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Former Apple Employee Explains the Problem with the App Review Process
Many app developers out there have expressed their frustrations with Apple's app review process. The process can take a lot longer than it should, directly affecting an app developer's revenue on the product. Business Insider recently had a conversation with former Apple Senior Engineer, Mike Lee. He shared some insight into what he thinks the...
Steve Jobs Archive – A Collection of Over 250 Steve Jobs Videos in Biographical Order [Update]
There is tons of video of Steve Jobs on the interent, from documentaries to keynotes speeches. With the early passing of this visionary, this is the only way we can still keep his appearance and charisma in our memories. A fellow by the name of Art Matsak has started a new website called Steve Jobs...
Apple Starts Their Employee Discount Program
In January of this year, while faced with work force troubles overseas, Tim Cook mentioned that Apple would be starting a employee discount program. This program would make it much easier for Apple employees to purchase the products that they develop, build, and sell every day. This program has now started. Apple employees can now...
Apple Retail Store Workers Receive Pay Raise
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple Retail Store employees have started receiving a hike in wages over the past week. Apparently, there have been some unconfirmed reports that some Apple Store employees received a raise in pay, in face-to-face meetings last week. No amounts were disclosed, but reports claim the raise upwards of around 25%. It is...
Mac App Store Apps Getting Retina Graphics – Retina Display Macs Coming Soon?
It appears that Apple has leaked a bit of information about their next line up of Mac computers, via updates to some apps in the Mac App Store. It has been speculated for a while that Apple would be adding their Retina display technology to the iMacs and MacBooks, and today we may have proof...
New Apple Guide Reveals iOS Security Features Found on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Today Apple published a detailed PDF security guide for iOS. The guide outlines the security architecture, encryption, and data protection features found on iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. While the published document was released quietly, this guide may suggest that Apple is looking to be more open with technical details...
Apple Retail Stores Busy With ‘Secret’ Activities Next Week Before WWDC
According to reports, some Apple Retail Store employees may be working late during the days leading up to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week. The report comes from an Apple Store in Texas where Back-of-House (Apple inventory staff) employees and Specialists (Apple sales staff) have reportedly been asked to work late starting June 5. The employees...
D10: Aaron Sorkin Has Not Decided Who Will Play Steve Jobs in Biopic
Aside from Apple CEO Tim Cook being featured at D10, Aaron Sorkin, the man behind the upcoming movie about Steve Jobs, also had an interview. Sorkin is the one who has signed on to write the Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson’s biography and made by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Speaking with Walt Mossberg, Sorkin...
Apple May Have Acquired Italian Music Editing Startup Redmatica
Today, scattered reports indicate that Apple may have acquired Redmatica, a small Italian startup company that specializes in digital music-editing applications. The report was first issued by Italian blog Fanpage. The blog also managed to find a document from the Italian communications regulator to prove the recent acquisition. The company's software is Mac-based and includes...
Breaking: RIM Hires J.P. Morgan & RBC To Develop A “Strategic Review”, Sale Of RIM Is Possible
This afternoon Research in Motion (RIM) released a press release stating that the company has hired J.P. Morgan Securities and RBC Capital Markets to assist in creating a “strategic review”. This news comes as the company is about to lay off upwards of 3,000 employees and is struggling to manage over $1 billion in unsold inventory....
RIM’s Unsold Blackberry & Playbook Inventory Shoots Past $1B As Apple Reduces Their Own Inventory By 11%
If you're like me and you're waiting for Research in Motion's (RIM) Playbook to go on a mega fire sale (because the company is slowly sinking), we may soon be in luck! Last quarter, RIM's mountain of unsold Blackberry devices and Playbook tablets shot past $1 billion in value, further revealing the struggles that the...
Be Sure To Watch Tim Cook’s Chat Tonight From D10
Apple CEO Tim Cook will be starting the D10 conference tonight as the headlining interviewee. The chat begins tonight at 6PM PDT. This interview is Cook's second public interview this year. His first was at the Goldman Sachs' annual Technology and Internet Conference. There Cook discussed worker safety, financials, products, and Apple's culture. The interview...