Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, was awarded the Blue Peter badge. The distinguished award has only be given out 1,000 times , with high profile recipients that include David Beckham, JK Rowling and The Queen. "Sir Jonathan Ive is an inspiration to children … [Read more...]
Apple has introduced a mid-cycle upgrade to their MacBook Pro with Retina display line of laptops. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now starts at $1,499 for 128GB of flash, and $1,699 for a new 2.6 GHz processor and 256GB of flash. The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display now features … [Read more...]
A report tonight from Bloomberg that Apple has a team of roughly 100 product designers working on the rumored iWatch. The much talked about smartwatch is said to perform computing tasks that today are handled by the iPhone and iPad. It’s still unclear as to whether this is an accessory to existing … [Read more...]
Apple today issued the following press release regarding the company’s plans to return cash to stockholders as part of their committment to return $45 billion over three years. The release comes on the same day as Greenlight Capital, led by fund manager David Einhorn, filed a lawsuit against Apple … [Read more...]
Judge Lucy Koh, the federal judge who has been presiding over the Samsung vs Apple patent suit, issued post-trial orders tonight. FOSS Patents provides a complete breakdown for those who want the in-depth legal assessment of the case. The most interesting development is that she has overruled the … [Read more...]
Apple has released its annual Supplier Responsibility Report, and appears to be taking improving conditions for workers very seriously. So seriously in fact, that when it came to light that one was using underage workers, Apple severed the business connection. … [Read more...]
Remember how earlier this month a series of rumors about order cuts on Apple products caused AAPL to drop into a tailspin? During yesterday's quarterly earnings call, Tim Cook took the time to address those rumors. Macworld has put together an excellent transcription of all of his comments, but I'll … [Read more...]
At the Sundance Festival this week, the Steve Jobs biopic jOBS is set to debut, starring Ashton Kutcher as an uncanny ringer for the Apple CEO. According to the Hollywood Reporter, we now have a firm date for when the film will launch nationwide, and it'll be hitting theaters around the country on … [Read more...]
Apple tonight released their fiscal results for Q1 2013, the quarter which ended on December 29th, 2012. Apple saw iPhone sales of 47.8 million, just shy of the 50 million predicted by Wall Street. iPad sales of 22.9 million were in line with expectations. The results were good for a record quarter … [Read more...]
A civil lawsuit claiming that Apple, among a number of other major tech companies thwarted competition for employment by conspiring to disallow the companies from poaching employees. The result of this action would mean lower wages for employees and the inability to seek gainful employment in a … [Read more...]
