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Day 1 as an Apple Employee

On January 30, 2012 By

According to Business Insider, the typical goal of a new hire orientation at most companies is to excite the employees with the new company. Employees are typically greeted with a shiny new computer and company swag. While some of this is similar to Apple, day 1 as an Apple employee requires you to setup a shiny [...]

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What’s changed with Apple with Tim Cook?

On December 13, 2011 By

After Steve Jobs, Tim Cook took over as Apple’s new CEO. Tim Cook brought about very subtle changes to Apple ever since taking the position as CEO. When working with Steve Jobs, they both disagreed about certain components of the company. One thing that Tim Cook had in mind was using Apple’s cash to pay [...]

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Apple Looking for Cloud Executives

On November 30, 2011 By

Based on the Wall Street Journal, Apple has started to search for senior-level executives that are familiar with the cloud. Apple has also approached an Internet entrepreneur about a job position, but the information is undisclosed. Apple is taking steps to improve their products and appeal to those who don’t want everything to be separated [...]

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What’s the cost of an Apple Store?

On November 3, 2011 By

How much does each Apple Store cost? Based on Horace Dediu from asymco, each store was about $8.5 million per store, but now it is probably about $10 million per store.

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What’s inside the iPhone 4S?

On November 2, 2011 By

After the launch, on October 14, many people now have the iPhone 4S. What’s inside the iPhone 4S? Well, for starters, the iPhone 4S has a major performance upgrade with the Dual-core A5 chip, instead of the A4 chip used in the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4S now has Siri as a built-in assistant and [...]

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How to: Change the Scrolling Direction in Lion

On October 19, 2011 By

In Mac OS X Lion, you may notice that when you scroll up or down, using two fingers on the trackpad, the content of the page scrolls up or down, instead of the window around the content. Mac OS X Lion adopted the iOS approach to scrolling, so if you move your fingers up, the [...]

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Meet the iPhone 4S

On October 11, 2011 By

Is it the iPhone 5? No, but it is an upgrade. Apple has released the features of the iPhone 4S including Siri, a voice control system that exemplifies why the iPhone is much more then a phone. The new iPhone comes with a dual-core A5 chip, an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p HD video, iOS [...]

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