Apple Inc. has appointed Carol Surface as its first ever chief people officer. She has been named to the new role and will be taking over the human resources duties from Deirdre O’Brien, who will continue in her role as head of retail. In a memo to employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly announced that…
Apple Inc has hired Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW AG’s electric car division, to help its vehicle initiatives, according to Reuters report. Kranz, who was most recently the chief executive of electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc, will report to Apple veteran Doug Field, who led development of Tesla Inc’s mass-market Model 3 and now runs Apple’s car…
Apple announced it has awarded $45 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to Corning Incorporated, a supplier of precision glass for iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad. The funding will expand Corning’s manufacturing capacity in the US and drive research and development into innovative new technologies that support durability and long-lasting product life, building on both…
Apple has hired Josh Elman, a former venture capitalist at Greylock Partners and a former VP of Product at Robinhood, to help it improve iOS app discovery in the App Store. Josh Elman has announced his appointment via his Twitter account, saying he’s also leaving his role as a board partner at the firm Greylock…
Apple, a multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software, announced that it has appointed Ipsita Dasgupta as India country manager for its streaming services like Apple TV+, Apple Music and the App Store. Prior to this role, Dasgupta was the President of Strategy and New Ventures at Hotstar. Dasgupta…
Putting all the rumours aside, technology giant Apple recently announced that it has acquired virtual reality startup NextVr for $100million. The reason for the buyout is not yet disclosed by the tech major, however, it is being said that the acquisition will help Apple develop its own VR capabilities. In a media statement, Apple said,…
To the worldwide Apple family, The global spread of COVID-19 is affecting every one of us. At Apple, we are people first, and we do what we do with the belief that technology can change lives and the hope that it can be a valuable tool in a moment like this. Teachers are innovating to…
In this ever-growing start-up ecosystem, the desire to have the best-performing talent in an organization has never been so strong. Particularly in the technological field, there is not enough talent to go around, so companies are changing the way they recruit. One such method made its way to the news recently after Intel “acqui-hired” a…
As the death toll due to the deadly coronavirus reached over 800, the World Health Organisation declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Coronavirus has shut forced the Chinese economy on its knees with many analysts failing to predict the growth of the nation after this pandemic. In an attempt to help out…
Alphabet, the parent company of Google on Friday crossed the $1bn valuation mark. With this Alphabet became the fourth tech company to cross $1trillion milestone. Alphabet joins Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon in the exclusive club. Amazon passed the $1trillion mark in September 2018 but its current value is estimated at $931bn. Apple was the first…
Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company, Foxconn Technology Group will invest well over Rs 1,500 crore to have new production lines to manufacture certain iPhone models in its factory in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, according to an ET post. Currently, Wistron, another Taiwanese smartphone manufacturing company makes Apple phones such as the iPhone 6S and SE models in Bengaluru in…
Apple Inc. the American multinational technology company headquartered in California, today announced that John Giannandrea has been named to the company’s executive team as senior vice president of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy. He joined Apple in April 2018. Apple’s move comes as the company’s HomeKit devices are facing competitions from Amazon’s Echo and…