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Apple Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Labor Code Violations
Jul 23rd
Apple has committed a number of alleged Labor Code violations because of which it is facing a class action lawsuit in California. According to TechCrunch, the company is being accused of not providing timely meal breaks, rest breaks, and final paychecks. One complaint cites employees being forced to work for five hours straight without a break and another one suggests that Apple took several weeks to send out a final check to multiple employees. Read More
Apple Moving TV Advertising In-House, Loosening Ties With TBWA
Jun 5th
Since 1984 TBWA\Chiat\Day has been making TV Ads for Apple. For the last few months Apple has been making its own Ads. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is moving more of its TV advertising in-house, loosening ties with the ad agency it has used for more than 30 years. Apple has built its internal team using employees from TBWA\Chiat\Day. The team is led by Tyler Whisnand, who Apple recruited from Media Arts Lab. According to Bloomberg, hiring for team is still on from other Ad agencies. Apple’s ‘Pencil’ iPad Ad and all the TV Ads airing now were developed by Apple’s internal advertising team. Latest iPad campaign, Your Verse, that has a series of stories about iPad being used in different situations is also developed by its internal team. Read More
Apple PR Chief Katie Cotton Officially Retires
May 31st
Katie Cotton, Apple’s longtime vice president of worldwide corporate communications, has officially said good bye to Apple, according to Re/Code. It was reported earlier that Katie Cotton would be retiring and today she has officially retired. Read More
Apple Loses To Google For Most Valuable Brand 2014
May 25th
According to the Millward Brown annual BrandZ study, Apple, hailed by the same study as the Most Valuable Brand for the past three years, loses to Google for Most Valuable Brand 2014. It has been speculated that Google has been fast gaining on Apple in the past year and this year it finally overtook the tech giant. Read More
Two New Apple Retail Stores Will Open Soon In New York
May 25th
There are already five Apple retail stores in New York, in SoHo, Grand Central, Upper Westside, West 14th Street and, of course, the company’s flagship retail store on Fifth Avenue. It is expected that in 2015 two new Apple retail stores will open in New York. One would be located in the Westfeild World Trade Center mega mall and the other would be on 938 Madison Avenue (Upper East Side). Read More
Apple’s Acquisition Of Beats More About Talent
May 22nd
Earlier this month there was news about Apple’s plan to acquire Beats Electronics, though still there has been no official communication from either of the companies. According to TechCrunch, a well-placed source who is familiar with ongoing discussions of the deal has confirmed Apple’s acquisition of Beats “is happening”. The deal which was close to falling apart many times has “70% certainty” of acquisition of the multibillion-dollar headphone company according to the source. Read More
My iStory, Diary of your Life
Jan 28th
My iStory, developed by Apps Made Easy Ltd., boasts a wonderful and eye-catching design and tons of features to preserve your life in modern style. My iStory is a journaling app that lets you record your daily life experiences through words, pictures, video, audio, and even music. Read More
A Good Golf Companion App, myGolfstats + GPS (Review)
Jan 6th
There are hundreds and thousands of golf apps on the App Store. It does get a bit tricky to choose between them and find the perfect Golf app for you. Some have a hefty price tag attached to them and some are just rubbish. However, myGolfstats + GPS is a good companion golf app on the App Store that not only has tons of features but is also free (with in-app purchases). Read More
Block Frustrating Numbers With VIPaList for iPhone (Review)
Jan 1st
Receiving a lot of unwanted and unknown wrong numbers? Do you wish to throw your phone at the wall during work when you receive such a call? Now, with VIPaList, you don’t need to throw your phone away or be irritated. Developed by Femi Olu, VIPaList provides an intelligent and quick way to block those unwanted wrong number with just a tap. Read More
