NewsScreamAll about Apple. News, events, software and games.2013-05-24T14:09:53Zhttp://newsscream.com/feed/atomWordPressCM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42852013-05-24T14:09:53Z2013-05-24T14:09:53ZThe rise of anonymous giving in Silicon Valley was detailed on Friday by The New York Times, with a particular focus on Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple’s former CEO. She also participated in a rare interview for a profile that was published last week, discussing her agendas in education, global conservation, nutrition, and [...]]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42812013-05-24T10:22:55Z2013-05-24T10:22:55ZUltimateEars Boom is yet another wireless Bluetooth speaker, a category that has gone from a mere sprinkling of spores on the petri dish of consumer gadgets to a veritable mushroom field of musical materiel. However, as is now necessary in this crowded corner of consumerism, there’s a twist: This speaker will annoy everyone equally, wherever [...]]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42772013-05-24T08:53:58Z2013-05-24T08:53:58ZThe makers of Whale Trail, a popular iOS game where you fly a whale through a psychedelic skyline, have a new game out in the App Store. It’s called Blup, a new puzzler that aims to be an “addictive conundrum of coloration.” iPhone games like Letterpress have started setting the trend of more flat, squared [...]]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42742013-05-24T07:31:29Z2013-05-24T07:31:29ZBy Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who is set to oversee [...]]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42652013-05-23T12:29:56Z2013-05-23T12:29:56ZBy John O’Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could curb tax avoidance. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of drafting business regulation, said in a speech in Amsterdam [...]]]>0adminhttp://newsscream.com/?p=42562013-05-22T12:05:19Z2013-05-22T11:57:44Z0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42422013-05-22T11:21:30Z2013-05-22T10:59:34ZEuropean leaders are set to discuss tax policies of such leading world companies as Apple, Amazon and Google this Wednesday.]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42312013-05-22T11:25:21Z2013-05-22T07:41:59Z By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) – Apple’s <AAPL.O> ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation revealed Tuesday that Apple, maker of iPhones, iPadsand Mac computers, [...]]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42242013-05-22T11:28:35Z2013-05-21T15:03:41Z By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senatehearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government. “Apple effectively shifts billions of dollars in profits offshore, profits [...]]]>0CM1http://newsscream.com/?p=42212013-05-21T10:16:49Z2013-05-21T10:16:49ZJefferies & Co.’s Peter Misek is our favorite know-nothing analyst, having been proven hysterically, horribly wrong on about every major Apple prediction he’s ever made. He’s probably safe on this prediction, though: even Misek doesn’t think Apple’s going to surprise us with a new iPhone in June. But he’s still kind of an idiot, since it directly contradicts his [...]]]>0