2011 was a big year for Apple. The company continued to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218529/Apple_wows_with_record_iPhone_and_iPad_sales_largest_revenues">dominate the tablet market</a>, with no rival coming close the iPad in sales. It also <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220529/OS_X_Lion_sells_6M_copies_grabs_22_share_of_Mac_market">released Lion</a>, an update to OS X that delivered hundreds of new features; pushed out a <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220747/Hands_on_iOS_5_delivers_a_wealth_of_changes_">major update to iOS</a> that finally cut the cord for backups and syncing; <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220766/Apple_launches_iCloud_ahead_of_iOS_5_debut">launched its new cloud service, iCloud</a> (albeit not without some issues); and continued to rack up record sales of Macs.