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May 23, 2013 - 04:00 PM EDT — AAPL: 442.14 (0.00, +0%) | NASDAQ: 3498.965 (+33.722, +0.97%)

Tag: government

  1. New York Times columnist Joe Nocera calls Apple CEO Tim Cook a liar

    Thursday, May 23, 2013 · 9:24 am · 35 Comments

    What will be remembered about Nocera’s latest Apple column…

  2. If Apple paid more tax, we might pay less or something

    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 · 6:04 pm · 52 Comments

    Opinion seems to be divided as to whether Apple’s tax avoidance schemes…

  3. iOS 6 obtains FIPS 140-2 certification, opening door to more government use

    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 · 5:00 pm · 9 Comments

    Close on the heels of last week’s announcement that US Department of Defense approval…

  4. Precise Biometrics jumps after Apple approves Tactivo mobile smart card and fingerprint reader

    Friday, May 3, 2013 · 9:27 am · 13 Comments

    Precise Biometrics AB, a Swedish fingerprint log-in technology provider…

  5. Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up U.S. feds’ surveillance

    Thursday, April 4, 2013 · 10:31 am · 36 Comments

    Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents…

  6. iPod earphones next on NYC mayor Bloomberg’s health hit list

    Sunday, March 10, 2013 · 8:02 pm · 59 Comments

    After launching campaigns against the Big Gulp, ‘big’ salt and ‘big’ junk food, Mayor Michael Bloomberg…

  7. Patent infringement war with Apple spurs Samsung’s U.S. lobbying push

    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 · 5:01 pm · 16 Comments

    Samsung Electronics Co. has doubled mobile-phone sales in the U.S. since 2008…

  8. Apple, Google, app developers gird for FTC fines, growth-stifling government regulation

    Tuesday, February 26, 2013 · 9:00 am · 23 Comments

    Apple and legions of software developers are girding for fines and rules that threaten to stifle growth…

  9. Apple, Walmart, and the U.S. federal payroll tax hike

    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 · 11:02 am · 38 Comments

    Together, Apple and Walmart represent the intense separation of American life…

  10. Atlantic City fire chiefs sworn in with Apple iPad Bible app (with video)

    Monday, February 11, 2013 · 9:00 am · 12 Comments

    Atlantic City promoted several firefighters via Apple iPad…

  11. Australia’s parliament to question Apple, others on pricing

    Monday, February 11, 2013 · 8:41 am · 25 Comments

    Apple Inc has been ordered to appear before Australia’s parliament…

  12. CACI neuters Apple iPads for U.S. government in mobile push

    Friday, February 8, 2013 · 5:02 pm · 46 Comments

    It’s a neutered iPad…

  13. U.S.FTC issues wide-ranging, non-binding guidelines for mobile app developers

    Monday, February 4, 2013 · 8:44 am · 6 Comments

    The U.S. FTC says that there are general guidelines that all mobile app developers should consider…

  14. Google’s Eric Schmidt spurns Obama cabinet post offer

    Tuesday, December 11, 2012 · 12:01 am · 43 Comments

    Schmidt, 57, was offered the job of Treasury or Commerce Secretary or a new “Secretary of Business” slot…

  15. Texas legislature dumps laptops for Apple iPads, saves taxpayers’ money

    Monday, November 26, 2012 · 6:01 pm · 29 Comments

    The Texas Legislature is getting Apple iPads…

  16. State Department cancels $16.5 million Amazon Kindle Touch contract

    Friday, August 17, 2012 · 1:04 pm · 22 Comments

    The U.S Department of State has withdrawn plans to place a $16.5 million order…

  17. Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon join U.S. Internet lobbying group

    Thursday, July 26, 2012 · 1:03 pm · 7 Comments

    Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to create a powerful lobbying group…

  18. U.S. Federal government rethinking buying Apple computers over EPEAT withdrawal

    Thursday, July 12, 2012 · 4:31 pm · 25 Comments

    The feds are thinking twice about buying Apple computers…

  19. City of Vancouver goes paperless with Apple iPads, dumping beleaguered RIM’s BlackBerrys in the process

    Friday, March 2, 2012 · 12:21 pm · 19 Comments

    Technology use continues to modernize Vancouver City services…

  20. Amazingly, India’s $35 Android tablet faces quality complaints

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012 · 4:35 pm · 22 Comments

    A ‘$35′ computer launched last year in India as the world’s cheapest tablet…

  21. Steve Jobs served in George H.W. Bush administration

    Friday, February 10, 2012 · 9:17 am · 46 Comments

    FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs…

  22. Argentina blocks sales of Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry to bolster home economy

    Tuesday, December 27, 2011 · 2:31 pm · 21 Comments

    The Argentinians won’t be able to buy iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones…

  23. Arizona city councils begin to use Apple iPads

    Saturday, November 26, 2011 · 5:45 pm · 7 Comments

    City councils in the southwest Valley are moving to electronic tablets such as iPads to save on costs…

  24. Does Apple really pay its fair share of U.S. taxes?

    Tuesday, November 22, 2011 · 11:09 am · 43 Comments

    Apple has been able to book a large share of its foreign profits in low-tax jurisdictions…

  25. Microsoft, Intel sales diminished as governments make spending cuts

    Monday, November 21, 2011 · 2:17 pm · 7 Comments

    Seattle’s chief technology officer, Bill Schrier, is bracing for a 6 percent budget cut…