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These 15 tech company logos have changed drastically since they started

Eugene Kim

2015-05-05T00:39:17Z

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Technology changes so fast that even the largest tech companies have to constantly change itself to stay alive.

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That means they often have to revamp their logos to create a fresher look and image.

In fact, some of the largest tech companies' logos have changed so much, you won't even recognize their original brands.

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Yahoo left its playful logo in 2013 for a more professional looking, streamlined letters.

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Google no longer has the playful, round shaped fonts, and gives a more modern look.

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Google actually made another slight change to its logo in 2014 - can you spot the difference?

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Apple's "rainbow apple" left a strong impression in 1977, but the company took a more simplified approach for a white, 3D logo in 2007.

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Samsung started out as a noodle shop, so its first logo looks a bit non-techie, but it eventually switched to its famous blue logo in 1993.

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Microsoft changed its logo almost every decade, from a trendy round shaped font to something that stresses its Windows product line.

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AT&T's first logo spelled out "long distance calling," but now it simply features a blue orbit, a representation of its global reach.

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Nokia's first logo featuring a fish is supposed to represent a river in front of the company's first office.

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IBM hasn't changed its logo since 1972 and it's still one of the most easily recognizable brands in the world.

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Hewlett Packard (HP) went through a lot of logo changes since its founding in 1939, but it seems to have settled for a logo with two simple letters.

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Intel reached its peak prominence with the "Intel Inside" logo, but reverted back to a simple "Intel" logo in 2006.

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Amazon's logo has changed quite a bit over the years, and now it seems like it moved back to its 2000 logo.

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Dell's logo hasn't changed much except for its color over the years.

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Xerox changed its 40-year logo in 2008 to the red, lower case logo with a sense of fun embedded in it.

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Playstation apparently considered more than 20 different logos when it first debuted, before finally settling for the one featuring four bright colors in 1994. It now has a simple, unified white logo.

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Now that you've seen how tech logos have changed...

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