Apple's 50-year odyssey has redefined technology, pop culture and comeback stories (Business)

A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools' Day 50 years ago and then - no joke - pulled it off. The improbable odyssey began April 1, 1976, when a then-shaggy Steve Jobs and his gadget-ti...