The areas that each company could operate in, with their respective apple trademarks, had been clarified, and Cupertino, CA-based company was now in violation.

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Alan Hill, one of the ten people profiled in the book, had a long career in educational technology, including a stint working at Apple in Cupertino, CA. He is now retired and is a full-time investor .

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Since being arrested at her home in Cupertino, CA in December 2010, she was denied bail and held in maximum security facilities for the majority of her time in prison.

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Depending on what you've read, it's all but confirmed that the company's got a January 26th event scheduled at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco, CA. All this, of course, with nary a word or comment from Cupertino HQ, and without the context that this trend has come and gone ad nauseam, both with the tablet and before with the years of lead-up to the iPhone.

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