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|Dow Jones Industrial Average component|NASDAQ-100 component|S&P 500 component}} | founded = , in Cupertino, California, U.S. | founders = | location_city = Apple Campus, Cupertino, California | location_country = U.S. | locations = 453 Apple retail stores in 16 countries ()〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2895055/apple-springs-forward-with-more-than-just-the-watch.html )〕 | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = 115,000 () | subsid = | homepage = }} Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. Its hardware products are the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer, the Mac personal computer, the iPod portable media player, and the Apple Watch smartwatch. Apple's consumer software includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media player, the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and productivity suites. Its online services include the iTunes Store, the iOS App Store and Mac App Store, and iCloud. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell personal computers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Apple Computers: This Month in Business History (Business Reference Services, Library of Congress) )〕 It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on January 3, 1977, and was renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9, 2007, to reflect its shifted focus toward consumer electronics. Apple () joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average on March 19, 2015. Apple is the world's largest information technology company by revenue, the world's largest technology company by total assets, and the world's third-largest mobile phone manufacturer. On November 25, 2014, in addition to being the largest publicly traded corporation in the world by market capitalization, Apple became the first U.S. company to be valued at over US$700 billion. The company employs 115,000 permanent full-time employees 〔 and maintains 453 retail stores in sixteen countries ;〔 it operates the online Apple Store and iTunes Store, the latter of which is the world's largest music retailer. Apple's worldwide annual revenue totaled $233 billion for the fiscal year ending in September 2015.〔 The company enjoys a high level of brand loyalty and, according to the 2014 edition of the Interbrand Best Global Brands report, is the world's most valuable brand with a valuation of $118.9 billion. By the end of 2014, the corporation continued to receive significant criticism regarding the labor practices of its contractors and its environmental and business practices, including the origins of source materials. ==History== (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apple Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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