Apple has launched a newStudent Jobs websitethat offers internships and retail positions to current students and serves as a place to recruit recent graduates. A student jobs website has existed before but this is a significant revamp. The website features several sections dedicated to enticing students and graduates with various job opportunities at Apple. The options for students include Internships, Apple Retail Store positions and a position as an Apple Campus Representative....

Last night, Apple became the first US company to breach the mark ofa $3 trillion market cap.The party lasted only a brief while, as the firm’s stock brought the valuation down to $2.99 trillion within a few hours. Over the years, the iPhone has been the major force behind the Cupertino-based tech giant’s bottom line. More recently, its services business has also become an important contributor. Last quarter, services generated $18....

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has said it will look into complaints made by Apple that Samsung had copied the designs and packaging of its iPhone and iPad devices, to determine if the Korean vendor had infringed on patents protecting its smartphone and tablet products. The USITC voted to begin an investigation of “certain digital media devices and components thereof”, including mobile phones and tablets, in addition to “components such as software, touchpads and hardware interfaces”....

Facebookis a behemoth of a social network. The mother of all social networks. The largest social network on the planet with over600 million members. While most still believe there’s another social network waiting to take over, one we’ve probablynever heard of, my gut feeling is – in the era ofonesocial network forall– Facebook has won. What Apple is banking on however isthatera will soon end and be replaced with a plethora ofniche social networks, each giving its users a space to share and communicate with like-mindedpassionates....

Apple’s plan toscan customers’ phones and other devicesfor images depicting child sexual abuse generated abacklashover privacy concerns, which led the company toannounce a delay. Apple, Facebook, Google and other companies have long scanned customers’ images that are stored on the companies’ servers for this material. Scanning data on users’ devices is asignificant change. However well-intentioned, and whether or not Apple is willing and able to follow through on its promises to protect customers’ privacy, the company’s plan highlights the fact that people who buy iPhones are not masters of their own devices....