Hardware

Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers: filing – Yahoo Finance

In 2010, Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit Inc and Walt Disney Co’s Pixar unit agreed to a settlement of a Justice Department probe that bars them from agreeing to refrain from poaching each other’s employees. According to an …

Why Apple hires more outside US – Times of India

Although Apple is now America’s biggest US corporation as measured by market value, it employs only 43,000 people in the US Mitch Daniels, the former Bush budget director who is now Indiana’s governor, made the Republicans’ reply to President …

Apple iPad: Happy 2nd Birthday – TechWeb

Over the years, variations on the tablet theme appeared. Microsoft hardware partners shipped tablet PCs in 2002 and Windows-based tablets have lingered on, without much success. Apple had a tablet of sorts in its Newton handheld device. The Newton had … Continue reading

Does Apple Really Care? – Forbes

Apple is of course not alone in manufacturing in Asia. Other prominent firms include: Amazon [AMZN], Intel [INTC], Cisco [CSCO], HP [HPQ], Dell [DELL], Microsoft [MFST], as well as Nokia [NOK-Finland) and Nintendo (Japan). But Apple is more …

Can Apple become the world’s first trillion-dollar company? – The Guardian

This means, among other things, that Apple can sell hardware at extremely competitive prices, and given its huge margins, the company is much better-positioned than its competitors to wage price wars. Tim Cook, who formally took over the CEO job … Continue reading

Apple, Google poaching case will go forward – Gulf News

George Riley, a lawyer for Apple, and Robert Mittelstaedt, an attorney for Adobe, declined to comment immediately after the hearing. Zenia Mucha, a Disney spokeswoman, wasn’t immediately available for comment after regular business hours. Intel spokeswoman …

Apple working on universal touchscreen remote – Economic Times

SAN FRANCISCO: A patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday showed that Apple is working on a universal touchscreen remote capable of controlling multiple devices, shedding lights on the company’s much …

Palms Down: Mobile Hardware Guru Jon Rubinstein Leaves HP – Wired News

Jon Rubinstein, the HP executive to lead the charge against Apple’s iPad devices, has left the company as of Friday morning. An company spokesman confirmed to Wired in an interview that the mobile hardware guru, once a star at Palm … Continue reading

Palms Down: Mobile Hardware Guru Jon Rubenstein Leaves HP – Wired News

Jon Rubenstein, the HP executive to lead the charge against Apple’s iPad devices, has left the company as of Friday morning. An company spokesman confirmed to Wired in an interview that the mobile hardware guru, once a star at Palm when … Continue reading

Apple Corps Announces Global Coverage – PR-USA.net

A collection of tech ninjas, each formerly employed by Apple, will be providing education on all Apple hardware and software, in addition to a number of 3rd party software, including Microsoft Office. “We are thrilled to announce our global support … Continue reading