For the first time ever, Apple overtook Microsoft today to become the world’s most valuable technology company. At the end of the day Wall Street valued Steve Apple company at $222.12 billion and Microsoft at $219.18 billion. The Times says this is a huge deal because it signals that “consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology.” For a visual demonstration of the ass kicking Apple has given Microsoft over the past tens year, check out this chart. [NYT]
