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As Companies Have Employees Return to Office, Is This the End of Remote Work?

April 6, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

Google hybrid workspace for return to office — *An experimental hybrid workspace and meeting in progress at Google*

What Will the Impact of This Trend Be on Custom Integration?

With COVID now seemingly in decline, on Monday Google employees (Googlers?) began the process of returning to work at the company’s various headquarter and other office locations around the country. The company is requiring they work at least three days a week in the office, continuing to work remotely for the other two.

Google is hardly alone in pulling employees back to the office, Apple employees return next week and most major companies have announced dates for office life to begin again. Will this kill remote work and have an impact on the custom integration business?

Sputtering Supply Chain Hit Again – Surge of COVID in Vietnam Closes Factories

July 15, 2021 by Ted 1 Comment

COVID surge in Vietnam is causing global supply chain issues

Brands Like Apple, Samsung, Nike & Adidas Have Been Forced to Close

In a new hit to the supply chain, top brands report that they have been forced to close down factories in Vietnam as the country struggles with a COVID resurgence of surprising resiliency. Notable brand names like Samsung, Nike, Adidas, Apple, Coca-Cola have all at one time or another over the last 90-days been forced to close some or all of their factories as employees came down with the illness.

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Sonos Stock Slammed on News Apple Stores Drop the Line

October 7, 2020 by Ted 2 Comments

Lost 7% of Value in After-Hours Trading

Bloomberg News reported late on Monday that Apple is dropping Sonos [NASDAQ: SONO] and other non-Apple branded products from their stores. The news of Sonos losing such a major customer caused their stock to derail in after hours trading, down almost 7% in value at one point. On Tuesday, Sonos stock price closed down 3.2% as Wall Street digested the news.

See why Apple stores are dropping Sonos…

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Appeals Court Rules Against Monster & Noel Lee; They Must Pay Beats $14+Mil

August 27, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

This long and complex series of intertwined legal actions between Monster LLC (and all other Monster related parties) and Beats Electronics LLC (and all other Beats related entities) seemed to be winding down. Back in 2016, I reported on the lower court ruling in favor of Beats who had filed several motions for summary judgment. It seemed as though this was the end, but in 2018, more actions ensued.

Now, 5 years in, have we reached the end?…

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Small Headphone Specialist Koss Corp. Attempts to Slay Giants Apple, Bose & Others in Court

August 13, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Milwaukee, WI based Koss Corporation (NASDAQ:KOSS) last month launched a significant litigation effort against several major industry brands in an effort to assert and protect its IP portfolio rights. On July 22, 2020, Koss filed lawsuits against each of Apple, Inc., Bose Corporation, PEAG LLC dba JLAB Audio, Plantronics, Inc., and Skullcandy, Inc. Each of these auspicious brands, Koss says, are infringing on their patents covering wireless headphones and speakers.

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LG Adds Apple AirPlay 2 & HomeKit to Select TVs

July 24, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Says It’s the First Global TV Maker to Support HomeKit

LG adds Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit to Thinq AI TVs

LG Electronics announced today that starting tomorrow Apple AirPlay and HomeKit will be available on its 2019 Thinq AI TV line. The company says this makes them the first global television manufacturer to support HomeKit.

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Foxconn Cuts 50,000 Jobs as iPhone Pain Continues

January 23, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the Apple, Inc. primary supplier better know as Foxconn, has cut more than 50,000 jobs as the pain from the dramatic drop in iPhone sales is taking its toll on the company. Not only that, but the company has fallen short of hiring goals to which it previously committed to the State of Wisconsin – losing major tax credits for this year.

Worse yet, the outlook for the near future, doesn’t look to improve any time soon.

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Apple Supplier Foxconn Hit Hard by iPhone Sales Drop

January 16, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Taiwan’s GDP Declines Due to Apple Cuts

We have followed Foxconn for years now, first picking up on them in 2012 when news had emerged that a significant Apple supplier was having problems with employees committing suicide – eventually forcing the company to install ‘suicide nets’ on their taller factories and offices to help thwart further suicide attempts. Foxconn has continued on to become one of Apple, Inc.’s largest iPhone supplier of parts and assembly.

Foxconn rode the rising iPhone wave, but what about now?…

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Polls: Facebook Faces a Major Trust Crisis

March 29, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Stunning Reversal for Once-Loved FANG Brand

Facebook finds themselves square in the middle of a political and public relations fire storm, as news of the firms connection to Cambridge Analytica and the harvesting of the personal data on at least 50 million Facebook users, including perhaps you and I, have recently received a lot of news coverage. Now word comes via two new polls that the company’s brand has taken a serious hit in the eyes of their users and former fans.

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Apple & Google Brands Drop Big in Latest Survey

March 22, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

A Drop So Surprising that Reuters Deems it Newsworthy

Reuters is reporting that the Apple and Google brands both saw precipitous drops in their brand reputation in the latest version of an annual survey conducted by the respected Harris Poll. At the same time, and perhaps offering a dire warning, Amazon came in at number one (again!) and Tesla saw a big jump in their brand reputation.

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As Companies Have Employees Return to Office, Is This the End of Remote Work?

What Will the Impact of This Trend Be on Custom Integration?

Read more on this new return to work period

Sputtering Supply Chain Hit Again – Surge of COVID in Vietnam Closes Factories

Brands Like Apple, Samsung, Nike & Adidas Have Been Forced to Close

See more on this new supply chain disruption…