Apple shares dropping today attest to how much stock people put in Jobs as the leader of Apple.

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While Apple shares have been dropping recently, a new report from Kantar Worldpanel Comtech has revealed that during the last 12 weeks, Apple has sold its highest-ever share of smartphones in the U.S. with over 53%.

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The company name Apple fell from a tree, dropping right into Jobs' vision of what a computer should be--simple and approachable.

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Like the word 'computer', which Apple is dropping from its official title (it's now Apple Inc.) because they're focusing more now on non-computery items.

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In 2001, a student software developer was told by Apple support that, despite his sob story about dropping the hard drive connected to his laptop causing damage, they couldn't resolve an issue that resulted from physical abuse.

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After Apple announced its earnings later that day, the stock price began dropping and it became clear that the trade would not be profitable.

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