Apple

A court filing was unveiled recently including an email which late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs personally sent to former Google chief Eric Schmidt requesting an end to worker poaching. The email from March of 2007 specifically asked Google to put a stop to its active recruitment of an unnamed Apple engineer and alluded to stop worker poaching in general according to a report from Reuters.

...

Although not selling the iPhone directly, a reportedly leaked employee memo reveals that T-Mobile will begin to offer official support for subscribers using unlocked versions of Apple’s popular handset on its network. The memo, originally published on TmoNews, notifies current T-Mobile employees that starting January 30, it will be initiating a support program for the carrier’s estimated one million customers who ...

A lot of you have been begging for this feature to be added to Zephyr. Now it's here.

If you were one of the thousands begging chpwn for the ability to not only multitask but also for the ability to get onto your home screen using only touch gestures, then you'll be very happy to hear that he has done just that. To do this, chpwn has updated his extremely popular Zephyr (touch multitasking) tweak which we reviewed here upon ...

The seemingly random grouping of numbers stamped on the back of your iPhone called a serial number actually means something according to OSX Daily.

OSX Daily has published a guide that breaks down what the dutch all those numbers actually mean. From the serial number owners can tell what week their device was manufactured, the hard drive size, the production year and even the factory and machine ID.
...

On Friday, the tech world learned that Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple executive and the architect of the iPod, is leaving HP. Rubinstein, as we know, never actually went to work for HP but he ended up there through the company's acquisition of Palm in 2010.

"Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well, an HP spokeswoman confirmed to All Things D.

"Rubinstein's departure is ...

*Image courtesy of Apple Insider*

Apple introduced the MagSafe adapter in 2006 alongside their updated Macbooks. The transition of the MagSafe technology to the iPod at the time seemed natural. But, six years later the 30-pin connector still reigns supreme.

However, a new Apple patent hints that the 30-pin connector may finally be supplanted. The patent titled “Programmable Magnetic Connectors” details a series of coded magnets ...

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook recently took the time to respond to a report made by the New York Times that pointed fingers at Apple over an alleged permissiveness and indifference for workers’ conditions in China. In his email, Cook rebutted the accusations by saying “any suggestions that we don’t care is patently false and offensive to us.”

For those of you who aren’t in the loop, a NYT report cited former Apple executives ...

Apple’s tablet market share is massive compared to its competitors, and as a result the iPad’s enterprise presence is thriving.

According to enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology, Apple’s iPad accounted for 96% of tablets activated at the 2,000 plus companies that use the company’s services. Apple’s enterprise popularity extends to the iPhone as well with 53% of new activations at companies ...

A patent application recently published by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office earlier today reveals that Apple is looking with the idea of a universal touchscreen controller capable of controlling multiple devices including a “television, a video tape player, a video disk player, a stereo, a home control system, or a computer screen.” The patent application is titled “Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Universal Remote Control” and was ...

AT&T recently announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing that the wireless mobile carrier saw record-breaking sales of 9.4 million smartphones. This number is nearly double the previous quarter’s sales and 50% higher than the company’s previous record. The iPhone was clearly the primary driver of smartphone sales for AT&T as the carrier reported 7.6 million iPhone activations during the quarter, with the “majority” of ...

Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S late last year to a great deal of criticism.

Critics cried foul of the identical design. Complained it didn’t include 4G/LTE technology. The screen wasn’t any bigger. Many claimed Apple released a dud. Their first misstep.

Well Tim Cook and company laugh all the way to the bank, reclaiming the number one spot amongst handset manufacturers with the iPhone 4S accounting for 89% of total iPhone sale during ...