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Georgia Coggan

Viral video explains how Apple hides a ‘tiny middle finger’ to The Beatles in every Mac

Apple Corps logo, Apple logo, The Beatles logo.

A video is doing the rounds across social media, showing how, why and where Apple hides a dig at The Beatles in every computer made – yes, including yours. What... why? I hear you ask.

You may have heard about the decades-long legal battle between Apple and The Beatles. If not, in essence it was a typical trademark battle over the rights to the name 'Apple', which originally belonged to the holding company for The Beatles record label, Apple Corps (founded in 1968). In 1974 Apple Computers came along, using the same name (and eventually one of the best logos ever). Apple Corps didn't like that much and began a multi-stage legal battle that spanned between 1978 and 2007.

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