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Apple Launches Its Employee Discount Program: $500 Off Macs, $250 Off iPads

Apple Launches Its Employee Discount Program: $500 Off Macs, $250 Off iPads

Back in January, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a new employee discount program. The new scheme would see Apple employees receive $500 off new Mac computers, and $250 off new iPads. Now, five months after the program was announced, Apple has launched the discount offerings which are available through the company's internal employee portal.

Joe White
And So The Apple-Proview iPad Trademark Dispute Continues

And So The Apple-Proview iPad Trademark Dispute Continues

Since February, a Chinese company called Proview has been at war with Apple regarding the Cupertino, CA company's use of the worldwide "iPad" trademark. Now, we're hearing that a Chinese court has postponed ruling on the case until the two companies have completed court-sponsored mediation, according to Apple Insider.

Joe White
Updated AppGuide: PDF Annotation Apps for iPad

Updated AppGuide: PDF Annotation Apps for iPad

The AppStore has many options for users looking for apps to annotate PDFs, but they all have such similar descriptions that it can be difficult to determine which one has the features you need. This AppGuide will help you sort out the best options for your needs.

Chinese Official: Apple Doesn’t Own iPad Trademark

Chinese Official: Apple Doesn’t Own iPad Trademark

A senior Chinese official with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said today that Proview Technology, not Apple owned the “iPad” trademark. The comment suggests Apple could actually lose the use of the iPad name in the world’s most populous nation.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Apple Sued In US Over iPad Trademark

Apple Sued In US Over iPad Trademark

Proview Electronics Co., a unit of Proview International Holdings, the Chinese company that originally owned the “iPad” trademark in China is now suing the tech giant in the United States. They plan on seeking $2 billion in compensation.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Updated AppGuide: Best iPad Task Management Apps

Updated AppGuide: Best iPad Task Management Apps

For this AppGuide, we’ve investigated apps designed specifically as task or to-do list managers to find the most feature-rich yet straight-forward apps available for the iPad, so that you can get an app you will actually use-- because that’s the whole point of a task manager, after all!

Elizabeth Woodard
Could Apple Be Planning On Launching An iPad Powered By OS X?

Could Apple Be Planning On Launching An iPad Powered By OS X?

Back in 2010, Tristan Schaap - a student who had spent a 12 week internship with Apple - wrote a thesis which detailed his time spent with Apple's Platform Technologies Group. Though the thesis was originally embargoed due to its sensitive subject-matter, it is now available to view: in it, Schaap details Apple's experimentation regarding the company's OS X operating system, and its ARM processors - suggesting that at the time, Apple might have been considering launching an iPad powered by Mac OS X.

Joe White
There Are Six Secret Buttons On The iPad's Split Keyboard

There Are Six Secret Buttons On The iPad's Split Keyboard

I never, ever use the iPad's split virtual keyboard - for some reason (finger size, I suspect) I just can't get away with it, poor old me. However, for those of you who often hold down the hide keyboard icon and "split" the iPad's virtual keyboard into two, smaller pieces, something of a major discovery has been made by David Chartier of Finer Things: the iPad's split keyboard has six secret, invisible virtual buttons.

Joe White