Thursday 9 August 2012


Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in RanchiBihar (now inJharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi. His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved fromUttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra. 
                                                          
Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham.He likes Bikes A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi.He is endorsing 15 brands from clothes to cold Drinks. And, he is one of the highest income tax payers in last year Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin TendulkarBollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar.              
                                                              
Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali,(now the school is known as JVM , Shyamli,Ranchi) Ranchi,Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports.Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well. Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.
                                                               
Dhoni married Sakshi (née Rawat) on July 04, 2010. Sakshi Dhoni, a Kolkata girl, is studying hotel management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal when the two of them met two years ago. The wedding stumped the media and the fans as it took place only a day after the couple got engaged. Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, a close friend of Dhoni, was quick to inform the media that the wedding 

was planned for months and was not a spur of the moment decision.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQAAPL; formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporationthat
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 dededf  signs and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhoneand the iPad. Its software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLifesuite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; the Safari web browser; and iOS, a mobile operating system. Apple is the world's third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung andNokia.[5]
As of July 2011, Apple has 364 retail stores in thirteen countries,[6] and an online store.[7] It is thelargest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization[8] [9] as well as the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit, more than Google and Microsoftcombined.[10][11] As of September 24, 2011, the company had 60,400 permanent full-time employees and 2,900 temporary full-time employees worldwide;[4] its worldwide annual revenue in 2010 totalled $65 billion, growing to $108 billion in 2011.[3]
Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008, and in the world from 2008 to 2012.[12][13][14][15][16] However, the company has received widespread criticism for its contractors' labor, and for its environmental and business practices.[17][18]
Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977,[19] the company was named Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years. The word "Computer" was removed from its name on January 9, 2007,[20] as its traditional focus on personal computers shifted towardsconsumer electronics.[21]