"What they often leave out is the second part of the story, that Apple is one of the largest tax avoiders, " said Sen.
It also marks the end of the line for one of the last Apple brands still remaining from the interregnum between Jobs I and Jobs II: only the vestigial Power Mac G5 remains from that period.
Thanks largely to the iPhone, Apple is one of the world's most profitable companies.
And as much as Apple is heralded for its product design, its efforts to run an environmentally friendly business and create products that make the world a better place, there is almost no attention paid to the fact that Apple is one of the nation's biggest users of outsourced labor.
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The launch of products such as iPhone and iPad saw Apple become one of the market leaders in the global smartphone market, and the biggest seller of tablet PCs.
Alongside the Apple 1 and the Pascaline will be an original Apple Lisa, one of the earliest computers to feature a graphical interface and mouse -- technologies which paved the way for desktop computing as we know it today.
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Nevertheless, one of the easiest criticisms one can make of Apple--that it moves to bump off older models with stylish new ones as often as it can--doesn't hold up this time.
The fight could've dragged on and damaged the debut of one of Apple's biggest new products in years, but yesterday the two companies struck a deal.
If you want a replacement instead of a refund then I suggest you take a trip over to your nearest Apple and show one of the Apple Genii the problem.
Dozuki's powerful framework has powered iFixit onto Inc's list of the 5000 fastest growing companies for the past three years. iFixit is now one of the largest Apple parts companies in the world, hosting complete service manuals for every major Apple product. iFixit's popular gadget teardowns receive millions of views and drive consistent e-commerce growth.
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Insurance companies too will have to be prudent in pricing as the size of such deals is huge, and they will only get one bite of the apple.
So, as we move towards the denouement of the second act of the Apple story, the battle has become pretty equal, and Apple, previously king of the tech gods, is now one of the pantheon.
He rose to fame as the charismatic young co-founder of one of the first personal computer companies, Apple.
Jobs first rose to fame as the smooth-talking young co-founder of one of the first personal computer companies, Apple.
This point really comes home when you consider how many investors were beholden to the performance of just one stock, Apple, over the past few years.
The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia for the term of the agreement.
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The Galaxy smartphone maker had claimed Apple had infringed the rights to one of its 3G technologies.
The computer, along with a letter from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to its original owner, is believed to be one of only six working Apple 1s and one of only three on the open market.
There are already cheaper tablets on the market, but this one comes with the Apple stamp of approval on it, and that counts for a lot.
Whereas most people assume that smartphones have the potential to draw long lines throughout the world (as evidenced by Meizu, one of the many Apple clones in China), it appears that Chinese consumers may be different.
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Another purchasing trend, that Apple has identified, is the tendency of their customers to purchase one Apple device, and then to go on to purchase other Apple devices.
With a yield of 1.90%, Apple is already one of the most generous payers on the market.
It ruled that US-based Apple had infringed two patents held by Samsung, while the Korean firm had violated one of Apple's patents.
Yes, there is a magical promise to people, this year is the turn of a natural voice recognition system in Siri, but Apple are here to sell everyone on the planet one of their phones.
As if you needed more evidence that the US patent system is broken Apple has just been awarded one of the most ridiculous patents ever.
In terms of equity-focused ETFs, about 16% of all those listed in the U.S. held Apple as one of their top-10 holdings.
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And while Apple surely has lots of hardware sales in its future, the content market is the one most vulnerable to the sort of wholesale disruption that propelled Apple to its riches in the first place.
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It's the downside of one of Apple's most brilliant moves, namely switching to Intel microprocessors.
Then then there is brand strength: the Apple brand is surely one of the top five global consumer brands today.
It's the downside of one of Apple's most brilliant moves, namely switching to Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) microprocessors.
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