Three decades ago, the internet was just beginning to revolutionize human communications. Little did the world know how much power would fall into the hands of a few technocratic elites as a result. Autonomous vehicles likewise will transform human transportation in the same way; the skill of helming the wheel will no longer be necessary in about a decade or two, just as the art of writing on paper has all but ceased to exist.
According to the “official” Wikipedia chronicle, Apple Car rumors first appeared in late 2014. Since then, like a flu virus, the rumor mutates and reemerges every season. The most recent strain says that Hyundai/Kia will be the manufacturing partner with prototypes appearing in 2022 — or maybe 2024 — with production models by 2026 or 2028.
When I published my previous Monday Note, PC Life After Apple Silicon, I thought it would be received with little hullabaloo, so imagine my surprise when it generated between 10 and 20 times more Tweetbot Mentions than any of my previous (607) pieces. Three questions enkindled the most heat.
pple is well known for its innovations in hardware, software, and services. Thanks to them, it grew from some 8,000 employees and $7 billion in revenue in 1997, the year Steve Jobs returned, to 137,000 employees and $260 billion in revenue in 2019. Much less well known are the organizational design and the associated leadership model that have played a crucial role in the company’s innovation success.
Apple manufacturing partner Wistron has been building entry-level iPhones in India for years, and now it’s going to assemble high-end models within the country, as well. After slow government progress toward final approval, Wistron’s major manufacturing project has received backing from the country’s information technology ministry and is close to a sign-off by the Indian cabinet.
La voz de Apple es cada vez más 'humana', pero el futuro de este tipo de aplicaciones pasa por reconvertirse en ‘bots’ conversacionales especialistas en necesidades concretas
Apple Inc has sought to stop Western Digital Corp from taking control of Toshiba Corp’s chip business by threatening not to buy its products in the future, people with knowledge of the deal said.
Apple, which uses Toshiba’s NAND flash memory chips in its iPhones, is concerned about losing pricing power if Western Digital is running the operation, the sources said on Friday.
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$14.5 billion: that’s how much the European Union has ruled Apple owes Ireland in back taxes.
It’s a big number, though not nearly the tax bill Apple would owe the U.S. if it pulled the $92 billion in profits it is currently storing in Irish and other overseas accounts back to its home country.
