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Apple celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with home page commemoration

Like last year, Apple is once again dedicating the entirety of its Apple.com home page to commemorate Marin Luther King Jr Day. A black and white photo fills the entire width and height of the browser, with all product marketing removed to focus on the celebration. The quote used cleverly reflects Apple’s company values in products as well as their goals towards society and ecology: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”

Apple CEO Tim Cook has often said that Martin Luther King was his inspiration, promoting equal treatment for all. Martin Luther King Day is often a public holiday for companies in America. Last year, Apple encouraged employees to volunteer and offered to donate $50 to charity for every hour volunteered. It is unclear if the company is running the same policy again in 2016.

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Comments

  1. PhilBoogie - 8 years ago

    If Apple wants to adhere to them ‘being all about music’ why isn’t there a “Remembering David Bowie” page?

  2. Stefan de Weger - 8 years ago

    Not in the Netherlands.. Just in USA probably

  3. PhilBoogie - 8 years ago

    Al valid points guys.

    Dedicating a page to Bowie doesn’t have to be on the homepage but could’ve easily be put on Apple dot com /iTunes. I know they did a section in OSX iTunes but having people to search for it is hardly showing Apples’ dedication to the Artists.

    The Beatles, also a big influence on the music industry, were given the entire homepage when they went digital. That’s something entirely different than an artist passing away.

  4. vkd108 - 8 years ago

    What Apple are doing for others is, assisting the Rockefellers, Rothschilds and associated demons in dumbing down the general populace, pushing on technology for use in governmental spying, and being complicit in all atrocities commited via such groups. If you like eating GM Frankenfoods, foodstuffs laced with poisons such as Monsanto Roundup Glycogen, etc., politican terrorism, false flag terror events etc., then just carry on. If you find such activity repulsive then remember that Apple are complicit and hand-in-hand with those responsible. Apple are just another branch of the demon power.

    • rahhbriley - 8 years ago

      QUCIK, put your tin-foil hat back on!

      • vkd108 - 8 years ago

        Tin foil hat, tin foil boots, whatever you like. Best thing is to get educated and act accordingly.

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