Executive salaries are among the tastier tidbits in Apple’s annual proxy statement, and this year’s filing revealed CEO Tim Cook to have received $10.3M in cash and stock for 2015, while SVP of retail Angela Ahrendts was paid $25.8 million.
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CES wouldn’t be the Consumer Electronics Show without a little Copycat, Emulate & Steal. This year’s event showed off some of the tech industry’s best ideas on how to make products that look as much as possible like Apple’s as they attempt to transition from selling cheap commodity products to premium hardware that struggles to look designed in Cupertino.
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Apple, in its 2016 proxy statement issued to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, decided to let shareholders vote on a contentious proposal that would force the company to add “people of color” to high-ranking management and its board of directors. The letter recommends a vote against, however, saying installed policies not only address diversity concerns, but are much broader in scope.
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A new class action lawsuit is accusing Fitbit of misleading shoppers about the heart rate sensors in two of its flagship fitness trackers, the Charge HR and the Surge.
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Oculus on Wednesday disclosed the long-awaited preorder details of its Oculus Rift VR headset, which will cost $599, and first begin shipping on March 28.
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Gaming hardware maker Razer has unveiled something that Mac users have sought after for years — a Thunderbolt-connected external module that lets gamers take advantage of desktop-class graphics hardware at home while keeping their laptop thin and light on the go.
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Apple on Wednesday issued a second pre-release beta of OS X 10.11.3, a forthcoming maintenance and security update for the El Capitan Mac operating system.
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Misfit on Wednesday revealed another new fitness tracker, the Specter, in this case knocking two birds with one stone by merging the technology with a set of in-ear headphones. Withings meanwhile announced the Go, a tracker with up to eight months of battery life.
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Pioneer on Wednesday laid plans for a new series of NEX dash systems, expanding the number of aftermarket upgrade options enabling Apple’s CarPlay.
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A series of images making their way around the Chinese internet on Wednesday purport to show a backlight assembly intended for Apple’s next-generation iPhone, with a tweaked layout that suggests an updated design for the device’s 3D Touch sensors.
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