
Silicon Valley often gets knocked for a lack of diversity, but historically excluded groups are making an impressive showing at the top spot of the most valuable companies. Just looking at the top ten companies based in Silicon Valley by NASDAQ market cap, 40% are run by someone who is a woman, an immigrant, or non-white. By individual demographics, 20% are women, and 30% are foreign-born.
by Ferenstein Wire15 Aug 2015, 1:41 PM PST0

Losing Labour leadership candidate Liz Kendall has released a new video entitled “An Open Letter to the Labour Party,” asking for people to support her over the insurgent socialist Jeremy Corbyn. With ballot papers going out to Labour members this
by Raheem Kassam10 Aug 2015, 9:18 AM PST0

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL=$115) stock has plunged about $114 billion in market value since the company reported very good quarterly sales and earnings two weeks ago.
by Chriss W. Street6 Aug 2015, 8:18 AM PST0

On Monday, the Congressional Black Caucus sent members to Silicon Valley to bully high-tech companies into hiring more blacks as part of their Tech 2020 Initiative.
by William Bigelow5 Aug 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

On July 30, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV) launched a campaign to pressure Apple into removing the popular pistol-shaped emoji from the iPhone platform.
by AWR Hawkins31 Jul 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

The life of Steve Jobs has proven to be a considerable draw for movie studios in recent years; Ashton Kutcher take on the role of the Apple founder in 2013’s Jobs, while Michael Fassbender is set to play Jobs in this year’s Aaron Sorkin-penned Steve Jobs.
by Daniel Nussbaum28 Jul 2015, 12:29 PM PST0

In its last quarter that will be impacted by innovation on Steve Jobs’ watch, Apple booked strong quarterly revenue and earnings yesterday. But the company had to admit that existing Apple customers were slow to upgrade to new iPhone releases and Apple as a status symbol in China may be coming to an end. The stock plunged by -10 percent, or about $80 billion, before recovering somewhat today. But as Breitbart News warned last month, ‘Apple Products: Without Steve Jobs, the Thrill is Gone.’
by Chriss W. Street23 Jul 2015, 6:13 AM PST0

It’s been a good year for Yosemite National Parks. After the world’s richest tech company decided to name its premier operating system “OS X Yosemite”, it sent a wave of free advertising for the historic mountain range.
by Ferenstein Wire8 Jul 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

Apple has pulled all games from its App Store which contain the Confederate flag. When explaining to developers why their content was banned, Apple stated it was “because it includes images of the confederate flag used in offensive and mean-spirited ways.”
by Robert Shimshock25 Jun 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

Days after Taylor Swift threatened to pull her album from Apple’s new music streaming service, when the company stated it would not compensate artists during a three-month trial period, a UK-based photographer has called the pop star a hypocrite for
by Kelli Serio24 Jun 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

After top tech talent from Silicon Valley helped rescue President Obama’s disastrous healthcare website launch, he decided that there was much more the brightest in Silicon Valley could do for the federal government. According to an interview with Fast Company, the President has been personally recruiting top talent from the likes of Google and Facebook to build next-generation government services.
by Ferenstein Wire17 Jun 2015, 5:34 AM PST0

If you want an idea of how the phone in your pocket and watch on your wrist is trying to change you, today’s Apple announcement is a great place to start.
by Ferenstein Wire9 Jun 2015, 8:48 PM PST0

A raging debate is questioning Apple’s ability to succeed in the upcoming streaming music service that will be launched at their developer conference on Monday in San Francisco.
by Chriss W. Street6 Jun 2015, 4:43 PM PST0

In March, the Jay Z-helmed music streaming service Tidal launched alongside some of the industry’s wealthiest stars at an event that quickly turned off scores of potential subscribers.
by Kipp Jones18 May 2015, 9:22 AM PST0

Apple’s earnings vaulted by 27.5% for the first three months of 2015 compared to the same period last year, on the phenomenal Chinese sales driving profit margins for the iPhone 6. The virtuous smartphone tailwind and buzz about the Apple Watch spiked store traffic that also goosed Mac sales. With an operating margin of over 30 percent and $194 billion in the bank, Apple deserves to be the world’s most valuable company.
by Chriss W. Street28 Apr 2015, 11:54 AM PST0

Wimbledon decided to ban selfie sticks from the prestigious tournament at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). They join numerous museums and other tourist attractions to ban the stick.
by Mary Chastain27 Apr 2015, 12:07 PM PST0

Over the past 3 years, there have been extraordinary advances in wearables for fitness: precise heart rate monitoring, form tracking, and energy output. The Apple Watch has none of these features.
by Ferenstein Wire26 Apr 2015, 7:24 PM PST0

Just below Rawalpindi, Pakistan near the Soan River on Google maps, Friday Team Android discovered an image of the iconic Android “bot” urinating on an image of the iconic Apple logo.
by Robert Wilde24 Apr 2015, 10:20 AM PST0

Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education announced Monday that it is exploring possible litigation against technology giant Apple and software developer Pearson for their role in the failed iPad launch designed to put a computer on the desk of 650,000 students in the district.
by Robert Wilde17 Apr 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

The elitism of Apple–the head of which, Tim Cook, has already ripped into the supposed rednecks of Indiana for their desire to protect religious freedom–extends to its employment practices.
by William Bigelow7 Apr 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

As America continues the debate over laws securing religious freedom, several of the nation’s CEO’s are taking sides. Apple’s Tim Cook, for instance, excoriated Indiana over its law. But former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is disgusted at how business leaders like Cook are acting.
by Warner Todd Huston3 Apr 2015, 8:22 PM PST0

A flurry of biographical films were announce shortly after Steve Jobs’ death in 2011, with the first to reach theaters starring Ashton Kutcher as the Apple visionary. Alex Gibney, creator of the upcoming Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine, told Variety that he thought Kutcher looked good in the part, but his movie was “silly,” and its flattering take on Jobs “wasn’t interesting to me.”
by John Hayward23 Mar 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

A San Francisco-based performance artist says anyone who purchases a gold Apple smart watch is “rich and evil,” and has now devised a plan for evil-doers to make amends to her.
by Kelli Serio21 Mar 2015, 3:36 PM PST0

At the TED conference in Vancouver this year, one of the main designers of the iPod and co-founder of Nest Labs, Tony Fadell, gave a few simple tips about creating awesome products. While most of us won’t be working on the next worldwide gadget phenomenon, his tips, especially those from the late, great Steve Jobs, seemed delightfully practical for all sorts of projects.
by Ferenstein Wire19 Mar 2015, 7:30 PM PST0

The most important detail in this Wall Street Journal story is that Apple has been attempting to put together a slimmed down streaming bundle for years. The proposal went nowhere because it was “considered radical and failed to bear fruit.”
by John Nolte17 Mar 2015, 6:40 AM PST0