How Popular Tech Companies Got Their Names
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Fremont: Ever wondered where some of the famous tech companies got their names from? What would have happened if Steve Jobs had named his company 'Orange' instead of 'Apple'? Here is a list of how few of the popular tech companies got their names. Apple
How Popular Tech Companies Got Their Names
It was the favorite fruit of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, who was three months late in filing the name for his company. He threatened to call his company Apple Computers, if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock. This name helped Apple to distance itself from the other cold, unapproachable, complicated image created by other computers like IBM, DEC and Cincom.

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