Protesters descended on Apple stores around the world, including in Washington, on Thursday to protest labor conditions at the company’s manufacturing facilities in China. The issue has become a thorny one for Apple after the factories that make its products experienced explosions in 2011 and worker suicides in 2010
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Apple's next big announcement is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 19th, in New York City's Guggenheim Museum, and is anticipated to be about getting into the textbook business. From there the speculation gets baroque. But before we get too excited, we have to drop in an obligatory pre-Apple event disclosure: we don't know anything for sure until chief executive Tim Cook or whichever ...
Continue reading...Friday, October 7, 2011
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eResearch Technology Inc. should benefit from any increase in demand for comprehensive cardiac trials, Citi Investment Research & Analysis said Thursday, as shares of the medical data company rose nearly 5 percent.
Continue reading...Sunday, August 28, 2011
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What if Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' resignation Wednesday afternoon isn't about a sudden change in his health at all. What if it's all about keeping longtime Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook?Many fretted Thursday when Apple's board of directors announced Jobs' resignation as Chief Executive and his replacement by Cook
Continue reading...Friday, August 26, 2011
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Zuku TV, the premier home entertainment provider announced on Thursday it was ramping up its roll out in Uganda with the acquisition of broadcast rights for a hugely popular local program.
Continue reading...Friday, August 26, 2011
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Apple’s new CEO Tim Cook has told employees that the company will not change under his leadership, ARS Technica reports. According to an internal email send by Cook, “Apple is not going to change.” The email went out Thursday, just hours after Steve Jobs’ resignation late Wednesday. Cook, who has stepped up from the position of chief operating officer, also describes working with Apple and Jobs ...
Continue reading...Friday, August 12, 2011
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Facial recognition technology is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief told the AP on Thursday, with officers feeding photos of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program.
Continue reading...Monday, February 28, 2011
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Intel on Thursday announced its new high-speed PC connection technology that will bring together high-speed data transfer and high-definition display on to a single cable. Thunderbolt technology promises transfer speeds twice as fast as USB 3.0. Running at 10 Gbps, Intel boasts the new technology can transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds
Continue reading...Thursday, January 27, 2011
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China plans to step up efforts to develop clean energy and other technology industries this year, government officials said Thursday, a strategy that has strained trade ties with Washington and other governments.
Continue reading...Thursday, September 2, 2010
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Shares of Aspen Technology slipped Thursday after the provider of software to the process industries posted worse-than-expected fourth quarter earnings, driven primarily by lower revenues.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 8, 2010
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PAR Technology Corp., which makes softwar and hardware for hotels and restaurants, said Thursday that CEO John Sammon plans to retire by the end of the year.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
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