Neowin News Feed for: Jobs

Shocker: Microsoft predominantly hiring software engineers

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:15:06 +0100

A study conducted by Griffin Securities has found that most of Microsoft job postings are looking for software engineers, which should come as no surprise, while just 199 are for hardware engineers Read more...

Funny or Die to release Steve Jobs parody movie next month

Ben Buffone — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:17:11 +0000

Comedy website Funny or Die is releasing a parody movie called "iSteve" next month, written and shot in just eight days and starring actor Justin Long of the "I'm a Mac" commercials as the title role. Read more...

'Jobs' biopic delayed; no new release date

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:19:57 +0000

Jobs, the independent biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher, won't be released in theaters on April 19th as planned. No new release date was announced. Read more...

Intel hiring Windows Phone engineers

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:53:11 +0000

Intel is currently hiring engineers with Windows Phone experience, possibly for the development of some sort of future Windows Phone device powered by one of Intel's x86 processors Read more...

'jOBS' movie, and Ashton Kutcher, get mixed reviews

John Callaham — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:30:54 +0000

The first reviews of the Steve Jobs biopic jOBS are in and the reactions are decidedly mixed, with Ashton Kutcher's performance as Apple's late CEO praised by some and not by others. Read more...

First clip from Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs movie is in a parking deck

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:34:20 +0000

The first public clip of footage from jOBS has Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs and Josh Gad's Steve Wozniak debating on the future of PCs in a HP parking deck in the 1970s. Read more...

New images from jOBS movie show its version of Woz

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:50:44 +0000

Two new images from the upcoming jOBS biopic have the first look at actor Josh Gad playing Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak alongside Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs. Read more...

Nokia slashes another 1000 jobs in Finland

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:20:44 +0000

Preliminary financial reports indicate Nokia has started to slowly recover but the Finnish company will be slashing another 1000 jobs, mostly in Finland, in an effort to get back to profitability. Read more...

Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs biopic premieres at Sundance 2013

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:00:28 +0000

jOBS, the upcoming independent biopic on Apple founder Steve Jobs, and starring Ashton Kutcher, will make its public premiere as the closing film for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Read more...

Facebook brings social job discovery to the USA

Paul Ferson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:34:08 +0000

Employment isn't always easy to find, but Facebook is trying to change that. The giant social network has partnered with numerous entities to bring the hunt to the News Feed. Read more...

Apple seeking new developers to improve the accepted failure that is iOS Maps

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:06:41 +0100

Apple are working hard to rectify the mapping horror show that they created when iOS Maps debuted; part of this involves dipping into the job market, seeking developers to work improve the service. Read more...

Google plans to downsize Motorola workforce by twenty percent

Paul Ferson — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:39:48 +0100

Google announced plans to downsize Motorola Mobility's workforce on Sunday, with the intention of cutting down the workforce by 4,000 employees. Read more...

Microsoft job offer hints at Office for iOS (again)

Steven Parker — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:51:04 +0100

The rumor mill is back in full swing as it is discovered that Microsoft is actively seeking a software engineer to work with the Outlook team to test "Microsoft's next move on the Mac and on iOS". Read more...

HP reported to be cutting up to 25,000 jobs

John Callaham — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:20:05 +0100

HP is rumored to be considering a move that could cause as many as 25,000 of its employees to be laid off, or about eight percent of its total workforce, including some early retirement packages. Read more...

Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in upcoming movie

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:30:31 +0100

Ashton Kutcher has been signed to play the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in a new independent movie chronicling Jobs' life. It's scheduled to begin shooting this May. Read more...

Apple claims to have created over 500,000 US jobs

John Callaham — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:53:13 +0000

Apple has now claimed it has created 514,00 jobs in the United States, including over 200,000 jobs that it claims were created thanks to its iOS app development ecosystem. Read more...

Nokia "consolidates" its business; cuts 3,500 jobs

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:55:37 +0100

Nokia announced today that they will be "improving efficiencies" at the company, which will result in 3,500 job losses from the closure of three locations worldwide Read more...

McDonald's orders 7,000 touchscreen kiosks to replace cashiers

Michael Collado — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:19:31 +0100

McDonald's recently added 64,000 people to its payroll in the United States, but job prospects in Europe for those so inclined to work in the fast food industry are looking pretty grim right about now.... Read more...

Jesse Jackson Jr. blaming iPad for loss of American jobs

Piers Hausjell — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:45:22 +0100

Since its launch in 2010, the Apple iPad series has sold over 15 million units, won a Best Gadget award and received mostly positive reviews from critics around the world, one even saying that it... Read more...

Apple hires engineers to build "the future of cloud services"

Zoe Austin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:28:03 +0100

A new job opportunity, working for Apple in Santa Clara Valley, has become available. According to Apple Insider, the position is for a "Cloud Systems Software Engineer". The job description explains that they require an... Read more...