Latest Apple Headlines
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IBM, Apple Release 10 Apps for Insurance, Banks, Retail, Other Businesses
Dec 10 2014 // Five months after Apple Inc.’s partnership with International Business Machines Corp. was announced, the companies are unveiling the initial fruits of the deal: 10 applications made for governments and...
Conn. Fines Apple Store Contractors for Lacking Workers’ Comp Coverage
Jun 6 2014 // The Connecticut Department of Labor is fining three out-of-state contractors working at an Apple Store in West Hartford for not having worker’s compensation insurance coverage for their employees. The case has...
Individual or Corporate? Two Visions of the Sharing Economy
May 30 2014 // Google’s driverless car and Apple’s deal to buy Beats Electronics, primarily for its streaming music service, represent the latest moves in a battle between two visions of the sharing economy: One in which the...
Jury Affirms Samsung Must Pay Apple $119M in Damages for Patent Infringement
May 6 2014 // A U.S. jury on Monday left the total damages Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. must pay Apple Inc. unchanged at $119.6 million, after additional deliberations in a trial where the South Korean smartphone maker was found to have...
Washington Apple Crop Tops $2B in Sales
Nov 11 2013 // An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it sure lines the pockets of Washington’s apple growers. Apples were worth more than $2 billion to Washington farmers in 2012, the first crop in state history to cross...
Connecticut Announces Its 3rd Licensed Captive Insurance Company
Oct 16 2013 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced last week that the corporate owner of one of the largest grocery store chains in New York City is setting up its captive insurance subsidiary in Connecticut. The Red Apple Group,...
50 Top Apps for Independent Agents
May 14 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. But when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
Feds Rule Apple Did Not Violate Google Patent
Apr 23 2013 // Apple Inc scored a win on Monday when the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that it did not violate a Google patent to make the popular iPhones. Apple had initially been accused of infringing on six patents for...
50 Top Apps For Independent Agents
Apr 22 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. And when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
Apple CEO Cook Calls Lawsuit ‘Silly Sideshow’
Feb 13 2013 // Apple CEO Tim Cook calls a shareholder lawsuit against the company a “silly sideshow” but says he is open to looking at the shareholder’s proposals for sharing more cash with investors. Last week,...
Worker’s Injury Sheds Light on China’s Workers’ Comp System, Apple Contractor
Oct 12 2012 // Apple Inc.’s largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker left brain-damaged in a factory accident to be removed from the hospital in a case that throws a harsh new spotlight on labor rights in...
How Apple Outsmarted Samsung in Patent Dispute
Aug 27 2012 // In August 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc. lawyers flew to South Korea. Apple’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, had already told Samsung executives...
In Apple v. Samsung, Attention Turns to Alchemy of Damages
Aug 23 2012 // Between the hotshot designers and brainy engineers Apple Inc. questioned for three weeks in the company’s bitterly fought patent battle against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a marketing expert from MIT took...
Jury to Begin Deliberating Patent Disputes Between Apple, Samsung
Aug 22 2012 // Apple Inc.’s worldwide legal crusade against the Android mobile operating system drew toward a climax on Tuesday as the iPhone maker’s attorneys accused Samsung of taking a shortcut by copying Apple’s...
Apple Claims $2.5 Billion Damages in Samsung Patent Case
Jul 25 2012 // Apple Inc. claims it is entitled to $2.525 billion of damages in its high-stakes battle against Samsung Electronics Co over patents for technology used in smartphones and tablets, such as the iPhone and iPad. The estimate...
Judge Who Nixed Apple-Motorola Trial Questions Need for Software Patents
Jul 5 2012 // The U.S. judge who tossed out one of the biggest court cases in Apple Inc.’s smartphone technology battle is questioning whether patents should cover software or most other industries at all. Richard Posner, a...
Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle China iPad Trademark Dispute
Jul 2 2012 // Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a...
Apple Pays $60 Million to Settle China iPad Trademark Dispute
Jul 2 2012 // Apple Inc. has paid $60 million to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a...
Cold Snap Bruises Bitterroot Apple Growers
May 29 2012 // Apple growers in the Bitterroot Valley say a cold snap at the same time apple trees were in full bloom and at their most vulnerable will likely dent this year’s apple crop. Al Pernicle of Al and Mary Pernicle’s...
Is There a Bad Apple in Your Bunch?
Apr 2 2012 // I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.” While it’s certainly true when speaking about fruit, does the concept apply to work teams as well? Can one team member...
