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It may have seemed effortless, but not every brand has had a smooth ascent to stardom. Graphic Design Blog brings interesting facts about 10 famous brands. The sources for the stories are unknown, but they’re certainly interesting tidbits (just like your uncle’s fish and grandpa’s icy route to school). Here are just a few:

Apple—The Inspiration

In 1976 Steve Jobs was working in a community type farm in Oregon which inspired him to name the company Apple Computers. Co-founder Wozniak believes Steve might have got this name idea either from the farm or because of his music tastes in Apple Records which was quite popular with Beatles.

Google—The Back Rub

Did you know that the search engine you use frequently was once named ‘backrub’? Google was created in 1996 under the name “BackRub”. Moreover, the Google name change in 1998 came as a spelling mistake of the word “googol.”

Adobe—The River

Adobe Systems was incorporated in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. The name evolved from Adobe Creek in Los Altos, California, a river that ran behind the house of one of the company’s founders.

Full story at Graphic Design Blog.

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