{"id":10585,"date":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/apple-at-50-sharing-our-biggest-apple-memories\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","slug":"apple-at-50-sharing-our-biggest-apple-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/apple-at-50-sharing-our-biggest-apple-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple at 50: Sharing Our Biggest Apple Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Apple turning 50 this week, Bridget Carey goes down memory lane with her CNET teammates on what it was <!--more--> like to cover the iconic company and how the products shaped our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on CNET.com<br \/>\nApple&#8217;s 50-Year Legacy of Product Innovation, Through CNET&#8217;s Lens <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QOjEoY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QOjEoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>0:15 CNET reporters share their favorite Apple memories<br \/>\n0:22 Bridget Carey&#8217;s start with Apple<br \/>\n0:39 iMac G3<br \/>\n0:48 Jeff Carlson learns newspaper layout and Page Maker on a Mac<br \/>\n0:56 Aldus PageMaker<br \/>\n1:02 Transporting a Mac Classic across campus on a bike<br \/>\n1:15 Scott Stein takes a PowerBook 145 to college<br \/>\n1:46 Abrar Al-Heeti&#8217;s favorite gadget is the iPod Nano (3rd Gen)<br \/>\n2:05 Faith Chihil bought an iPod with a click wheel in 2021 and uses it today<br \/>\n2:25 Can someone help Faith Chihil fix her Scion&#8217;s aux input?<br \/>\n2:43 Bridget Carey holds off on buying the first iPhones<br \/>\n2:48 iPhone 3Gs was Bridget Carey&#8217;s first Apple purchase<br \/>\n3:00 Vanessa Hand Orellana stands in line for iPhone 3s<br \/>\n3:26 Patrick Holland accidentally. became the face of the Apple Store<br \/>\n3:56 Bridget Carey starts her job at CNET in 2011<br \/>\n4:07 Bridget Carey goes to the Apple Store to cover the death of Steve Jobs<br \/>\n4:21 Patrick Holland watched fans pay tribute to Steve Jobs by leaving notes at the Apple Store<br \/>\n4:52 Patrick Holland describes working at the Apple Store<br \/>\n5:06 Iyaz Akhtar waits in line at the Soho Apple Store for Mac OS X Leopard<br \/>\n5:35 Bridget Carey remembers reporting on crazy lines for Apple product launch days<br \/>\n5:43 Vanessa Hand Orellana remembers reporting from iPhone lines<br \/>\n5:56 Jeff Carlson attends Apple&#8217;s infamous U2 Songs of Innocence album release event<br \/>\n6:09 Tim Cook and Apple give half a billion iTunes users a U2 album for free<br \/>\n6:36 Apple releases a fix to delete the U2 album from your phone<br \/>\n6:44 Russell Holly&#8217;s iPhone 6 bendgate<br \/>\n6:55 Scott Stein wears AirPods for the first time and becomes a meme<br \/>\n7:25 The very first Apple Watch demo underwhelms Vanessa Hand Orellana<br \/>\n7:37 Vanessa Hand Orellana watches Tim Cook announce the very first Apple Watch<br \/>\n8:05 Apple Watch Series 4 changes Vanessa Hand Orellana&#8217;s opinion on the Apple Watch<br \/>\n8:15 Apple Watch&#8217;s pivotal move into health tech and EKG<br \/>\n8:30 Apple Watch helps Vanessa Hand Orellana&#8217;s family member get medical diagnosis<br \/>\n8:55 Bridget Carey wants to know how Apple impacted your life<\/p>\n<p>Add CNET as a trusted news source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=cnet.com<\/a><br \/>\nNever miss a deal again! 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