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you've just seen some pictures of Macintosh happy birthday Apple Apple has reached middle age the tech giant responsible for the iPhone and iPad turned 40 on April 1 from humble beginnings in this Los Altos California garage Apple has become the world's most valuable company currently worth 584 billion dollars what is iPod I haven't had one right here in my pocket my effect in 2001 the iPod and iTunes Store helped redefine how music was consumed then came the iPhone but in the years following the death of co-founder Steve Jobs many wondered if Apple could innovate at the same pace for Tim Cook it's he's doing a lot to keep Apple growing in the markets it's always already in and kind of looking at some other areas like the Apple watch but he hasn't really taken Apple into a drastic new product or done something really revolutionary in the way that Steve Jobs did while the iPhone remains a successful business newer products like the iPad and Apple watch haven't sold as well an Apple car could be on the horizon codenamed project Titan Apple has reportedly been sourcing test facilities for the vehicle there is also areas like virtual reality and augmented reality I'm sure we're gonna see something from Apple in this area at some point it's definitely getting all the buzz everybody's trying to jump into it Tim Cook said it's really interesting and he doesn't think it's just a fad also in the works is a streaming service for watching selected channels on Apple TV but deals with networks have stalled for now it joins the forty-something Club alongside other big tech companies like Microsoft and IBM in San Francisco I'm Lexus Avedis cnet.com for CBS News