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Why did Apple hire two of AMD’s GPU CTOs, Raja Koduri and Bob Drebin, one after another back in 2009? Well, all you need to do is consider the impact of the work of these people. For Steve Jobs it was important to know that he has the best guys in the business. (more…)

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple with Steve Jobs, has said that Apple’s current share price may be “disappointing” but he's confident that the Cupertino giant will come out with products which would “surprise and shock us all” and the company's stock price will eventually bounce back. Having previously broken the $700 barrier, Apple stock (AAPL) dipped below the $400 mark a couple...

The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to Wired yesterday to express their concern over how long Siri, Apple's voice-controlled digital assistant, remembers what you tell or ask her. From their perspective, Siri's Privacy Agreement is vague, as there is no clear information on when data is deleted – for instance when you turn Siri off,...

2013 marks the 10th year TIME has compiled the 100 most influential people in the world. But this year the list contains Apple's head of industrial design Jonathan Ive, alongside 99 other influencers, such as Barack Obama or Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!. Each influencer is accompanied by several paragraphs to emphasize why the person...

Techcrunch's sources say Amazon has acquired True Knowledge, the British company behind a natural language search engine called Evi, which is available for both iPhone and Android. (more…)

Apple's first calendar quarter iPhone sales may fall short of analysts’ and investors’ expectations, as one of its audio chip suppliers -- that mostly depends on Apple -- Cirrus Logic, has missed its first quarter sales forecast and reported an inventory glut, reports Bloomberg. (more…)

Apple wants to keep its dominant position in the digital download business, and a Pandora-like music streaming service – let's say: iRadio, as rumoured – could help the company achieve that, because the majority of consumers already buy music using iTunes. (more…)

The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism. With the New York Times recently winning another Pulitzer, CNN Money reporter Philip Elmer-DeWitt highlights how the publication won the journalism's top prize for 'picking on Apple'. The reporter had predicted last year that the paper was going for a Pulitzer when it sent a team...

9to5Mac reports Apple has started a replacement program for 3rd generation Apple TV units affected by Wi-Fi connectivity issues: Apple has determined that a very small number of Apple TV (3rd generation) products might experience one of these Wi-Fi related connectivity issues: Cannot locate network Unable to join network Dropped or intermittent connection. Only units with...

According to a new report by Business Insider, two venture capitalists have claimed that Apple's reputation as a company who hangs on to its employees for decades despite minimal title inflation, lower pay, and fewer perks, appears to be suddenly changing as more and more Apple executives and employees are willing to leave the company and are sending...

Four of the five highest-paid employees at S&P 500 companies are Apple employees: Bob Mansfield, Bruce Sewell, Jeffrey Williams and Peter Oppenheimer, according to data filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, after roughly 80% of the 500 companies submitted their numbers by April 12. (more…)

Apple has asked Foxconn to hire additional staff at its Zhengzhou facility, suggesting that production may be starting for the new iPhone and low-cost iPhone, a person familiar with the plans has informed Bloomberg. (more…)