On Wednesday, a San Jose Federal judge didn’t rule in favor of Apple. As a result, Apple will not be entitled to its desired court-ordered sales ban on the nine Samsung smartphones that were found to violate iPhone’s patent rights. The already fiercely contested case ended with the 42-page ruling of U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who rejected Apple’s arguments. Apple had claimed that it would be … [Read more...]
Protests Lead to Apple Banning Two Chemicals from Product Assembly
Protests from watchdog groups demanding the replacement of two substances with safer alternatives in the Apple’s product assembly have been successful and now Apple is banning the use of the two chemical in their assembly process of their devices. China Labor Watch and Green America requested Apple to eliminate the use of n-hexane and benzene from its product assembly process. Both substances are … [Read more...]
Apple CEO Not Satisfied with Employee Diversity
Apple has recently released its employee diversity report and the results are quite similar to the ones that other Silicon Valley companies have yielded. Tim Cook has expressed that he wasn’t very satisfied with the results and that the company wishes for those numbers to improve. With almost 100,000 employees in 670 retail stores around the world, Apple is a leader on the market. In the United … [Read more...]
New Apple iWatch Features Hinted by New iTime Patent
It has been found that Apple was just granted a new patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a device called iTime. This little piece of information is a goldmine that can potentially reveal many new things about the company’s eagerly-awaited smartwatch device. The watch that in the patent is referred to as iTime was patented was patented as a wristband wearable device that will support … [Read more...]
Apple e-Book Price-Fix Settlement Scandal
Apple e-book price-fix settlement consists of Apple Inc. having to pay $400 million in order to resolve a civil class-action lawsuit regarding the pricing of e-books. The iPad manufacturer reportedly conspired with five major publishers to fix e-book prices, according to court records filed Wednesday. This verdict depends on Apple’s previously losing an appeal into a 2013 ruling, according to … [Read more...]
Apple and IBM Become Partners
Giants IBM and Apple announced on Tuesday that they are teaming up to develop more than 100 mobile apps designed specifically for businesses use. Apple’s user-friendly philosophy will ingeniously be combined with IBM’s enhaned expertise when it comes to security, back end systems integration and analytics. In other words, iPhones and iPads are more likely to be preffered by businessmen on their … [Read more...]
Apple Loses Siri Patent Case in China
According to a Beijing court, US technology giant Apple lost a lawsuit regarding the validity of a patent held by a Chinese company on Tuesday, therefore allowing the latter to go on with its own case against Apple Inc. for infringing intellectual property rights regarding the voice recognition software for iPhone, also known as Siri. It all began in 2012 when Zhizhen Network … [Read more...]
Apple Hires Tag Heuer Sales Exec
The rumors surrounding the impending launch of Apple’s first foray into the smart-watch market just got a bit more intense and believable. On Friday, the American tech giant announced it had wrested away the vice president of sales from the Swiss luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer. By all accounts, the iWatch will launch at some point later this year. Most reports have the release date pegged for some … [Read more...]
Apple to Release iPhone with Bigger Screen This Fall
By all accounts, it looks like we’re definitely getting bigger iPhone screens this coming fall. Now, this piece of news begs the obvious question: “Are iPhone rumors anything to go by?” Given their abundance, not really – but when they come from trusted sources like Bloomberg, then the situation might be somewhat different. Bloomberg recently reported that Chinese suppliers of the world’s … [Read more...]
Apple In CEO Tim Cook’s Era with iWatch post Steve Jobs
Tim Cook took over as Apple CEO from Steve Jobs almost three years ago, after the revered founder of the company died. Taking over had been tough for Cook, who was largely seen as the man behind-the-scenes, especially considering that Apple was founded and steered to glory by Jobs. With his revamp, Mr. Cook is putting his own stamp on Apple and its executive team. After taking over from Mr. … [Read more...]