Today in Apple history: Rumors fly that Canon might buy Apple


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Cult of Mac— On April 21, 1995, rumors swirled that Canon (yes, the Japanese camera company!) might take over Apple, which was struggling at the time. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Cult of Mac—Today in Apple history: Apple teams with Volkswagen for iBeetle car. On April 22, 2013, the iBeetle arrived. A collaboration between Cupertino and Volkswagen produced a car "stylistically linked" to Apple (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

Cult of Mac—Today in Apple history: Steve Jobs trashes Adobe Flash in devastatingly blunt open letter. On April 29, 2010, Steve Jobs penned "Thoughts on Flash," an open letter that explained why, basically, Adobe Flash kind of sucked. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

MacRumors—Apple Event Rumors: iPad Pro With M4 Chip and New Apple Pencil With Haptic Feedback. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman outlined some of the new products he expects Apple to announce at its "Let Loose" event on May 7. First, Gurman now believes there is a "strong possibility" that the upcoming iPad Pro models will be equipped with Apple's next-generation M4 chip, rather than the M3 chip that debuted in the MacBook Pro and iMac six months ago. He said a key new feature of the M4 chip will be an upgraded Neural Engine that boosts performance for AI...