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AT&T Using the iPhone as a Prospective Employee Search Tool

Written on October 14, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and No one has commented

There’s already a few apps for getting a job on the iPhone, but today sees the release of the first one dedicated entirely to one employer. AT&T is taking advantage of the device it remains the sole distributor of in the U.S. to help in its ongoing search for quality staff.
The AT&T Jobs App (iTunes [...]

Jobs Focused on the Tablet, Despite ‘Distractions’ at Apple HQ

Written on August 25, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and No one has commented

In an article published today on the Wall Street Journal Online, Yukari Iwatani Kane reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is devoting almost all his time to the development of the much-rumored tablet device.
“Since his return in late June, the 54-year-old has been pouring almost all of his attention into a new touch-screen gadget that [...]

Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple Board

Written on August 03, 2009 by Mark Crump and 6 people have commented

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple’s Board of Directors. Given the conflicts of interest, this is not unexpected — Schmidt had already recused himself from any iPhone discussion, and now that Google is getting into the OS business, I guess that would leave Schmidt free to talk about hardware.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs issued [...]

Work From Home: Field Apple Tech Support Calls

Written on May 18, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 13 people have commented

If you happen to be looking for work at the moment, Apple has a pretty nice offer. You can have all the glory of being an Apple employee without leaving the comfort of your own home. Actually, that’s probably not so tempting, since part of the appeal of working for Apple is being able to [...]

Former OLPC Security Guru Headed to Apple

Written on May 14, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 1 person has commented

It may not have the charitable underpinnings of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, but Ivan Kristic couldn’t have asked for a better follow-up job than at Apple. Cupertino just snatched up Kristic following his time at OLPC, where he was the architect behind the Bitfrost security specification. He wrote about his new job [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Putting 3G Into MacBooks, Rendering USB Sticks Useless

Written on May 06, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 8 people have commented

As if I didn’t have enough USB sticks sitting around doing nothing (512KB flash drives, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless dongles, etc.). Now it looks like my 3G mobile broadband USB modem might soon join the ranks of the neglected and forgotten. Not because 4G networks are being built out as we speak, but because it [...]

Demand for iPhone Developers Up 500%

Written on October 28, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 18 people have commented

The SDK and the success of the App Store have combined to create an emerging professional category, that of iPhone application developer.
According to oDesk, a technology outsourcer billing itself as the “leading marketplace and global IT platform for outsourcing technology jobs to certified, freelance, Apple iPhone developers”, demand has risen for iPhone-related positions from 30 [...]

Weekly App Store Roundup: Oct. 18, 2008

Written on October 18, 2008 by Olly Farshi and 2 people have commented

Amidst the hubbub of this week’s Apple announcements, the App Store continued to bubble away with a host of new apps joining the fray. As ever, The Apple Blog is here to separate the signal from the noise and sound off on a selection of the freshest apps to hit the store.
This time we’re casting [...]

Microsoft Stabilizes Office 2008 & Is Taking Names

Written on June 25, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 2 people have commented

On June 24th, Microsoft released Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.1 Update which included numerous fixes to stability & performance. This is almost a mandatory update as it addresses significant bugs in almost all Office components. Users experiencing crashes in all Office applications will be glad to know that this has been fixed across the board [...]

Apple’s Stock Roller Coaster Ride

Written on June 14, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 9 people have commented

The picture above shows AAPL stock since just before the Stevenote Monday. It has only dropped 13 dollars since then, but rumors of Steve’s poor health, and the impossibility of living up to the hype has caused it to drop all the same.
Historically, Apple takes a bit of a dive after each Keynote by Jobs, [...]

Want to design the future of Apple’s Pro Apps?

Written on February 07, 2008 by Eddie Hargreaves and 2 people have commented

Do you possess a relentless attention to detail, a gifted eye for aesthetics and the ability to quickly grasp and distill highly complex matters? Then you just may be qualified to design future versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion and Soundtrack Pro!
Apple always has job openings, but it’s a bit rarer that they post one at [...]