rain check (plural rain checks) ( 1 idiomatic) Any voucher or note from a merchant to a customer to provide an item the merchant has run out of at a later date for the item's current price, or (in a more literal sense) to provide a service at a later date.
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976 to develop and sell personal computers. It was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. in January 1977, and was renamed as Apple Inc. in January 2007 to reflect its shifted focus toward consumer electronics. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in March 2015. Apple is the world's largest information technology company by revenue, the world's largest technology company by total assets, and the world's second-largest mobile phone manufacturer.
Who Invented Multi-Touch? Apple may have brought us the first multi-touch device for the masses when it came out with the iPhone in 2007. However, just like the graphical user interface in the first Macintosh, Steve Jobs and Apple did not invent multi-touch technology. Rather, it was a slow progression of research and innovation, decades in the making. Below are some notable developments in multi-touch technology, culminating with the iPhone in 2007.