In 1950, about 15% of the Earth's land surface was covered by rainforest. In fewer than fifty years, more than half of the world's tropical rainforests have fallen victim to fire and the chain saw, and the rate of destruction is still accelerating.
The Big Mac was first introduced in 1967 by Jim Delligatti, a McDonaldâs franchisee from Pennsylvania, and the following year was available nationwide. McDonaldâs is continuously testing and innovating to meet its customersâ needs.
Rise of the MacBook. Nowhere was this more evident than with the MacBook: the 13.3-inch Intel notebook Apple first released in May 2006. The MacBook wasnât the first Intel-based Mac (an Intel iMac as well as 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros were released in early 2006), but it was the most important.