era.

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On August 4, 2008, Apple CEO Steve Jobs sent an email to staffers addressing the massive mistakes made with the disastrous MobileMe launch.

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On August 3, 2009, Google CEO Eric Schmidt resigned from the Apple board of directors amid increasing competition between the two companies.

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On August 2, 1993, Apple launched the Newton MessagePad 1001 at Macworld Expo, the first product in the Newton line of PDAs.

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On August 1, 1989, Apple introduced the Mac SE FDHD, which came with a versatile new SuperDrive capable of storing a massive 1.4MB of data.

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Find out how much Apple's subscription bundles will save you. See Apple One pricing on three configurations: Individual, Family and Premier.

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On July 31, 2012, News Corp's "The Daily," the world's first iPad-only newspaper, axed almost a third of its staff of 170 employees.

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On July 30, 1979, Apple engineers began work on the Lisa, the first computer in company history to come with a graphical interface and mouse.

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On July 29, 1993, Apple released the Macintosh Centris 660av. The Mac came with PlainTalk, Apple's first software that recognized speech.

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On July 28, 2012, Apple acquired biometric authentication company AuthenTec. This gave Apple tech that would power Touch ID and Apple Pay.

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On July 27, 1955, Joanna Hoffman, a marketing executive who will become Steve Jobs' first right-hand woman, was born in Poland.

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On July 26, 2005, Apple debuted the final iBook before switching to the MacBook product line. Here's a look at the opaque white iBook G4.

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On July 25, 1989, Apple suffered a major setback in its lawsuit against Microsoft for allegedly stealing the Mac's graphical interface.

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On July 24, 2006, the world got its first glimpse of Apple's new wireless Mighty Mouse due to an FCC filing. It became an instant winner.

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On July 23, 2012, an Apple ad showed legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese giving Siri a go. It was fun, but not entirely realistic.

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On July 22, 1997, Apple unveiled the first major operating system refresh for Macintosh in six years. The Mac OS 8 launch was huge.

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