http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/scion.redesigns.xb.stereo/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/scionxbradio.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Carmaker and Toyota offshoot Scion announced on Wednesday it is putting in a redesigned base head unit to all 2010 Scion xBs without raising the car's price. Compared to the head unit it replaces, both of which are manufactured by Pioneer, the new stereo has an organic electroluminescent (OEL) display, a USB connection and a subwoofer RCA output. The USB port is located in the center consoler, alo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/scion.redesigns.xb.stereo/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/apple.fortune.500.ranking/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />For the third year in a row, Apple has continued a slow escalation up the ranks of Fortune's Global 500. The list ranks the world's biggest 500 corporations in terms of revenues and profits; in the 2008 list Apple now sits at 337th, with revenues of over $24 billion, and profits nearing $3.5 billion. It is flanked by Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia, and France's Alstom. In the 2007 list Apple took... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/apple.fortune.500.ranking/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/06/apple.takes.63rd.place/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A private New York-based research and consulting firm, Reputation Institute, recently compiled a list of the 600 largest companies with the best reputations, with Apple taking the 63rd spot, ahead of Microsoft at 137th place. Forbes reports that the electronics manufacturer went up 1.71 points from 73.71 a year ago, to 75.42 in the 2008 "Pulse" score, more than 11 points ahead of the global averag... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/06/apple.takes.63rd.place/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/google.brand.beats.apple/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/googleandroid-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google remains the number one company in the world in terms of estimated brand value, says the research group Millward Brown Optimor. Google has held its spot for a third consecutive year, with a recent valuation of $86.1 billion, an increase of 30 percent over earlier results. General Electric holds second place in the current survey at $71.4 billion, while Microsoft is valued at $70.9 billion.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/21/google.brand.beats.apple/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/17/apple.most.innovative/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/macbookpro-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BusinessWeek today released its list of "The 25 Most Innovative Companies" in the world, with Apple, Google, and Toyota taking the top three spots, respectively. The publication states the list is based on companies who nurture cultures that value creative people in good economic times and bad, as well as those that develop a diversified stock portfolio, and display independent though for corporat... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/17/apple.most.innovative/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/06/toyota.home.robots.in.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0712/toyotarobots.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toyota today said it would be one of the first companies to introduce helper robots into the home and began by revealing early forms of robots it expects to ultimately serve users. Known only as the partner robot, the humanoid model (shown at left) will ultimately help with tasks where the user is too busy or else incapable of performing themselves. Each limb has 17 separate joints that allow i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/06/toyota.home.robots.in.2010/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:20:00 GMT