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Apple joining effort to build $2 billion hospital

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

Apple has joined up with other computer firms, including eBay, HP and Intel, in an effort to build a brand new hospital in Stanford, near Palo Alto, CA. The hospital is expected to cost over US$2 billion, and $550 million of that will be donated and raised by the corporate partners program, which ...

Company to begin testing restaurant iPad POS system

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 27th, 2010)

Lecere Corporation will begin testing their iPad-based, Fully-Integrated Restaurant Management Software in a "major restaurant chain" this week. The iPad FIRMS POS system, which can also be used with the iPod touch, offers a 90% savings on traditional POS systems and can be optimized to fit ...

NPD: Apple ranked #5 US electronics retailer in 2009

by Kent Pribbernow (Feb 12th, 2010)

Market research firm NPD Group has published its annual report profiling the consumer retail sector for 2009, and guess who made the list of top five electronics retailers? Hint: If you guessed the Microsoft Store, you would be wrong, and everyone would be pointing and laughing at you right now. No, ...