Year: 2010

Apple launches online store in China

Apple has introduced the Apple Store in China (apple.com.cn), which features free shipping, free personalized engraving on any iPod or iPad, and the ability to custom configure any Mac with just a few clicks.

“We are thrilled to open our newest online store in China,” says Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook. “With personalized engraving, configure-to-order options and free shipping on everything, the Apple Store is a great destination for our customers in China.”

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Apple drops in Greenpeace rankings

In the latest Greenpeace Greener Electronics rankings (http://www.greenpeace.org), Apple takes a big drop (from fifth to ninth place) “not because it has lost any points but because several other companies have overtaken it.”Here’s what Greenpeace has to say about Apple:

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Apple eyeing ways to rank relevance of information objects by computer users

An Apple patent (number 7,823,214) for a system for ranking the relevance of information objects accessed by computer users has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s directed to information access in multiuser computer systems, and more particularly to a system for ranking the relevance of information that is accessed via a computer.

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