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Longtime Apple VP to head Intel's new devices unit

by Michael Grothaus (May 22nd, 2013)

Intel has tapped former Apple VP Mike Bell to head up the company's new Smart Devices Unit, according to AllThingsD. Bell last worked at Apple in 2007, and then Palm after that and has a long experience in mobile device development. Recently he has been co-leading Intel's mobile chip business. His ...

Video Flashback: Steve Jobs explains why Macs don't sport 'Intel Inside' stickers

by Yoni Heisler (May 20th, 2013)

In a recent interview, outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini explained how he passed up on an opportunity to get Intel chips inside the original iPhone. According to Otellini, Apple and Intel couldn't come to terms regarding cost. Further, Otellini explained that he simply had no way of knowing how ...

Outgoing Intel CEO regrets not getting Intel CPU in iPhone

by Yoni Heisler (May 17th, 2013)

In a culture where high-profile employees at tech firms often jump ship for new, exciting and different opportunities, Paul Otellini is something of an exception. Yesterday, Otellini officially stepped down from his role as Intel CEO, a company he exclusively and faithfully worked at for nearly 40 ...

Tweetwall rebuilt, new iPad app available

by John-Michael Bond (May 10th, 2013)

Tweetwall is a company that provides Twitter displays for events, allowing companies to show guests the live Twitter chatter about their events. Their clients have included CNN, Yahoo, Intel, PayPal, Microsoft, eBay, the Obama campaign and the Webby Awards. Now Tweetwall has launched a rebuilt ...

Tim Cook ordered to undergo questioning in anti-poaching case

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 18th, 2013)

Even though he wasn't CEO at the time, Apple's Tim Cook will be questioned about the company's hiring practices as part of a anti-poaching lawsuit, says a Reuters report. Apple, along with several other tech heavyweights, is embroiled in a civil lawsuit that accuses the company of illegally ...

Reality Absorption Field: What happens in Vegas

by Ross Rubin (Jan 16th, 2013)

A few years ago, a senior Apple executive was once told that, even though Apple did not exhibit at the annual Las Vegas spectacle that is the International Consumer Electronics Show, its presence seemed to linger in the arid air and in the clouded minds of many attendees. "We love that," he ...

Ars: "Thunderbolt should continue to spread in 2013"

by Steven Sande (Jan 15th, 2013)

Although it seems as Intel's Thunderbolt interconnect technology has been consigned to the realm of expensive ideas that just didn't make it, Ars Technica's Chris Foresman has posted a detailed update on the tech and says that "the groundwork laid in 2012 may slowly start to pay off in ...

Daily Update for November 6, 2012

by Steven Sande (Nov 6th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Mansfield may lead Apple away from Intel chips in Macs

by Randy Nelson (Nov 5th, 2012)

Bloomberg is reporting that Apple's Technologies group, headed by senior vice president Bob Mansfield, is exploring advanced versions of the chipsets used in the iPhone and iPad lines for use in the company's future desktops and MacBooks. The outlet cites three people familiar with Apple's ...

How 'Marklar' OS X on Intel owes its start to a one-year-old boy

by Michael Rose (Jun 10th, 2012)

It's among the most famous skunkworks projects in personal computer history. Marklar was a secret Apple development program to put Mac OS X on the Intel x86 microprocessor -- or in some sense put it back on Intel, as the underlying NeXT OpenStep OS did work on x86 chips. Ten years ago this ...

Best Buy cuts price on Macs

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 14th, 2012)

According to Cult of Mac, Best Buy has cut the online and in-store prices on most of its Mac lineup. The price reductions range from $31 on the Core i5 Mac Mini to almost $300 on the high-end Mac Pro. We spoke to a Best Buy sales associate, who confirmed these price drops went into effect last ...

Qualcomm, Intel provide source code in patent battle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2012)

Apple has some unusual bedfellows, Intel and Qualcomm, in a patent infringement case that it's fighting with Samsung in Australia. According to a Bloomberg report, Intel and Qualcomm agreed to provide the Australian court with source code that'll prove Apple isn't infringing on patents held by ...

You're the Pundit: Mac Pro refresh or graceful finale?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 25th, 2012)

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is the Mac Pro. As Apple moves briskly towards the post-PC future, does the tower Mac make the trip? We've covered the Mac ...

Apple might top Intel in mobile processor shipments by year-end

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2012)

Watch out, Intel. That Apple-shaped company in your rear-view mirror is closer than you think, and according to In-Stat, could pass you in terms of mobile processor shipments by the end of 2012. What's really amazing is that Apple wasn't even in the mobile processor business until 2007. In ...

Optical cables for Thunderbolt coming in 2012

by Michael Rose (Mar 13th, 2012)

The cabling for Apple and Intel's next-generation peripheral interconnect will be getting an upgrade this year, says IDG. Thunderbolt optical cables will be shipping in 2012, according to Intel; current cabling for TB is all copper-based. The PCI-based Thunderbolt technology has always included ...