2011


 * January 6: An update to Mac OS X 10.6.6 (Snow Leopard) is released with support for the new Mac App Store.
 * January 11: The CDMA version of the iPhone 4 is announced by Verizon.
 * February 17: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and other Silicon Valley CEOs meet with U.S. president Barack Obama.
 * March 2: Apple CEO Steve Jobs makes a surprise appearance, while technically still on medical leave, to announce the iPad 2. The 1st-generation iPad is discontinued.
 * March 11: The iPad 2 begins shipping.
 * March 21: Mac OS X 10.6.7 is released.
 * March 23: Craig Federighi succeeds Bertrand Serlet as VP of Mac Software Engineering at Apple Inc.
 * June 6: Apple announces iOS 5 at the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference.
 * June 7: Steve Jobs personally lobbies the Cupertino City Council to permit the construction of Apple Park.
 * July 20: Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion).
 * July 25: iOS 4.2.10 and 4.3.5 are released.
 * July 30: The Apple The Americana at Brand opens in a mall across the street from the Apple Glendale Galleria.
 * October 5: Steve Jobs dies (1955-2011).
 * October 12: iOS 5 is released.
 * October 14: The iPhone 4 S was released with Siri.