Tag archive: engineering

At the Time Warner building in Manhattan this morning, Samsung announced the winner of its Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” contest, which is giving away more than $1 million in technology prizes to promote science and math. Finalists converged from schools all around the country for the announcement, even students from a remote village in Alaska. R&B star John Legend was on hand to host the event, which was important enough that… Read More

Technology darling Apple looks to be assembling a team of seasons industry veterans to design its own chips, potentially in a move to keep its products differentiated from the rest of the consumer electronics market…and help the famously secretive company keep its product plans under wraps. About a year ago, Apple acquired low-power microchip developer P.A. Semi, and recently engaged in a battle with IBM over hiring Mark Papermaster… Read More

Though seemingly immune to the economic forces that have driven other companies into such a slump lately, Google finally began to feel the hurt on Wednesday when it closed three engineering offices and eliminated many of its least popular apps. According to the Official Google Blog, the company will close its offices in Texas, Norway, and Sweden, but the 70 employees who currently work there will be given the opportunity to keep… Read More