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Tim Cook meets with mayor of Beijing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

Tim Cook was spotted in a Beijing Apple store on Monday and a report from a Chinese newspaper says the Apple CEO also met with Guo Jinlong, mayor of Beijing, later that day. Details about the meeting are not known, but it is thought he talked about market expansion and working more closely in ...

Apple prepping web images for iPad Retina display

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 13th, 2012)

AppleInsider is reporting that portions of Apple.com have been upgraded to take advantage of the new iPad's Retina display and HiDPI screens. So far, the changes have been made to the home page and iPad portions of the site. AppleInsider has several comparison shots made in normal version, the ...

Apple begins defense against possible ebook antitrust case

by Steven Sande (Mar 9th, 2012)

Apple is wasting no time beginning to defend itself against the possibility of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust action alleging that the company conspired with publishers to fix ebook prices. Last week, Apple requested that a class action suit alleging price-fixing on ebooks be thrown ...

Apple's job-creation data spawns debate

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 5th, 2012)

Last Friday, Apple released employment data that suggests the company is directly and indirectly responsible for 500,000 jobs in the US. Now that the study has been out for a few days, economists are debating its accuracy, says a New York Times report. Some believe Apple is boosting its numbers by ...

Apple is Fortune's Most Admired Company for fifth year in a row

by Steven Sande (Mar 1st, 2012)

For the fifth year in a row, Apple has taken the honors as Fortune's Most Admired Company. Apple aced out Google, Amazon.com, Coca-Cola, and IBM. Those companies that took second through fifth places respectively. Fortune cited Apple's stellar financial performance during the last year as the main ...

Former Xbox Live marketing exec may join Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Apple conquered the smartphone and tablet market, and it may be turning its sights on the gaming market next. According to a report from MCV, Robin Burrowes, the Xbox Live marketing manager for EMEA, has left Microsoft to join Apple. Burrowes will supposedly take over marketing for the App Store ...

Chinese readers respond to story of Apple's Chinese suppliers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 27th, 2012)

The financial world's eyes are on Apple this week after it announced record-breaking quarterly earnings. In the midst of all this commentary and congratulations, there was also a sobering article by New York Times reporters Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. Titled "In China, Human Costs Are Built ...

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 changes approach to iAds

by Dave Caolo (Dec 13th, 2011)

Apple is reportedly altering the terms of its iAds mobile advertising service in an attempt to attract more customers. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that the price of entry has dropped (again) as Apple is becoming more flexible with the pricing structure in general and even wooing ...

Apple recruiting engineers for Siri team

by Chris Rawson (Dec 7th, 2011)

Apple is hiring more engineers for the Siri team, with at least two postings open for iOS software engineers dedicated to the project. "You will primarily be responsible for implementing the content that appears within the conversational view. This is a broad-ranging task -- we take every ...

iPad production is just fine, says All Things D

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 27th, 2011)

Yesterday there was a small panic around the web when Bloomberg noted a report by Hong Kong-based J.P. Morgan analyst Gokul Hariharan who noted that Apple supposedly cut its fourth quarter orders for iPad components by 25%. Such a component cut could mean that iPad 2 sales were in ...

Apple pilots program to loan iPads to retail employees

by Dave Caolo (Sep 22nd, 2011)

CNET reports that Apple is trying out a new program to let retail employees "check out" an iPad for a week at a time. They're free to use the iPads and familiarize themselves with that device during the week. When the time is up, the unit is to be returned to the store's loaner stock. For ...

Apple launches charitable matching program for employees

by Dave Caolo (Sep 8th, 2011)

MacRumors has confirmed that Apple has instituted a program to match its employees' charitable donations, up to US$10,000 per year. It's restricted to full-time employees in the U.S. for now, but the company hopes to expand that. Tim Cook announced the initiative to Apple's employees earlier ...

Eddy Cue promoted to Senior VP of Internet Services

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 1st, 2011)

Apple has promoted its Vice President for Internet Services, Eddy Cue, to Senior Vice President for Internet Software and Services. The promotion represents the first reorganization of Apple's leadership under Tim Cook's command. Cook distributed an email earlier today, first obtained by ...

Antitrust investigation examining Apple-led Nortel patent purchase

by Dave Caolo (Jul 10th, 2011)

Antitrust officials are reportedly examining the recent consortium purchase of Nortel's patent portfolio. According to the Washington Post, the Feds are interested in determining how Google will be affected by the sale: "Federal antitrust enforcers are scrutinizing whether Google, often accused ...