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/09/11/05/likely.related.to.anti.jailbreaking.efforts/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/dutchhack.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is looking to hire a new iPhone manager with significant responsibilities, observers note. In particular the company is now searching for an "iPhone OS Platform Security Manager," who will be responsible for a team securing the booting, installation and running of the firmware. The worker is also expected to help plot a roadmap for iPhone security, and bring at least three years of experie... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/likely.related.to.anti.jailbreaking.efforts/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/20/wsj.jobs.has.new.liver/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0906/stevejobs.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Steve Jobs is recovering from a liver transplant (subscription required). The Apple CEO reportedly had the surgery two months ago in Tennessee and is still on track to return to work later this month, but possibly on a part-time basis.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/20/wsj.jobs.has.new.liver/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/18/new.apple.support.network/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/genius.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has plans to complement its present helpdesk system with a host of "At Home" workers, ad listings and a recently exposed document are said to reveal. Recruiters are allegedly after 450 people in total, who will operate from their own computers when troubleshooting users' problems. Between July and September Apple is claimed to be hoping for 150 new personnel per month, taken from a number ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/18/new.apple.support.network/ Mon, 18 May 2009 20:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/05/3g.macbooks.after.all/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/macbookair-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple may indeed have an interest in merging 3G cellular broadband into Macs, a job listing hints. The company recently announced an opening for a communications QA engineer, who would work full-time within the Mac Hardware Group at the company's Cupertino headquarters. While mentioning routine duties for such a position, the listing also asks for someone who can test driver bugs relating to "3G... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/05/3g.macbooks.after.all/ Tue, 05 May 2009 16:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/china.iphone.job.posting/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-white.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple may be closer to bringing the iPhone to China, a new job offer posting suggests. The company is looking for an iPhone Quality Assurance Engineer, to be located in Beijing. China represents an enormous market for mobile phones, but negotiations for the iPhone may have lasted longer than expected. Shortly before the iPhone 3G launch, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told CNBC that Chinese and Russian anno... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/13/china.iphone.job.posting/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/12/apple.enterprise.vp.gone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/macbook-leopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The senior VP of Apple's enterprise sales division is leaving the company and will not be replaced, reports claim. Al Shipp, said to have been with Apple since 2004, is departing for places and reasons unknown. His immediate subordinates will instead have to follow John Brandon, the senior VP of sales for the Americas and Asia-Pacific. These include Stuart Maclennan, a director of territory sal... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/12/apple.enterprise.vp.gone/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/08/papermaster.forced.to.stop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0712/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's newly-hired iPod chief has already been ordered to step down from his position until further notice, Reuters reports. A US District Court judge for New York state has declared that because Mark Papermaster may be in violation of a non-compete agreement with his former company, IBM, he must "immediately cease his employment" with Apple. Apple's management has agreed to abide by the decisi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/08/papermaster.forced.to.stop/ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/07/papermaster.vs.ibm/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/pdosml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Mark's Papermaster's new role at Apple in no way represents a threat to IBM, according to new filings. Papermaster is to replace Tony Fadell at the head of Apple's iPod group, but has been accused of violating a non-compete agreement signed when he was employed by IBM, where he helped oversee chip design. In his formal response to IBM, Papermaster claims that Apple and IBM do not compete with ea... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/07/papermaster.vs.ibm/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/06/apple.hiring.research/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/applestore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple added approximately 10,400 more full-time workers during its 2008 financial year, a 48 percent rise over 2007, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show. The figure is found within the company's 10-K report, which also notes a total of 32,000 full-time workers as of September 27th, plus 3,100 contract or temporary workers. From these groups some 8,000 people were directed in... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/06/apple.hiring.research/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/06/apple.breaking.labor.laws/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/tiredapple.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has been violating California's labor laws for several years, a former employee charges. David Walsh has this week filed a lawsuit against the company, saying that in his work as a network engineer between 1995 and 2007, he was regularly made to work more than 40 hours a week without overtime pay. Walsh also complains of being forced to miss meals, and spend evenings and weekends on call w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/06/apple.breaking.labor.laws/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:30:00 GMT