'50 years of thinking different': Apple announces major anniversary celebrations, and there's one thing I want to see

• Tim Cook pens a letter celebrating Apple's 50th anniversary
• Apple has announced plans to celebrate
• There are scant details so far

Apple is ready to celebrate 50 years of innovation. The company has been tight-lipped about how it will mark this half-century milestone, but now it and longtime CEO Tim Cook are opening up just a bit about the plans, how Apple views the last 50 years, and what comes next.

"Apple was founded on the simple notion that technology should be personal, and that belief — radical at the time — changed everything," wrote Cook in a letter posted on Apple.com to mark the occasion (the official date is April 1).

In the letter, Cook credits Apple's customers with defining the story of Apple: "In your hands, the tools we make have improved lives, and sometimes even saved them. And that is what inspires ...