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Apple Celebrates 'Inclusion' With New Pride Video

 & Chloe Albanesius Executive Editor, News

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Apple this week posted a YouTube video that celebrated the company's participation in the recent San Francisco Pride Parade.

The two-minute video, set to Coldplay's "A Sky Full of Stars," shows Apple employees preparing for the event - bikes are unloaded off a truck and decorated with rainbow flags, parade passes are lined up, and white t-shirts adorned with a special rainbow Apple logo are handed out to workers (coordinated via iPad, of course).

"On June 29, thousands of Apple employees and their families marched in the San Francisco Pride Parade," says the video description. "They came from around the world — from cities as far as Munich, Paris, and Hong Kong — to celebrate Apple's unwavering commitment to equality and diversity."

The spot culminates in footage of Apple employees and their families - including CEO Tim Cook (who poses for a selfie at the 1:13 mark) - celebrating together and walking the parade, a sea of white shirts and rainbow flags.

"Inclusion inspires innovation," the ad concludes simply.

The video comes shortly after Cook made headlines when a CNBC anchor awkwardly speculated about the Apple CEO's sexuality. Cook has never publicly discussed the subject, as he's likely busy making gadgets, but Apple has not shied away from supporting LGBT causes, donating $100,000 in 2008 to defeat Proposition 8, among other things.

Apple, meanwhile, was not the only tech firm at the pride parade. Airbnb was the official grand sponsor, while Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Yahoo, Uber, Twitter, and more were also in attendance.

Cook tweeted Apple's pride video today, and tweeted congratulations to the 5,000 workers who participated back on June 29.

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Chloe Albanesius

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Getting my start in DC means I still have a soft spot for tech policy; Congressional hearings can sometimes be as entertaining as a Bravo reality show, for better or worse. But PCMag is all about the technology we use every day, as well as keeping an eye out for the trends that will shape the industry in the years ahead (or flop on arrival). I've covered the rise of social media, the iOS vs. Android wars, the cord-cutting revolution that's now left us with hefty streaming bills, and the effort to stuff artificial intelligence into every product you could imagine. This job has taken me to CES in Vegas (one too many times), IFA in Berlin, and MWC in Barcelona. I also drove a Tesla 1,000 miles out west as part of our Best Mobile Networks project. Of late, my focus is on our hard-working team of reporters at PCMag, guiding and editing their robust coverage.

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