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Greenpeace: Apple falling short of sourcing clean power

by Mike Schramm (Apr 17th, 2012)

Environmental reports can be all over the place these days -- at times, it seems like these reports tend to be more about politics than the environment. But while Apple has always said it's leading the charge on being environmentally friendly, Greenpeace apparently isn't so sure. The group has ...

WWDC 2010: Vito Technology walks on with Star Walk and Geo Walk

by Mike Schramm (Jun 13th, 2010)

We met up with both Victor Toporkov and Murad Nazaraliev of Vito Technology during WWDC this past week, and while we know the company's name well from their great Star Walk and Solar Walk apps (the first one won an Apple Design Award this week, and the second one is quite popular, too), we learned ...

Royalty rate stays the same, iTunes Store still open

by Robert Palmer (Oct 2nd, 2008)

The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board decided today to keep rates the same for digital music stores, kneecapping Apple's threat to shut down the iTunes Store rather than operate at a loss. The three-member board kept the royalty rate at 9.1 cents, and mandated a 24-cent rate for ringtones. The board has ...

VP: Apple would rather close iTunes Store than pay additional royalties

by Robert Palmer (Oct 1st, 2008)

If a ruling expected tomorrow by the Copyright Royalty Board raises royalties for online music sales from 9 to 15 cents per track, Apple would rather shut the iTunes store down than operate it at a loss. Them's fightin' words. Eddy Cue, Apple's iTunes VP, wrote in a statement to the Times of ...