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Apple beefs up hiring for Siri-related development jobs

If nothing else, Apple is apparently looking to beef up Siri. According to hiring data tracked by Thinknum, job openings for Siri-related positions at Apple are at an all-time high. Apple’s job listings indicate that it currently has 161 openings for jobs that contain the term “Siri” in their title or description. That number is […]

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Proposed Trump aluminum tariffs could increase prices of beer, Macs

Further proving that the markets are connected, the price of beer, cars, and Macs could increase should a steel and aluminum tariff proposed by the Trump Administration pass. While the White House has yet to say if the tariffs will be on the amount of metal in a product or the overall value of the […]

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Trump pushes for Apple to manufacture products in the U.S., offers tax incentives

President-elect Donald Trump, following up on a campaign promise that he would “get Apple to start making their computers and their iPhones on our land, not in China” – and he has now said the same thing directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Trump offered the […]

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Tim Cook pens scathing letter addressing Apple European tax controversy

There apparently came a moment where, in the wake of the controversy regarding Apple’s tax rate in Ireland, Tim Cook got angry and began smashing things. Responding to the Commission’s decision that Ireland should recover 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in back taxes from Apple, Tim Cook said that “in Ireland and in every country […]

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Mossberg weighs in on Apple’s app shortcomings of recent years

There’s a pretty interesting piece over on The Verge in which the mighty Walt Mossberg cites some apparent shortcomings in Apple’s apps in recent years. He points out that Apple’s products are often considered the best you can buy and that this is part of the Mac and iOS user experience. “In the last couple […]