News: Apple Board member Jerome B. York passes away (iLounge)
Apple announced today that Jerome B. York, a member of Apple’s Board of Directors since 1997, has passed away, after being hospitalized late last evening with what his wife described as a massive cerebral hemorrhage. York was the chairman, president and CEO of Harwinton Capital, and was the former CFO of IBM and Chrysler, contributing to both companies’ turnarounds. “Jerry joined Apple’s Board ...
News: HTC ‘disagrees’ with Apple suit, will ‘fully defend itself’ (iLounge)
In a statement released to the press today, HTC Corporation officially responded to Apple’s lawsuit against the company, which was filed on March 2. “HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC. “HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but ...
News: P.A. Semi founder Dobberpuhl leaves Apple (iLounge)
Dan Dobberpuhl, founder and CEO of P.A. Semi, has left Apple to join several other former P.A. Semi employees at a new start-up. Citing multiple anonymous sources, Cnet reports that Dobberpuhl’s departure from Apple was not recent, and may have happened as early as fall 2009. “He was the CEO at PA Semi and leader of the team, and one of the guys that was driving the whole thing,” said Linley ...
As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention.
No Apple dividend despite cash cache (Pioneer Press)
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple Inc., buoyed by the success of its iPhones, iPods and computers, could give some of its $25 billion in cash back to shareholders. But CEO Steve Jobs said Thursday that he thinks Apple is better off keeping that money stockpiled.
Business news in brief | Apple ponders surplus; Coca-Cola eyes bottlers (The Kansas City Star)
Apple surplus Apple Inc. , buoyed by the success of the iPhones, iPods and computers it churns out to breathless buyers, could give some of its $25 billion in cash back to shareholders. But CEO Steve Jobs said Thursday at the company’s annual meeting that he thought Apple was better off keeping that money stockpiled — staying flexible in case a good acquisition opportunity comes along.
Apple’s Environmental Measures Rejected By Shareholders (The Huffington Post)
CUPERTINO, Calif. Apple Inc., buoyed by the success of the iPhones, iPods and computers it churns out to breathless buyers, could give some of its $25 billion in cash back to shareholders. But CEO Steve Jobs said Thursday that he thinks Apple is better off keeping that money stockpiled.
Back to the Future: How Apple is Becoming More Like a Carrier Every Day (TechCrunch)
Editor's note : Is Apple going too far with its restrictions on developers? Alistair Goodman thinks so and explains why in this guest post. He is the CEO of 1020 Placecast , a location-based mobile advertising startup. Apple’s recent behavior bears an increasing resemblance to carriers with respect to the walled garden they are creating around the iPhone. Restricting applications, restricting ...
Apple to sell ‘intimate’ iPad for $499 (The Washington Times)
SAN FRANCISCO | Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting. The iPad, which is larger in size but similar in design to Apple's popular iPhone, was billed by CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday as "so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone." Mr. Jobs, 54, a pancreatic ...
Apple set to unveil new take on tablet? (The Columbus Dispatch)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple has scheduled a product unveiling for Jan. 27, at which CEO Steve Jobs is expected to present a long-rumored touch-screen tablet for surfing the Web and playing movies and music.