Today marked another historical event in the history of Apple, creators of the revolutionary iPhone . There are a lot of milestones being celebrated by Apple today, I'll go through each milestone and announcement in this blog post, so sit back, relax and enjoy what I think is the beginning of another chapter in Apple's storied history. The first significant detail in today's special event is that the event is the first to be held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California . Here are some pictures of the Steve Jobs Theater which is located in the new Apple "Spaceship" headquarters. Apple will be moving to this new headquarters by the end of this year. The new Apple headquarters is powered by 100% renewable energy. The event started with a recording of one of Steve Jobs' speeches to the Apple team which goes: "There's lots of ways to be, as a person, and some people express their deep appreciation in different ways. But one ...
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