Lobby Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple spending some of its cash in US Capitol

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 8th, 2011)

Apple has a large cash reserve and it's using some of the those funds to lobby Congress. Judging by the money that's passing hands, Apple is taking its lobbying efforts seriously. In the second quarter of 2011, Apple spent a whopping US$790,000 on lobbying. This is more than double what the ...

Apple hired lobbying firm in February

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 10th, 2011)

The LA Times says Apple has slowly begun hiring more lobbyists in Washington, D.C. to protect its interests as it has grown from a niche player to one of the tech sector's biggest powerhouses. Apple has traditionally placed little reliance on lobbyists, but in February of this year, Apple ...

Raging Thunder tries online multiplayer

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2008)

Raging Thunder is one of those games we've been watching since the App Store was first announced, and now it may have reached another milestone. Polarbit says that with version 1.0.3, which is in the App Store now, they've released online, real-time competitive multiplayer. They say it's an App ...