Daily Archives: April 27, 2012

Remains of the Day: Three-picture deal

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Apple gets ready to play let’s-make-a-deal with Hollywood, knocks off an Android app, and gets sued for being too smart. Continue reading →

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Study: Apple customer service complaints low, call automation could use work

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A new cross-industry study published on Friday notes that while Apple received fewer customer complaints than tech rivals Dell and HP, the company’s automated call answering service is the weakest link in the chain. Continue reading →

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Taptu update adds news synchronization across devices

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The latest version of the mobile news aggregator lets you sync up your personalized feeds across multiple devices. Continue reading →

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Apple Ireland plant receives visit from prime minister

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The Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Enda Kenny, has paid a visit to the Apple factory in Cork, Ireland to congratulate the company and its workers on their role in bolstering the economy of the area as well as Europe generally. Ireland has played an increasingly important role for Apple, and the company is planning to expand its presence in Cork with an additional 500 jobs to support its central European office. The plant Kenny visited currently employs 2,800 people…. Continue reading →

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Oracle provides Java fixes directly to Mac users

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Oracle is now giving Mac users the ability to get Java updates at the same time as they are available for Windows and Linux with the release of the Java SE 7 Update 4. Continue reading →

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Oracle, Google rest in first phase of Android lawsuit

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Oracle and Google both rested their cases in the first of three trial phases for Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over Android. The two sides shied away from the larger revelations and accusations, with Google mostly relying on expert testimony from Duke University’s Dr. Owen Astrachan that portrayed the Java programming interfaces as basic fundamentals for programming rather than a copyrightable form. While Google could have reordered the structure of its custom code for Android, using a structure like Sun’s and making the actual implementation different helped ease d… Continue reading →

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Apple reportedly in talks with EPIX over content for new TV

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Sources claim that Apple initiated talks earlier in 2012 to incorporate movie properties owned by movie streaming service EPIX in its Apple TV, with the content possibly in line to be used by the Cupertino, Calif., company’s rumored HDTV. Continue reading →

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Apple said talking to Epix over Apple TV streaming

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Apple has been discussing a possible deal to get Epix’ on-demand movies on its media devices, a pair of tipsters clamed late Friday. The talks were to both support the Apple TV as well as “upcoming devices that stream content,” which Reuters took to mean a future TV set. Any progress was early, one of the contacts said…. Continue reading →

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Foxconn workers protest wages, threaten to jump off factory roof [u]

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About 200 workers threatened to take their own lives on Friday at a building owned by Apple’s Chinese manufacturing partner Foxconn over purported wage disputes and workplace conditions. Continue reading →

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Foxconn workers protest wages, threaten to jump off factory roof

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

About 200 workers threatened to take their own lives on Friday at Apple’s Chinese manufacturing partner Foxconn over purported wage disputes and workplace conditions. Continue reading →

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