As Apple turns 50, a look at how a management course in postwar Japan paved the way for Steve Jobs' obsession with quality and its dominance in the iPhone era
How a little-known yet highly influential management course in postwar Japan paved the way for Steve Jobs' obsession with quality.
Financial Times Patrick McGee
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@mauro_gilli
Mauro Gilli
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Very interesting passage from an article in the FT about Apple and the obsession for quality. [image]
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@stufflistings
Mukul Sharma
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Apple turns 50 today. #Apple50 [image]
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@tim_cook
Tim Cook
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50 years of Apple, 50 years of innovation. Thank you to our teams, our users, and everyone who's been part of the journey. #Apple50 [video]
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@patrickmcgee_
Patrick McGee
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Most original, ambitious thing I've done since *Apple in China* — a two-part feature in the @FT to answer a seemingly mundane question: from where did Apple derive its manufacturing excellence? https://www.ft.com/... @FinancialTimes @Techmeme [image]
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@ishansharma7390
Ishan Sharma
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Apple just turned 50. Ever since I used ipad 4 in 2012 to reading the Steve jobs book, I've been in awe of everything they do. The products, the events, the design, the mission statement. It blows my mind that I get to work with them to create the best content for you all. [image…
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@aaronp613
Aaron
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Happy Birthday Apple! Apple is officially 50 years old. What do you think will be Apple's biggest accomplishment in the next 50 years? [image]
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@leakerapple
@leakerapple
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This April 1st marks 50 years of Apple. I wasn't around long enough to see all of it, but we all know the profound impact Apple has had over the years. [image]
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@dee_bosa
Deirdre Bosa
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Apple's crackdown on vibe coding apps puts it on the wrong side of history vibe coding is the biggest democratization of software since the App Store itself. But Apple is blocking the tools that make it possible.... the same week it turns 50. The irony is that Apple should be [im…
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@chrisfralic
Chris Fralic
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Apple turns 50 In my opinion this is the most beautiful computer they ever made, the 1996 20th Anniversary Macintosh [image]
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@darrenrovell
Darren Rovell
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As Apple turns 50 today, its place in Forrest Gump is always an interesting one. As a prop, it's horrendously bad. Dated 1975. It has markings of 1977 (the rainbow logo and Cupertino) and mentions Lisa, which is from 1983! [image]
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@lanceulanoff
Lance Ulanoff
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I saw Steve Jobs give his last WWDC presentation — and that was when I knew Apple could last for 50 years and beyond https://www.techradar.com/... #Apple50
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@munster_gene
Gene Munster
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$AAPL's greatest product wasn't the iPhone. It was the culture Jobs built to outlast him. 50 years in, that edge is as sharp as ever. Thank you, Steve. #Apple50 https://genemunster.com/... [image]
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@danieldombey
Daniel Dombey
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Where did Apple get its manufacturing chops from? The answer may surprise you. Fascinating piece by @PatrickMcGee_ on the tech giant's roots in an occupied and war-battered country https://www.ft.com/...
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@snazzylabs
Quinn Nelson
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I think Steve Jobs would be really proud of Apple releasing the illustrious AirPods Max 2 on its 50th anniversary.
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@dylanmcd8
Dylan
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Happy 50th birthday, Apple!! Absolutely love this animation on their homepage today. I feel like it's such an exciting time for Apple now. MacBook Neo is a huge hit and will bring millions to Mac for the first time. New leaders like John Ternus and Steve Lemay represent an [video…
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@mikko
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When Apple was started on this date in 1976, IBM was already 65 years old.
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@nasdaqexchange
@nasdaqexchange
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REPLAY from yesterday's celebration: Welcoming Apple [AAPL] to the @NasdaqExchange Opening Bell in celebration of their 50th anniversary. #Apple50 [video]
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@parkerortolani
Parker Ortolani
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Poured my heart out for this piece. Hope you like it.
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@samhaves
Sam Haveson
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Apple 50th anniversary installation at the office featuring classic Mac lineup [image]
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@davemark@mastodon.social
Dave Mark
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WAY better (IMO) than the animated home page, this is Tim Cook's video scrub back in time. — Dropped at 3:07a. Would have been cool to drop at 9:41a (Steve Jobs famously showed that on all the clock faces). — But lovely, lovely, lovely walk through an historically great run …
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@rsgnl
Joe Rossignol
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It's great that Apple turned 50 and all, but I've reached my limit on the platitudes.
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@mil0theminer
Milo Smith
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I love how Tim Cook considers the Apple Card to be a milestone of Apple's history
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Paul McCartney Blazes Through Career-Spanning Set at Apple Park for 50th Anniversary Celebrations
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Steve Troughton-Smith
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RE: https://mastodon.social/... I mentioned this a while ago in passing, but Apple's relationship with the current administration was backed up by a recent Tim Cook interview. TL;DR they much prefer the collaborative relationship they have with this White House, and resented ho…
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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Apple CEO Tim Cook's memo to staff today to mark its 50th Anniversary. “The opportunities ahead of us are among the greatest we have ever seen.” [image]
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@stevesi
Steven Sinofsky
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Thank you Apple for 50 years. Like so many Apps people at Microsoft, I came to the company as mostly a Mac person. Here's my first end-to-end Mac App I made in 1986-7 on a 512K Mac for my chemistry thesis. MacMendeleev. We sold it through Kinko's (FedEx). [image]