The widely-discussed deal between Apple and Austin isn’t signed yet and remains at risk, the city’s senior vice president for economic development Dave Porter reports. Apple’s plans to build a new Austin-based facility were revealed back in March. However, the agreement hadn’t been finalized at that time, as the parties were still working out the details of the contract. Porter added that the company is now “frustrated” with how the events in Austin have changed their course.
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iPad versus Windows 8 hybrid could be one of the biggest choices consumers will have to make this year. Apple’s chief Tim Cook may have just challenged the Windows team about nothing short of the future of portable computing.
During the second-quarter conference call, Cook discarded the idea of a combo MacBook-iPad device, comparing it to a convergence of a toaster and a refrigerator. However, Intel is seriously preparing to implement the Windows 8 notebook-tablet concept. To prove such device could actually appeal to the end user, the company has even created a demo unit.
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Realmac Software has bumped its popular to-do list app for the iPhone caller Clear to version 1.1, bringing in a couple of user-requested features like a “shake to undo” option or an improved user interface for alerts. The application now also supports new themes, some of which are either hidden or have to be “unlocked” through usage. While the character-count limit has been axed, users can now take advantage of the previously hidden option to display the iOS status bar.
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According to Associated Press, Apple has signed a contract with local governments to complete its plans for a new Prineville datacenter. Having agreed for a $250 million investment in facilities on its 160-acre piece of ground, the company will also pay a yearly “project fee” to the tune of $150,000 million instead of property taxes during the next fifteen years. In addition, Apple promised to add a minimum of 35 jobs at the center with a 50% pay rise as compared to an average wage in the county.
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Microsoft opens its stores just next to Apple’s ones, for example, at the Westfield Century City mall, situated in Los Angeles. They should have the reasons to do that, because an ability to compare could lead to the decrease of profits for Microsoft, which are not as huge as Apple now. However, the technology analytic, Mr. Crothers, was not distressed by his experience of visiting one store after another. He considers the opportunity to explore the products to be a necessary thing for users. Apple stores are thought to be of good quality in a contrary to Microsoft. There are the chances that Microsoft products are not as bad as, for example, Best Buys, which has closed fifty stores recently. Though, it is difficult to break through the wall of prejudices.
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