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Tim Cook Rewards Apple Employees - $250 discount on iPads, $500 on Macs

Apple employees look over the new iPhone 4S at Apple's flagship retail store in San Francisco
Apple leadership has unveiled the tech-forward reward for Apple all employees, which number well over 60,000. Soon after announcing that in the holiday quarter, Apple has sold a record 37.04 million iPhones with a 128% growth compared to same period last year and 15.43 million iPad with a 11% increase, Apple CEO Tim Cook followed up by announcing in a town hall meeting that Apple will offer a total $750 discount on its products, which can be used once every three years.
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Apple Yet to Penetrate Into Asia

Investors in Apple Inc. have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.
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Why Steve Jobs Was Dead Wrong About an iPad Stylus

Steve Jobs said 'nobody wants a stylus' when he announced the iPhone back in 2007. Ever since then, most tablet makers have taken the idea of 'if it comes with a stylus you're doing it wrong' and run with it. Sure some of the slate style tablets sold to businesses included a stylus, but the most popular devices over the last few years have been of the decidedly non-stylus variety, including the iPad.
Matthew Kelly from Swansea reacts as he emerges from the Apple store with new iPhone 4S, in Covent Garden, London

Apple Earnings Thrill Street: 73 Pct Sales Growth, Profit More Than Doubles

The magic of Steve Jobs may be absent in his successor Tim Cook but Cook's leadership is working well in Apple. On Tuesday, the tech giant has announced that its net profit has more than doubled to $13.06 billion in the fiscal first quarter. The Holiday sale of 37 million units of iPhone and 15.4 million units of iPad sale were seen as the biggest contribution towards the outstanding profit in the holiday quarter. No wonder, iPhone and iPad account for 72% of Apple's total revenue.
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Apple Earnings: Did Jobs’s Roadmap Include U.S. Jobs?

While shares of Apple, the most valuable technology company, fell about 1 percent to $422.37 Tuesday ahead of its first-quarter earnings announcement, TechnoBuffalo editor Jon Rettinger warned the company is swimming in uncharted waters.
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Facebook Timeline Mandatory: Where to Get Best Cover Art

You may have spent recent months ignoring the Facebook Timeline on your friend's profile, but ready or not, you're going to get the timeline in matter of weeks, Facebook has announced the new feature will become mandatory.
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Insider is Surprise Pick as New BlackBerry CEO

Insider Thorsten Heins, the new chief executive at BlackBerry maker RIM, is a surprise choice for those looking for a transformational leader from outside to turn around the Canadian group's fortunes.
Apple's iBooks 2 for iPad has been downloaded 350,000 times in its first 3 days. There's a reason why users are downloading this app at such a high rate: The education industry has been needed this app for a long time.

Apple iBooks 2: Why Users Downloaded 350K in 3 Days

Apple's iBooks 2 for iPad has been downloaded 350,000 times in its first 3 days. There's a reason why users are downloading this app at such a high rate: The education industry has been needed this app for a long time.
Robert Iger, president and chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co, speaks during a news conference after the ground breaking ceremony of the Shanghai Disneyland theme park in Pudong of Shanghai April 8, 2011.

Steve Jobs Family Absent from Disney Board Despite Stake

When Disney shareholders vote to re-elect directors at its annual meeting in March, neither Steve Jobs' wife nor a representative from his trust will be on the ballot, even though the trust is the media company's largest shareholder.
Jobseekers pass their resumes to representatives from Foxconn at a job fair in Zhengzhou

iPhone: Why Can't it be 'Made in U.S.A.' ?

If you look at the back of any iPhone, you're likely to come across the words, Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China. Indeed, from the very first generation iPhone to the latest iPhone 4S, the world's most popular smartphone have come to be made in China and not in the U.S. An analysis, based on interviews with Apple's former and current executives and employees at Apple's supply chains and manufacturing experts by The New York Times, has now revealed why the wo...
Google Black out in protest against SOPA

Technology Focus: The SOPA Soap Opera

After global protests on Wednesday which saw darkened Websites like Wikipedia and BoingBoing and a “virtual” strike by Google, on Friday SOPA, a creature of the U.S. House of Representatives, and PIPA, in the Senate, were essentially smothered.

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