Terms of Service with Clare Duffy 50 Years of Apple: How the iPhone Maker Revolutionized Tech
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Mar 17, 2026 
David Pogue, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and bestselling author, walks through Apple’s 50-year rise. He revisits the Macintosh moment that made computers friendly. He traces the Two Steves' culture, Jobs’ design obsession, and Apple’s knack for simplifying tech. He shares early iPhone tales, App Store impact, privacy as strategy, and whether Apple still leads.
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Apple's Innovation Is Simplification Not Invention
- Apple often doesn't invent core technologies but identifies promising, complex tech and simplifies it for mainstream use.
- David Pogue credits Steve Jobs with spotting things like touchscreens and MP3 players then beautifying and simplifying them for consumers.
Founders' Vision Shaped Apple's Consumer Culture
- Apple’s culture traces to the founders' mission to make computing an appliance for everyone, not just governments or nerds.
- Pogue highlights Wozniak's engineering and Jobs' sales instincts as the origin of that consumer focus.
Wozniak Built Apple’s Early Backbone
- David Pogue begins his book with Steve Wozniak because Woz built the Apple I and Apple II that sustained Apple for its first decade.
- The Apple I sold only 175 units and was a bare circuit board, showing humble origins.
