Apple To Add 3600 Jobs At New $304 Million Campus In Austin


An anonymous reader links to a short note at Tech Newest, according to which “Apple Inc. plans to create a $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, which will add 3,600 jobs over the next decade, more than doubling its labourforce in the city. The Cupertino, California, customer device huge already employs thousands in Austin, whose tasks include handling customer issues and support.”


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Microsoft cuts touchscreen lag to 1ms, makes other panels look silly (video)

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Have you ever noticed that there is a serious amount of lag between when you move your finger on a touchscreen and when it actually registers that input? Perhaps you haven’t, but most panels and controllers out there suffer from about a 100ms delay. For taps and slow swipes that’s not an issue but, as you wing your finger around the screen faster and faster (say, while quickly doodling in a painting app), the lag becomes quite apparent. The powerful minds over at Microsoft Research have figured out a way to get that delay down to a measly 1ms. Of course, there’s no guarantee this tech will ever make it into a product, and the video after the break shows little more than a glowing box following a finger. Still, it’s always enjoyable to see where we are now versus where we could be.

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Tether Webapp Shares Your iPhone’s Data Connection with Your Mac or Windows PC, No Jailbreaking Required [Video]

You’ve been able to tether your iPhone’s data connection to another computer for awhile now, but it would cost you $20 per month for the convenience or you’d need to be jailbroken to get the service to work. Tether.com just figured out a way to circumvent the problem using HTML5, so you can use their new web app to tether your iPhone wirelessly without any fancy hacking necessary. More »


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Apple building $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, Rick Perry approves this message

Apple building $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, Rick Perry approves this message
Looks like SXSW isn’t the only thing happening in Austin. The Apple machine is rolling in, but this time it’s not the Cupertino outfit filling us in on the deets. Outspoken Texas Governor Rick Perry says that one of Apple’s next creations will be a $304 million campus in his state’s capital, which will include a $21 million investment over a decade from the Texas Enterprise Fund. Apple’s not exactly a newcomer to the south, though, since it currently holds a customer support base in the area and, if all goes according to plan, the new addition could create up to 3600 more jobs. After all, bigger is better in Texas, right?

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The 4G LTE iPad May or May Not Cost $310 to Build [Ipad]

At an estimated $310, the new iPad is likely Apple’s most expensive iPad to date from a manufacturing standpoint. But because their retail pricing stays fixed, it means that that rise in cost will cut into their profit margins. But don’t feel too bad for Apple, since they’re still netting somewhere around 50% of the profits. More »


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