Tag: Apple

  • The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate

    The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More Jamie Condliffe, gizmodo.com A court filing has just been made public which sheds light on the “no-hire” gentleman’s agreements that have pervaded the tech industry—and reveals how Steve Jobs threatened litigation to prevent companies from stealing his staff.Notably, former P… The No-Hire Emails That…

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  • Apple is moving into the wind energy business

    Apple is moving into the wind energy business By Sarah Miller, grist.org If you are sick of Apple rul­ing at every­thing, you can stop read­ing now. But if you’d like to hear about how they’re work­ing to har­ness one of nature’s clean­est, most plen­ti­ful resources, con­tin­ue. Because Apple is now branch­ing out fro… RT @grist:…

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  • Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited

    Jacqui Cheng, arstechnica.com When Walmart announced earlier this month that it would begin selling the iPhone 5 with a surprisingly affordable $45-per-month, unlimited everything plan, there was much rejoicing. After all, you could never get away with paying that little per… Surprise! Walmart’s unlimited iPhone 5 data plan not so unlimited Related articles Unlimited iPhone…

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  • 17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley

    17 Career Lessons from Ideo’s David Kelley By Linda Tischler, fastcodesign.com David Kel­ley is well-known for his astute appli­ca­tion of design think­ing to many of life’s intractable prob­lems. Less known is that he’s also a ver­i­ta­ble Dr. Phil of good advice about life, careers, and the impor­tance of not being a… RT @FastCompany: “You’re the…

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  • All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook

    Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Face­book just let loose with a new update to the Mes­sen­ger app for iPhone, which until now was restrict­ed to text mes­sag­ing, sort of like…

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  • iPhone 5 coming to Walmart

    iPhone 5 coming to Walmart’s Straight Talk prepaid plans January 11th Brad Molen, engadget.com Cus­tomers have been able to enjoy the iPhone expe­ri­ence on Wal­mart’s Straight Talk “BYOD” phone plans for quite some time now, but the pre­paid provider will begin direct­ly sell­ing the iPhone 5 — as well as the iPhone 4 — on…

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  • Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone

    Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone hands-on Kevin Wong, engadget.com Ear­li­er at CES, we got our hands on the Rode iXY 30-pin stereo micro­phone iPhone add-on that left our Light­ning users a bit sad. Cheer up! The folks over at Zoom got us over to their booth to take a peek at the com­pa­ny’s new iQ5…

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  • Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone

    Get instant pulse readings with iSpO2 for iPhone, iPad by Jennifer Van Grove, cnet.com Need a pulse check? iSpO2 — an iPhone and iPad accessory — gives you an immediate reading on your vitals. LAS VEGAS—The iSpO2 by Masi­mo ports the hos­pi­tal check­up expe­ri­ence to iPhones and iPads and makes on-the-spot pulse read­ings… http://flip.it/wJG9a Related…

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  • Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

    Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com Apple does hard­ware and soft­ware well, and it’s at the top of its game when it does them togeth­er. But when it comes to Web ser­vices, the com­pa­ny is a lag­gard, with an ever-lengthening conga line of mis­steps. There are hands-down fias­co… http://flip.it/fuyg5 Related…

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