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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com In an unorthodox move late this week, Apple invited its retail store staff to give its latest unreleased Mac operating system a whirl. Apple sent out invitations to its retail store employees, allowing them to be a part of the beta testing of Mac OS X Mountain Lion. The testing will be performed on personal Macs that the employees of the store own, and is not just standardized in-store training. However, allowing its employees to get a first-hand look at...

EVANSTON, Ill., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in Louisiana increased slightly over the past twelve months according to data collected for the 2012 Louisiana Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Louisiana gained 533 industrial jobs or less than one percent between April 2011 and April 2012. Manufacturers' News reports Louisiana is now home to 5,205 manufacturers...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com It’s the rumor that refuses to die: Apple will one day make everything out of Liquidmetal. That’ll show ‘em. Like the material itself, these rumors are strong, resilient, and easily formed into any shape analysts want. So far, we’ve seen rumors about a Liquidmetal iPhone, an iPhone with Liquidmetal components, Liquidmetal Macs and even a Liquidmetal Rumored Apple Television. Helping drive these rumors is the fact Apple actually has signed...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Remember months ago when a certain analyst predicted Apple would hit $1,001 a share in just 12 months? Those were crazy times, weren’t they? Fun time, free times, a more innocent age. Of course, the same analyst then reconfigured his estimate, saying Apple would actually hit the more aesthetically pleasing $1,111 “over the next year.” Now it seems Bryan White of Topeka Capital Markets is at it again, remaining ever bullish on Apple, Inc....

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Ahead of last week’s WWDC activities and WWDC Keynote, analytics firm Flurry released a very interesting set of statistics. Think back with me, if you will, all the way to last week. Last Monday, anticipation for all things Apple were at a feverish pitch as several rumor sites had us believing we’d see a slew of new Macs as well as other glorious Apple achievements. They weren’t all that far off, as it turns out. The Flurry report came in the...

Cocoon Innovations is proud to announce that Grid-It™, the world’s most intelligent organization device, will be available in Apple stores in the USA and Canada. Cocoon has designed a special line of Grid-It™ for Apple customers, replete with unique color patterns and materials. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 16, 2012 Cocoon Innovations is proud to announce that Grid-It™, the world’s most intelligent organization device, will be available in Apple stores in the USA and Canada....

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Michael Harper for redOrbit.com So, what have we learned this week? We’ve learned that Apple still has it, releasing some impressive updates to their MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines, not to mention the beautiful, unrepairable MacBook Pro with Retina Display. We’ve learned Apple hasn’t been resting on their laurels, as they announced some updates and improvements to their Mac OS X and iOS platforms. Predictions before WWDC were a dime a dozen, and while some of them did end...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Late last month, auction house Sotheby’s announced they would be selling a working Apple I computer and a hand written note and memo from Steve Jobs. Yesterday, these items went on the auction block, earning a record high $374,500 for the computer and $27,500 for the note and memo. When Sotheby’s first announced the Apple-themed auction, they placed an estimate of $15,000 for the 4 page note. As for the Apple I, Sotheby’s auctioned off one of the...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com Often, computers and frustration seem to go hand and hand. Whether it’s because we simply cannot connect to the Internet, or because a file that should've been saved wasn't, we can all relate to each other when it comes to giving our beloved electronic devices a five-finger slap. Computer software engineers work hard to ensure those frustrations we sometimes face happen less and less frequently. It may be impossible to take human error out of the equation...