Apple’s Hiring a Volume Recruiter, based in Delhi
Apple India is hiring a “Volume Recruiter” for its offices in New Delhi.
This role will be responsible for recruiting high volume positions across Apple’s Field Sales organisation across India.
There’s also an interesting open position for a QA Engineer for iOS based in Mumbai.
Amazon eyeing majority stake in logistic firm Blue Dart
Ashwin Mohan:
US giant Amazon is learnt to be in preliminary talks to acquire a majority stake in leading courier and integrated express package distribution company Blue Dart, sources privy to ongoing discussions told ET NOW.
Twitter Buys Messaging Startup ZipDial, Expands in India
We’re very pleased to announce we’ve reached an agreement to acquire ZipDial (@zipdial), a product partner based in Bangalore, India, to make Twitter even more accessible to people around the world.
This acquisition significantly increases our investment in India, one of the countries where we’re seeing great growth, and also brings us a new engineering office in Bangalore.
Interesting & obvious move by Twitter.
Bharti Airtel calls off Rs 700-crore deal to acquire Loop Mobile
Airtel’s proposed deal with Mumbai-based Loop had been awaiting clearance for over eight months. The scrapping of the pact will affect some 120,000 subscribers of Loop as the operator’s licence is set to expire this month.
New 2014 Mac Mini Has Soldered RAM, Not User Replaceable
Juli Clover writing on Mac Rumors:
Many have speculated that the Mac mini also includes soldered RAM, which has now been confirmed by Macminicolo’s Brian Stucki. According to Stucki, the RAM in the Mac mini is “not user accessible,” which means those who purchase Mac minis are limited to 16GB of RAM that must be upgraded when purchasing the machine from Apple.
All three Mac mini models can be upgraded to a maximum of 16GB of RAM, with the upgrade priced at $300 for the base model and $200 for the mid and high-end models.
The Mac mini was not only an excellent choice as an entry-level desktop Mac, but it also worked as a great upgrade-later machine. I’ve recommended the Mac mini to many of my friends who bought it as their first Mac and went on to upgrade the RAM & HDD after purchase.
Now, not only can you not do any upgrades after purchase, but you can’t even order configurable options in India, so you’re stuck with the three standard models as your choices.
How App Store’s ‘Complete My Bundle’ Pricing Works
Panic’s Cabel Sasser clears the mystery around the pricing of the ‘Complete My Bundle’ option on the App Store.
Complete My Bundle takes whatever money you’ve paid for the individual apps and applies that towards the bundle’s fixed price. So, if you buy an app on sale, or use a promo code, your Complete My Bundle price can be different than someone else’s, and in some situations it might be cheaper to buy the remaining app(s) individually.
IDG: Macworld/iWorld is Going on a Hiatus
Since 1985, Macworld events have brought together a community to celebrate the incredible innovations that Apple has brought into the world, shining a spotlight on the developers who add value to the user’s experience in infinite ways. As Apple products and the related ecosystem have changed, so has the marketplace, and we are proud to have played a part in that evolution. Literally thousands of companies and hundreds of products have come to market at Macworld, and countless professional relationships have been forged. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Apple community for allowing us to host these events and be a part of the incredible story that is the Apple market.
iPhone 6 Pre-Orders in China Top 20 Million
[…] China’s three biggest carriers including China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have processed over 10 million of those pre-orders, while JD.com states that it has received 9.5 million pre-orders for both devices. JD.com specifies that 4.7 million pre-orders are for the iPhone 6, while 4.8 million pre-orders are for the iPhone 6 Plus. The figures also do not include pre-orders accepted by Apple or its over 6,000 resellers in the country.
Doomed.