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Apple opens third Israeli development center

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 11th, 2013)

Globes is reporting that Apple has now opened its third R&D center in Israel. The facility is based in the city of Ra'anana and will be staffed by 100 to 150 former Texas Instruments employees that were laid off late last year and earlier this year. Perviously it was reported Apple only ...

Apple hiring former Texas Instruments chip designers for Israeli R&D center

by Randy Nelson (Dec 4th, 2012)

Texas Instruments' loss is looking to be Apple's gain. In its efforts to shrink its global workforce by some 1,700 jobs, TI recently let go 250 of its employees in Israel previously tasked with designing chips for mobile devices. According to The Next Web, Apple has snapped up "dozens" of them to ...

Apple looking to hire engineers at Israel R&D facility

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2012)

We've heard that Apple intends to step up hiring at a new research center in Israel, and here is more evidence of that effort. Two new job listings have appeared on Apple's site for physical design engineers in Haifa, Israel, showing that Apple is getting serious about building out its new ...

Apple initiates hiring drive in Israel

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Apple has posted listings around the Internet for a Technical Recruiter based in Israel, signifying that the company is kicking off a hiring drive in that country. The main goal of the individual in that position will be to get involved in "identifying, engaging and securing world-class candidates ...

Daily Update for January 25, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 25th, 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 (requires ...

Apple increasing operations in Israel with Anobit, new research center

by Dave Caolo (Jan 25th, 2012)

Apple recently confirmed its purchase of Israeli-based flash memory firm Anobit, and today Israeli business newspaper Calcalist reports [Google translation, subscription required] Apple will open a research center in Haifa this February. Calcalist notes that the research center is not related to ...

Apple confirms purchase of flash memory firm Anobit

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 11th, 2012)

Apple spokesperson Steve Dowling spoke to Bloomberg's Business Week and confirmed the company purchased Anobit, an Israeli-based flash memory firm. Israeli newspaper Calcalist broke the story in December, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu corroborated the news when he tweeted a ...

Calcalist: Apple to buy Israeli company Anobit

by Michael Rose (Dec 20th, 2011)

As noted here & here last week, the Israeli business daily Calcalist has been tracking the story of Apple's purported buyout of the flash/DSP technology company Anobit. Today the site reports that the deal is good to go, and that Anobit's employees are being told of the new ownership. To ...

Haifa may host Apple innovation center

by Michael Rose (Dec 18th, 2011)

The Israeli business publication Calcalist reported this week that Apple plans to site an innovation center (translation, original here) in the northern Israel city of Haifa, close to the country's leading technical university. The site points to a visit by Apple R&D VP Ed Frank to the ...

Apple removed ThirdIntifada from App Store

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 22nd, 2011)

The Associated Press reports that Apple has yanked ThirdIntifada, a known anti-Israel app, from the App Store. This happened after Yuli Edelstein, Israel's information minister, and Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center complained to Apple. The app, as seen in screenshots ...

iPad 2 will land in 12 new countries starting with Japan on April 28

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 27th, 2011)

Apple confirmed the iPad 2 will land in Japan starting tomorrow, April 28. Sales begin at Apple retail stores at 9 am local time. Select authorized resellers will also carry the tablet device and prospective iPad 2 owners should call ahead to confirm availability. If you prefer to shop online ...

Rumor: Future Jerusalem Apple Store to house the world's first "Apple Digital Library"

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 28th, 2011)

Okay, make of this what you will, but the Jerusalem Post is reporting that Apple is set to open up "a giant Apple store and education center" in the city within the next three years. Apple is working with Bet Yair real estate to open up a 50,000-square-foot Apple Store at the entrance to ...

Find My iPhone leads to a late-night chase in Tel Aviv

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 21st, 2011)

Tel Aviv resident Ori Goshen realized the benefit of Find My iPhone when an unexpected late-night car ride left him without his iPhone. Goshen hopped into a car with two strangers and gave them directions, using his iPhone, in exchange for a ride closer to his apartment. (Bad decision? Quite ...

iBan lifted in Israel, personal imports of iPads now permitted

by Michael Rose (Apr 25th, 2010)

That didn't take long. After complaints from would-be iPad users, and subsequent Wi-Fi testing, Israel's Ministry of Communications has now declared the iPad to be safe and sane for use there. Last week's ban, which resulted in some iPads cooling their oleophobic heels in customs storage, never ...

Israel blocks iPad imports over Wi-Fi concerns

by Michael Rose (Apr 14th, 2010)

Israelis had to wait a long time for the local launch of the iPhone; it was late last year before the country's three cell carriers began selling it, and some estimates indicated more than 80,000 unlocked phones were already in use there. With that kind of pent-up demand for iStuff, you'd think ...