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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, March 31, 2012
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
  • "How Apple Makes the World a Better Place"  Cult of Mac 5:33 PM
  • "Why the key to Apple's future is in the clouds"  Macworld 12:21 PM
  • "Judge Posner upholds largest part of Apple's touchscreen heuristics ('949) patent in Motorola case" Foss Patents 12:16 PM
  • "Bio as Bible: Managers Imitate Steve Jobs/Biography of Apple Co-Founder Becomes Management Guide; Perfection, Turtlenecks"  WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:33 PM
  • "How Apple Puts a Shine on Corporate America: Without Apple, first-quarter profits for the Standard & Poor's 500 would have been up only 10%, not the 13% reported."  Barron's 8:58 AM
  • "Apple and publishers reportedly willing to abandon iBooks 'agency model' to appease Justice Department" iMore 3:33 PM
  • "Apple, publishers to settle e-books price-fixing suit: Report/Though Apple is not likely to take a major financial hit after the settlement, Amazon stands to gain upward of $1 billion in revenue, one analyst says." CNET Reviews 9:29 PM
  • "The Truth About Apple's Foxconn Workers: They Want To Work MORE, Not Less" Business Insider 9:11 AM
  • "Opinion: Why does everyone pick on Apple products?"  Digital Trends 9:02 AM
  • "EU's Almunia: may probe Motorola, Apple, Microsoft dispute" Reuters 11:36 AM
  • "Cook Does China His Way: During his time as CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs generally kept his visits to foreign markets as low-profile as possible. That doesn't seem to be Tim Cook's style, though, judging by the much-covered junket the new Apple CEO is taking in China. His tour of one of Apple's most important sources of both supply and demand could indicate his approach will be more hands-on than his predecessor's."  MacNewsWorld 3/30
  • "Apple Labor Pact Could Ripple Across China: Manufacturers grappling with rising labor costs and increasing worker demands in China could face further pressure if a critical probe of a major Apple Inc. supplier sets a new standard for China's factory workers." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3/30
  • "Apple, Foxconn set new standard for Chinese workers" Reuters 3/30
  • "Apple supplier Foxconn cuts working hours, workers ask why" Reuters 3/30
  • "Apple's Foxconn: Robots To Replace Workers" Sky News 3/30
  • "Apple backs reform for Foxconn staff" Financial Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/30
  • "Apple supplier Foxconn to improve conditions, but workers worried" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 3/30
  • "Apple Supplier Foxconn Will Reduce Working Hours: Fair Labor Association association finds significant issues with factories in China operated by Apple supplier Foxconn, which said it would reduce hours for some workers." InformationWeek 3/30
  • "Foxconn Auditor Finds 'Serious' Violations of Chinese Law"  Bloomberg 3/30
  • "Audit Faults Apple Supplier: Outside Audit Finds Health, Safety Violations at Foxconn" WSJ.com [Paywall] 3/30
  • "E-books settlement talks advancing: sources/The Justice Department could reach a settlement in the next few weeks with Apple Inc and some of the major publishers suspected of colluding to push up electronic book prices, according to two people close to the negotiations."  Reuters 3/30
  • "Apple Workers Put Tim Cook Atop List of Most Beloved CEOs" AllThingsD 3/30
  • "That didn't take long: Tim Cook rated top CEO/The Apple CEO nabbed the top spot from Ernst & Young CEO Jim Turley and Quallcomm chief executive Paul Jacobs." CNET News 3/30