When it comes to great employers, the employees know best. Glassdoor.com, a jobs and career community where people share workplace insights, has just released the third annual Employees’ Choice Awards, listing the top 50 “Best Places to Work” based on surveys collected from U.S.-based employees in 2010. Apple placed number 20 on the list.
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iPads and iPod touches are increasingly common in classrooms across North America, it seems.
iPads are being provided to students at several Bay Area public and private schools this year, including Hillbrook, which claims to be the only K-8 school in America using tablet computers in class and sending them home, reports the “San Jose Mercury News” (http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16860666?nclick_check=1).
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Apple will sell nine million Verizon iPhones in 2011, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told clients a note, as reported by “Business Insider” (http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-will-sell-9-million-verizon-iphones-next-year-says-gene-munster-but-he-hints-it-could-be-double-that-2010-12).
What’s more, he says that estimate may be conservation. Munster thinks that Apple could sell closer to 20 million iPhones at Verizon next year.
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Hub International has released the HandStand for the iPad. It’s an US$ , ergonomically designed accessory that cradles the the Apple tablet, providing a control platform that positions the device as an extension of the user’s hand, says inventor Jaime Smith.
Read MoreoVoo (http://www.ooVoo.com) has launched ooVoo Mobile, a mobile video chat service on the Android marketplace. It allows up to six users to simultaneously participate on a video call.
ooVoo Mobile users can make calls to friends, family and colleagues on Macs, PCs, tablets and other mobile phones. And it works over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks.
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