III. After you have read

3.1. Agree or disagree with the following statements (True/False):

1. History of Apple started in 1976 when friends Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Stephen Wozniak and Ronald Wayne decided to found his own company.

2. The company was demonstrated in July in 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California.

3. Stephen Wozniak sold his share of the company back to Jobs and Wayne.

4. The Macintosh was the first personal computer to be sold without a programming language at all.

5. During 1990s revenues from Apple doubled every four months and by 1997 it had amounted to $ 18 billion.

6. Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997.

7. In 2003 Apple announced the iPad and iPhone and started selling.

8. Apple is the world's largest information technology company by revenue and the world's second-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia.

9. Thanks to innovative technology and aesthetic design, Apple Inc. has established a unique reputation comparable to that of a cult in the consumer electronics industry.

10. Nowadays a trademark of Apple is considered to be as the second expensive brand in the world after Microsoft.

3.2. Make up sentences from these words:

1. without, Wayne, the company, founded, was, on, the, April, incorporated, first, of, 1976, and, as, Computer, Apple, officially,1977.

2. Mike Markkula, multi-millionaire, business, expertise the incorporation, essential, and, funding, of, money, provided, during, of, Apple.

3. VisiCalc, to, be, the desktop, was, platform, chosen, spreadsheet, program, the Apple II, for, the.

4. Mac, mouse, was, the, personal featuring, computer, a, graphical, interface, user, and, first, mass-market.

5. the, official, «Apple Computer, Inc.», the corporation, name, of, for, years, more, than, 30, has, been, in 2007.

6. In 2011, that, announced, he, take, the, indefinite, medical, leave, for, an, period, because, of, problems, Jobs, with, would, the, health.

7. In, storage, June, Steve, syncing, surprisingly, Jobs, took, files, the stage, unveiled, and, iCloud, an, online, and, photos, service, in 2011, for, music, and, software.

8. offers, magazines, interaction, textbooks, multi-touch, with, inclu-ding, formats, newspapers, multimedia, e-books, iPad, photos, movies, etc.

9. Apple Inc., thanks, to, technology, aesthetic, and, design, has, unique, established, a, reputation, that, comparable, to, innovative, of a cult, in, consumer, the, electronics, industry.

10. Apple, nowadays, brand, a trademark, of, is, most, be considered, to, as, the, expensive, world, in, the.

3.3. Find the synonyms:

1. company	1. brand
2. to manufacture	2. customer
3. trademark	3. to produce
4. consumer	4. corporation
5. to establish	5. income
6. to unveil	6. to found
7. revenue	7. to announce
8. to demonstrate	8. to mix with smb
9. to keep in touch with smb	9. to begin
10. previous	10. to show
11. to return	11. interoperation
12. to start	12. former
13. to achieve	13. constantly
14. permanently	14. to reach
15. compatibility	15. to come back