Apple masterminded a conspiracy to suppress wages among Silicon Valley engineers. That was definitely illegal, but did it harm the company? A shareholder lawsuit says it did.…
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Apple is making its own advertisements now with push to expand in-house ad team
Apple is diversifying its marketing: no longer relying exclusively on longtime firm TWBA, it's building an internal shop and asking new firms to pitch.…
Read MoreWhy Steve Jobs would hate the solar market
Will solar ever be as easy as buying a TV? Well, no. But it can get a whole lot easier.…
Read MoreApple engineer shares details on the iPhone’s long birth
More details of how the iPhone came to be by the software engineer that invented "slide to unlock" according to the patent filing. You'd might be surprised by what the Apple team used to simulate the slower speeds of a 2007 smartphone.…
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg has learned what Steve Jobs knew: You need to disrupt yourself before your competitors do
The $19 billion Facebook is paying for WhatsApp makes it seem like a desperate move to retain users, but it is also a sign that Mark Zuckerberg is more than willing to disrupt his own company rather than letting others do so…
Read MoreAnd Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’
A long weekend piece by Wired contributing editor Fred Vogelstein in the New York Times chronicles the unveiling of the very first iPhone(s aapl)…
Read MoreCiting Steve Jobs email, DOJ claims Apple changed in-app purchase to retaliate against Amazon
The federal government outlined a revised punishment for Apple in the ebook pricing case Friday. It argued that Apple changed its in-app purchase rules to retaliate against Amazon. And it wants to make big changes in the way Apple does business in the iTunes Store.…
Read MoreThe North Face founder: technology has stopped evolution & is destroying the world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/technology-stopped-evolution-destroying-world Doug Tompkins, founder of The North Face, talks to the Guardian about the negative impact of technology on the planet and…
Read MoreThe best slides from the closing arguments in the Apple ebooks case
Here are the funniest and/or most important slides from Apple and the federal government's closing arguments in the ebook pricing case.…
Read MoreAs Apple ebook trial enters last week, it’s all about Steve Jobs
As the Apple ebook pricing trial enters its final week, much of SVP Eddy Cue's testimony Monday focused on Steve Jobs' involvement with the launch of the iBookstore.…
Read MoreXbox One takes over Input 1
With the Xbox One, Microsoft hasn't so much torn up the cable box as shoved it aside. The unit's HDMI pass-through feature, kludgy as it may seem, has the effect of getting the cable box off HDMI 1 on the TV so the Xbox One can go there instead.…
Read MoreWhat Nikola Tesla vs. VCs video says about the state of Silicon Valley
Imagine if Nikola Tesla had to pitch venture capitalists to fund his idea. The reaction to his crazy ideas would be precisely what you see on this video. Sadly, the video also says a lot about the skewed risk and investment system in Silicon Valley these days.…
Read MoreJudge rules Apple CEO Tim Cook must testify in ebook antitrust case
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Apple CEO Tim Cook must testify in the Department of Justice's lawsuit against Apple for conspiring to fix ebook prices, citing Steve Jobs' death as a key factor in her decision.…
Read MoreSteve Jobs biographer dropped from Apple ebook case, James Murdoch named in email
The case accusing Apple of fixing ebook prices is heating up. New court documents show that Steve Jobs' biographer have been dropped from the case but that Jobs himself is still at the center of it.…
Read MoreA brief guide to tech lobbyists in Europe
Internet companies spend a lot of money lobbying governments to try and get what they want — and nowhere is the picture more complex than Europe. Here's a quick look at who pulls the strings at federal and national levels.…
Read MoreEmails show Steve Jobs took hard ball approach to prevent employees from leaving
A recent ruling made emails between the heads of Silicon Valley tech firms public, and the content shows these CEOs were pretty brazen in their approach to keeping their employees from going to competitors.…
Read MoreThe GigaOM Quiz: test your tech knowledge
Pop quiz: what secrets were revealed at the Apple-Samsung trial? Who shunned Microsoft's mobile software back when it mattered? What had folks tweeting up a storm this year? Find out below.…
Read MoreWhat every designer working in a startup needs to know
Sometimes design is just another word for prettiness. But truly good design implies so much more. After launching a startup, Elle Luna, lead designer at Mailbox, believes design is "a way of thinking about everything" and offers three key insights.…
Read MoreIt’s great that AT&T opened FaceTime up but when will Apple?
Isn't it time for Apple to make good on its promise to make FaceTime an open standard? After all, the video service arrived in June of 2010 and we haven't heard a peep on any effort to open up FaceTime for use on other platforms.…
Read MoreTech startups need/don’t need MBAs? Discuss …
Is an advanced business degree from Harvard or MIT or Stanford something that tech startups really, really want? It didn't seem so at last weekend's Harvard Business School Cyberposium. Where do you sit in the on-again debate between the builders and the bean counters?…
Read MoreWhy I just dumped the iPad 3 (Hint: iPad mini!)
With only a few days of iPad mini use, I know it's the right iPad for me. Sure, it lacks a Retina display, but the screen has a higher pixel density than the first few iPads. After two years of pining, this was worth the wait.…
Read MoreApple’s huge front-office shakeup
Apple said today that its front office will undergo some major changes in the coming months as the company works to integrate its businesses more closely. But investors may not be thrilled with the way CEO Tim Cook chose to announce the shakeup.…
Read MoreFrom inside Apple, the Scott Forstall fallout
Scott Forstall, the deposed iOS chief, has been a divisive figure inside Apple. His exit from Apple is likely to have an impact on the company's stock price when the markets re-open. How are Apple insiders feeling about his exit? I asked a few of my sources.…
Read MoreHead of iOS software Scott Forstall out at Apple amid big reorganization
As part of the reorganization, other top executives will be expanding their roles at the company. Siri and Maps will be under the online services group headed by Eddy Cue, while iOS will be led by the head of Mac OS X.…
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