Mercurynews Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple manager held on kickback charges

by Michael Rose (Aug 14th, 2010)

The Mercury News is reporting that Sunnyvale, CA resident Paul Shin Devine, a 37-year-old Apple manager in global supply, has been arrested and charged with accepting kickbacks from Asian suppliers. In return, he provided confidential information that allowed these suppliers to negotiate more ...

Walmart to carry iPhone, but not 4GB, not for $99

by Robert Palmer (Dec 8th, 2008)

Whither the cheap, low-capacity Walmart iPhone? MacRumors' Arnold Kim now anticipates that Walmart will be offering 8GB iPhones for $197, with no mention of smaller capacities or lower prices. The price is two bucks cheaper than at an AT&T retail store. MacBlogz's Aviv Hadar mentioned late last ...

Found Footage: iPhone Dev Camp Hackathon

by Erica Sadun (Jul 10th, 2007)

The San Jose Mercury News provides this video of the recent three day iPhone developer camp and hackathon. The Mercury News talked with event organizers and got a peek at some new iPhone-specific applications during this "Inside Silicon Valley" video. It's a pretty long video (almost half an hour!) ...

San Jose Mercury News blasts Jobs

by Erica Sadun (Jan 5th, 2007)

Despite the green light given to Steve Jobs and his executive team by an internal Apple investigation, the San Jose Mercury News seems intent on proving otherwise. Apple is giving Jobs a "Free Pass", claims one recent article which cites a Boston University management professor and a managing ...

Buy an ad here