Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer
Tor Myhren Joins Apple CUPERTINO, California — December 17, 2015 — Apple® today announced that Jeff Williams has been named chief operating officer and Johny Srouji is joining Apple’s executive team as senior vice president for Hardware Technologies. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, will expand his role to include leadership of the revolutionary App Store® across all Apple platforms. Apple also announced...
ICYMI: Robot tattoo artist and healing coral reefs
A team from Mote Marine Laboratory found that when you break coral down into microfragments it will regrow at 25 to 40 times the normal rate, which may help revitalize reefs in decayed areas. Considering only jellyfish are thriving in this era of global climate change, we’ll take the coral news as a win.And finally some Zurich engineers crafted a bed that can rock people to sleep. As always, please share any interesting tech or...
Starbucks starts selling Lyft gift cards today
The promotion is more than a little symbiotic, with Lyft passengers being offered the opportunity to rack up Starbucks Rewards Stars for choosing Lyft rides. In a first for the brand’s partnership, Lyft passengers who sign up for Lyft and link Starbucks accounts will receive 125 Stars to start with. That’s enough to redeem for a free cup of coffee. Beyond that, anyone who links their Starbucks Rewards and Lyft accounts...
Starbucks starts selling Lyft gift cards today
The promotion is more than a little symbiotic, with Lyft passengers being offered the opportunity to rack up Starbucks Rewards Stars for choosing Lyft rides. In a first for the brand’s partnership, Lyft passengers who sign up for Lyft and link Starbucks accounts will receive 125 Stars to start with. That’s enough to redeem for a free cup of coffee. Beyond that, anyone who links their Starbucks Rewards and Lyft accounts...
Record-Breaking Holiday Season for the App Store
CUPERTINO, California — January 6, 2016 — Apple® today announced that customers around the world made this holiday season the biggest ever for the App Store®, setting new records during the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s. In the two weeks ending January 3, customers spent over $1.1 billion on apps and in-app purchases, setting back-to-back weekly records for traffic and purchases. January 1, 2016 marked the biggest day in App Store...
