Cook: Apple will lead the way in improving working conditions

Apple CEO Tim Cook defend his company ’s disk on working conditions for the employees that make the division and meet the product that Apple sells . And he take note that Apple is continually assessing how it does business , with an eye toward improve the life of its work force . “ No one in our industriousness is doing more to ameliorate working conditions than Apple , ” Cook told attendant at the Goldman Sachs conference ....

February 14, 2012 · 7 min · 1405 words · Matthew Harrison

This is Tim: Apple CEO talks at investment conference

[ On Tuesday , Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference , where he was question on stage by Bill Shope , Goldman Sachs ’s IT hardware psychoanalyst . Here ’s an edited copy of what Cook had to say on a variety of topic , ranging from do work weather condition at Apple ’s Chinese supplier to Apple ’s culture and ethos . ]...

February 14, 2012 · 27 min · 5605 words · John Smith

Create a bootable Lion install drive for newer Macs

One of the chancellor troubleshooting features of Lion ( Mac OS X 10.7 ) isLion Recovery . If you ever have system or drive issues , Lion Recovery lets you boot your Mac into a special recovery fashion to delay or repair your backbreaking drive , browse the Web for troubleshooting help , restore your driving force from a stand-in , or even reinstall Lion itself . ( See ourhands - on with Lion Recovery for all the detail ....

February 13, 2012 · 10 min · 1957 words · Jeremy Wilson

DOJ approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility

The U.S. Department of Justice has sanction Google ’s acquisition of mobile - phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about $ 12.5 billion , followingthe European Commission ’s approvalearlier Monday . Google is still wait for approvals from China , Israel and Taiwan before the deal is last . Canada ’s investigation is also ongoing . The search giant still says it hopes the skill will close in “ early 2012 ....

February 13, 2012 · 3 min · 482 words · Nathan Anthony

The Macalope Daily: Techno-pundit slap fight

MG Siegler has keyed up a ego - righteous bombast about the deplorable state of technology coverage and , well , who can argue with that ? have ’s find out . Content Everywhere , But Not A bead To Drink(foul voice communication alert ) What place Siegler off isaNew York Timespiececalling out the iOS app and social internet Path for having been catch uploading iPhone users ’ entire address ledger ....

February 13, 2012 · 4 min · 724 words · Jo Young

Apple asks Fair Labor Association to inspect Foxconn

Apple on Monday announced that , at its request , theFair Labor Association(FLA ) will begin particular , voluntary review of Apple ’s final assemblage suppliers — among them Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu , China . The FLA describes itself as “ a collaborative drive of socially responsible for companies , colleges and university , and civil society organizations to meliorate working stipulation in manufactory around the existence ....

February 12, 2012 · 3 min · 453 words · Debra Owens MD

Apple files another US patent suit against Samsung

Galaxy Nexus Apple has filed another U.S. patent case against Samsung Electronics and is seeking a preliminary injunction require a federal jurist to halt sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone while the type makes its way through the court . The lawsuit was charge Thursday inU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California , with a redacted written matter of the typeface made publicly usable Friday nighttime . The suit involves four Apple patents for technology that allows user to touch a phone bit on a internet page to dial the identification number , word position , Siri voice recognition and unified hunt , and the ability to unlock a smartphone by slide an image from one fix to another ....

February 12, 2012 · 4 min · 694 words · Erica Chambers

How to deal with Twitter overload

We ’ve all been there . First you start up following a couple masses onTwitter . What ’s the harm in comply a couple more ? Next thing you have it away , tweet are flying by quicker than you may say “ hashtag , ” and now you ’re backed into a # box . It ’s innate to go on an unfollowing fling in case like this . Why not ?...

February 12, 2012 · 9 min · 1732 words · Brianna Stokes

Weekly Wrap: iPad 3, Mission Control tips, and more

Each week , we round up our most significant stories from the retiring seven Clarence Day , mostly because the tycoon that be atMacworldrefuse to have us save about the biggest tidings from the hebdomad forward . This hebdomad we cover App Store drama , iPad 3 hearsay , and a typical slew of Mac advice . Apps and Downs We get it on Apple ’s iOS here atMacworld , but we didcome up with a list of ways Apple could ameliorate the Io experience ....

February 11, 2012 · 3 min · 573 words · Harry Brown

Motorola Mobility fails to make patent case against Apple in German court

A German court has throw out a Motorola Mobility patent of invention cause against Apple , breaking a recent run of courtroom successes for the society . The patent enforcement action was dismiss , a spokesman for the District Court in Mannheim , Germany , aver Friday . While this opinion go in Apple ’s favor , the company ’s products are the subject of a number of other letters patent infringement lawsuits in Germany , brought by Motorola Mobility and also Samsung Electronics ....

February 10, 2012 · 3 min · 560 words · Karen Wood

Report: Google building home entertainment system

Google is planning to enter the habitation entertainment market with a Google - branded wireless twist that streams euphony within a house , concord to theWall Street Journal . In addition to euphony , the equipment may also stream other medium , the Journal report on Thursday , quoting anon. root conversant with the company ’s plans . The Google menage entertainment system , which could make its introduction afterwards this twelvemonth , would let users download digital content and pour it to other place machine like speakers also made by Google or by other marketer ....

February 10, 2012 · 3 min · 547 words · Samuel Fowler

The Week in iOS Apps: Round ’em up!

The App Store offers so many new offerings each week — as well as updates of old pet — that it can sometimes be difficult to track them all . That ’s why we ’re starting The Week in iOS Apps ; it ’s a chance to spotlight some of the best offerings , as well as cue you of some of the apps that we ’ve already called out during the week ....

February 10, 2012 · 5 min · 873 words · Christian Lawson

Thunderbolt: One year later

It ’s been almost 12 month since Thunderbolt made its debut on the 2011 MacBook Pro . In that time , just a few dozen Thunderbolt product have ship , to the dashing hopes of user eager to take vantage of the loyal connection . The reasons for the want of devices range from the technical to the financial . For Hitachi , implementing Thunderbolt technology into their mathematical product turned out to be a chip more complex than they had anticipated ....

February 10, 2012 · 6 min · 1201 words · Terry Tanner