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Recent Apple job postings allude to chip development effort in and around Florida

If you’re looking to design chips for Apple in sunny Florida, your dream may have come true. Per 9to5Mac, Apple posted several job openings looking for both hardware and software engineers reveal that Apple is looking to begin its own chip development in Orlando, Florida. Last week it was discovered that Apple is hiring software […]

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Apple buys fingerprint recognition company AuthenTec for $356 million

This could turn into something interesting. Per Reuters, Apple has signed a deal to buy a Florida-based company, AuthenTec, at a price of US$8 per share or about US$356 million. That’s a premium of 58 percent over AuthenTec’s Thursday closing value. While largely unknown to the public, the firm makes fingerprint sensor chips used in […]

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iPhone 4S to hit C Spire wireless on Friday, November 11th

In nine days, the little guy gets the iPhone 4S. Per AppleInsider, Apple’s debut on regional carriers in the U.S. will occur on Friday, Nov. 11, when the iPhone 4S becomes available to customers of C Spire Wireless. C Spire’s official page has been updated to reflect the forthcoming launch date of the iPhone 4S, […]

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Apple confirms C Spire Wireless as fourth U.S. iPhone carrier

The south shall rise again. This time, with its own wireless carrier for the iPhone. Per Macworld, C Spire Wireless will join Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T as the fourth U.S iPhone carrier. The company, which functions as the largest privately-held cellular carrier in the country, announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering the iPhone […]