a garage start-up became a £3 trillion tech giant
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A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — pulled it off.
In 1977, a Mercury News reporter walked into a cluttered startup and nearly missed the signal that would define one of the world’s most powerful companies.
From Apple's headquarters in Cupertino to celebrations and parties around the world, the story of Apple's 50 years in Silicon Valley comes with personal stories from people who've grown up with its products.
Museum founders Ed Bindels, Luuk de Rijk and Antonie de Kok, from left, pose at new the Apple Museum in the Netherlands