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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Last December, Italy’s competition and marketing authority, the AMCG, fined Apple 900,000 Euros ($1.13 million) for not informing their Italian customers of their right to a free, two-year warranty, as well as rights to free technical assistance. As it turns out, Italy and other members of the European Union have a law that insists companies offer a free, two-year warranty that covers their products. Apple offers a free, one-year...
VANCOUVER, Canada, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Online Education pioneer macProVideo.com today announces that 25,000 Apple Employees are now members of macProVideo.com. With 70,000 workers worldwide, 1 in 3 Apple employees use macProVideo.com's Online Software Courses to learn new computer skills. A realtime Apple Employee signup counter can be found here: (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121001/CG84305) http://www.macprovideo.com/apple-loves-us macProVideo.com's Founder,...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Apple products are hot in New York. No really, if you’re buying from an individual or found what you feel like is a great Craigslist deal, it’s likely the product could be stolen. According to the New York Police Department, theft of Apple goods grew larger than overall crime last year. According to a Bloomberg report, and at the time of this writing, a total of 11,447 Apple products, ranging from iPads to MacBook Airs,...
ATLANTA, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DDI announced the winners of the 2012 Portfolio Awards, for which readers voted to recognize the best, brightest and most innovative people, projects and companies in the retail design industry during the past year. The peer-selected winners were celebrated at the Portfolio Awards Dinner at the DDI Forum last week in Napa, Calif., and are currently featured in the September issue of DDI Magazine. The DDI Portfolio Awards reflect the results of...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online I’d like to propose a quick pop quiz to all redOrbit.com readers. Now, before you bristle, I assure you this will be as brief as it is painless. After a long day of reading health, science, space and tech articles (That is what you’ve been doing all day, right?) we just want to make sure that everything is still functioning properly up there in the ol’ noodle. * Question 1. Can you distinguish at least 3 differences between...
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Applehour.com has proved itself to be a quality dropshipping choice for Apple accessories and is the perfect choice for those starting a dropshipping business. Some people might worry about the quality of products that are made in China. Cheap iPhone cases spring to mind when thinking about products that might be perceived to be of lower quality but in actuality these cases and a majority of Chinese products are of high quality. Those...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The next Apple iPhone is expected to be one hell of a device: 4-ish-inch screen, possible quad-core processor and a new, more powerful iOS. However, all of these substantial benefits are completely moot if they can’t be delivered to you with the new, in-cell technology display. According to those oh-so-cool-and-crafty “Sources,” Reuters is reporting that one of these in-cell display makers, Sharp, has “fallen behind” in...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Ah, Chicago, the Windy City: Beloved Midwestern home to Deep Dish Pizza, everyone’s favorite losing baseball team, and quintessential American rock band, Wilco. America’s second largest mobile carrier is obviously a fan, as they’ve decided to open up a massive flagship store on famed Michigan Avenue to show off all they can do for their customers. AT&T’s fancy new, 10,000 square foot store on the “Magnificent...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Apple’s early computers are a piece of computing history. The very first Apple I computers were each hardwired by Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs’ parent’s garage, and the pair only built 200 of these boards. These units were also famous for their minimalist nature, as any customer only received a computer board for their $666.66 purchase. It was up to the user to build a case and supply a TV screen to act as the monitor for these...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Apple’s long-time head of hardware engineering, Bob Mansfield, announced his retirement from the Mac maker in the last days of June, a somewhat shocking announcement from an executive who mostly worked behind the scenes without much public attention. That’s not to say he didn’t stand out, of course. In any stereotypical Apple video about a new product, be it a new Mac or a new iPad, Bob Mansfield was always the blue collar,...
