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'''Apple Inc.''' ({{nasdaq|AAPL}}, {{lse|ACP}}) is an [[United States|American]] [[technology]] [[corporation]] with worldwide annual sales in its fiscal year 2006 (ending [[30 September]] [[2006]]) of [[United States dollar|US$]] 19.3 billion.<ref>[http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/extendfund.asp?symbol=AAPL&selected=AAPL&page=full Nasdaq Company Financials]</ref> The company has 17,787 full-time and 2,399 temporary employees in several countries. Headquartered in [[Cupertino, California]] (Coordinates:{{coor dms|37|19|55|N|122|01|47|W}}), Apple develops, sells, and supports a series of [[personal computer]]s, [[portable media player]]s, [[computer software]], and [[computer hardware]] accessories. The company's best-known products include the [[Macintosh]] line of personal computers, the [[Mac OS X]] [[operating system]], and the [[iPod]] line of portable music players. Apple also sells audiobooks, iPod games, music, music videos, TV shows, and movies on its online [[iTunes Store]]. The company was known as '''Apple Computer, Inc.''' for its first 30 years of existence, but announced that it would be dropping the word "Computer" from its name at the [[Macworld Conference & Expo]] on [[9 January]], [[2007]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Konrad |first=Rachel |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4457947.html |title=Apple Unveils New Phone, Renames Company |publisher=Associated Press |work=Houston Chronicle |date=2007-01-09 |accessdate=2007-01-09}}</ref> The name change, which followed Apple's announcement of its new [[iPhone]] [[mobile phone]]s and [[Apple TV]] digital video systems, represents the company's transition away from its traditional focus on personal computers and its new ambition to create innovative [[consumer electronics]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher = The New York Times|last = Markoff|first = John|title = New Mobile Phone Signals Apple’s Ambition|date = [[2006-01-09]]|accessdate= 2006-01-09|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/technology/09cnd-iphone.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin}}</ref>
Apple operates 165 [[Apple Store (retail)|retail stores]] in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Japan]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. The stores carry most of Apple's products as well as many third-party products and offer on-site support and repair for Apple hardware and software.
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