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Cupertino fires back after Microsoft’s ‘Apple tax’ ads

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Cupertino fires back after Microsoft’s ‘Apple tax’ ads

April 16, 2009: Apple hits back at Microsoft following an advertisement that criticizes Cupertino for failing to sell decent laptops for less than $1,000. “A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want,” Mac PR director Bill Evans tells Bloomberg. “The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is … Read more

Google fires engineer who protested at a company-sponsored Israeli tech conference

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Google fires engineer who protested at a company-sponsored Israeli tech conference

Google has fired a Cloud engineer who interrupted Barak Regev, the managing director of its business in Israel, during a speech at an Israeli tech event in New York, according to CNBC. “I’m a Google software engineer and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!” the engineer was seen and heard shouting … Read more