Why is the Apple logo half-bitten?

Apple is one of the world’s popular company

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There are plenty of theories stating the reason behind the half-bitten apple logo

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Some sees it as a reference to the computing term byte

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Others sees it as the apple that helped Sir Isaac Newton to discover gravity

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But Rob Janoff, the designer of the logo has different things to say

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According to Rob, the apple logo was designed with a bite so that people doesn’t confuse it with cherry.

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He also found it iconic about taking a bite out of an apple, which everyone might have experienced

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After designing the logo, Rob was surprised to know that there was a computer term called byte

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