Apple Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Seven Ways

Apple was founded 50 years ago today, and the company has celebrated the milestone in a variety of ways over the past few weeks, as outlined below. Apple's CEO Tim Cook kicked things off by sharing a letter titled "50 Years of Thinking Different" on Apple's website. The letter touches on the 50th anniversary and says that "the world is moved forward by people who think different." "Think Different" was a famous slogan used by Apple in the late 1990s to early 2000s. "At Apple, we're more focused on building tomorrow than remembering yesterday," a part of Cook's letter reads. "But we couldn't let this milestone pass without thanking the millions of people who make Apple what it is today." Second, Apple celebrated the anniversary by hosting surprise concerts and events around the world in the second half of March. Alicia Keys performed at Apple's store inside New York's Grand Central Terminal, Mumford & Sons took the stage outside of Apple's UK headquarters at the former Battersea Power S