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Apple hiring managers to improve iOS Maps 'Ground Truth'

by Steven Sande (Mar 28th, 2013)

Last year's release of Apple's Maps app in iOS 6 was met with a number of complaints about the accuracy of maps and directions generated by the app, leading to a public apology from CEO Tim Cook and a clamor for Google Maps when that app was released several months later. Now Apple is posting ...

AMD hires Apple, Qualcomm chip experts

by Steven Sande (Jan 22nd, 2013)

Chipmakers hiring key employees from competitors is like the changing of the seasons -- inevitable. Today's news, courtesy of our sister site Engadget, is that AMD has hired a pair of senior engineers to help it "move beyond the PC." The demise of the PC as a major moneymaker has become ...

Wait times for App Store approvals reportedly rising

by Mike Schramm (Oct 8th, 2012)

A developer training firm named Shiny Development has been tracking waiting times for the App Store review process as closely as it can, and it has bad news for would-be app developers: The waiting times for the Mac App Store are growing longer. In the last six months or so, the waiting time ...

Apple recruitment video takes us inside Infinite Loop

by Mike Schramm (Jul 16th, 2012)

A new video was recently released by Apple for recruiting purposes, but perhaps most interesting for us, it is a quick glimpse inside the company's culture. Yes, it's an official video, so things don't get down and dirty at all, but there are definitely some good looks inside the offices, as ...

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 ...

Foxconn to hire safety, lifestyle pros at Apple factory

by Steven Sande (Mar 14th, 2012)

Life appears to be getting better for the thousands of workers who build our favorite Apple devices in China. Foxconn, the company that builds iPhones and iPads for Apple, is now hiring for several positions that are related to oversight of safety and lifestyle issues at its facilities. According ...

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 ...

Apple searching for global channel chief

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2011)

Apple has apparently hired an executive from HP to handle its IT channel business in the UK, and the company is still searching for a global channel director, according to Channelnomics. Apple hired one Trevor Evans to run things in the UK, who joined the company after resigning from HP while ...

Yahoo data center head Scott Noteboom joins Apple

by Mike Schramm (Oct 24th, 2011)

Apple has picked up the former head of Yahoo's Global Data Center Infrastructure, Scott Noteboom, according to his LinkedIn profile. Noteboom's been with Yahoo since back in 2005, but now lists his job as working at Apple as a "Distinguished Gentleman" (a well-earned title, obviously, though ...

Zynga hires team behind cocos2d

by Mike Schramm (May 9th, 2011)

Zynga has picked up yet another relatively big-name iOS developer. After acquiring Wonderland, Area/Code and Newtoy earlier this year, the social gaming giant has now acquired the team behind the iOS physics engine cocos2d. That engine is used by all kinds of developers, and while Zynga has ...

Rumor: Chicago's North/Halsted Apple Store opening this July

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2010)

A tipster sends news that we're closer than ever to the opening of the new Apple Store in Chicago, at the intersection of North and Halsted. We first heard about this store just over a year ago, and since then, we've heard that Apple's made a significant investment in the project, beefing up the ...

Apple hiring camera expert for iPad, may include USB Audio support with connection kit

by Mike Schramm (Apr 16th, 2010)

I still haven't picked up an iPad yet, though I'm pretty convinced I will soon -- even if I don't need one myself, there's obviously a lot of great apps out there to try. But already there's rumbling that the camera train is due for a stop at iPad station. Apple is hiring a new member of the iPad ...

Incoming, outgoing Apple employees

by Mike Schramm (Mar 4th, 2010)

A few Apple employees played some musical chairs this week. Executive Pablo Calamera, who was in charge of MobileMe while at Apple, is off to work as the CTO of Thumbplay, a company that peddles ringtones and music to mobile devices. HR shouldn't have to change the big "35,000 employed ...

Microsoft's new retail hiring policy: shop at Apple

by Michael Rose (Sep 22nd, 2009)

If you're an Apple retail employee, you might want to keep an eye out for coy glances across the Genius Bar or little notes emailed to your iPhone -- someone may be trying to offer you a job. Word comes via The Loop, citing anonymous sources, that Microsoft's ramp-up process to launching its new ...