I know this is a very uncertain time for some of you. For those of you who might be considering selling your home, I'm available to explain your options and help you decide what might benefit you the most. Whether you want to sell to purchase and... — read more 

First Mirasol now some company that was recently acquired a few years ago called Pikstroniks. Who's Next?

Sometimes the laundry just isn't as dirty as you wish it to be. She is on the list because her and her husband own and operate a private investigation firm specializing in infidelity investigations, including, ironically, checking to see if someone's... — read more 

I have a kid starting at a private University this year where tuition is 50k+. Any thoughts on how to maintain this if I am laid off? I am the only provider for our family.

https://www.thelayoff.com/mediatek

The JANA partners treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the JANA partners treason Should ever be forgot! Barry and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To split the Chips and Licensing All up alive. Ten billion in bonds, trade at par or below... — read more 

We have tech leads from dev team. At same time we also have bunch of tech "leads" on CE side. Only thing they do is collect status reports and act like a bridge between real dev. tech lead and CE engineer handling cases. During meeting they would... — read more 

... even if the 820 isn't. Come to think of it, has any exec even mentioned the 820 in the past six months?

...and you are an admin on the second floor (the one with auburn hair) I just want to make sure you know that you are super attractive

QCT is one BU, rest of shit like server, compute(whatever that is), IOE(yeah, sure), aautomotive get to be their own BUs. Sounds like they should have renamed these to BS units

Where are we? EUPHORIA? COMPLACENCY? DENIAL? HOPE? PANIC? CAPITULATION?

Apple is buying QC, 100% confirmed. Trust me.

SM message was full of shit, sorry for the fxxxxing anxiety asshole, all management from QC should be gone, this stupid decisions make key players leave at once, please fellows engineers let's leave this company!!!

Xiaomi is going to develop its own in-house processor. Apparently they said unlike initial claim from Q that 820 is a processor and a toaster, results show that it isn't hot enough to burn a toast.

Especially VPs who will hear about their department impact for the first time on this date http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20150915T10&p0=770&msg=QC&font=cursive&csz=1

401ks looking like 301ks

Due to HR's lack of confidentiality, we now know the actual date for the layoffs to happen: Sept. 16. Two weeks from tomorrow. This is consistent with past layoffs in that the company never does them on either Mondays or Fridays (some strange logic... — read more 

I had a minor issue with my bill. So I called just now get it resolved. Local time is 9:30 PST... The customer service representative answers, and it's a nice southern woman from Wichita, Kansas...Friendly, extremely helpful, and speaking English... — read more 

http://i.imgur.com/LtATydD.png

I feel safe now that unarmed kids have my back...

QCA was supposed to write the test software for a crucial part of the 810 chip, and they never did. QTC, which relied on the test software, got blamed for the project being behind schedule, and a lot of people will probably lose their jobs because of... — read more 

Never thought a countdown will be useful for anything other than the soccer world cup, but here you go: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20150915T10&p0=770&msg=QC&font=cursive&csz=1

Trump in his book says: "As an example, foreign students come over to our colleges, learn everything there is to learn about physics, finance, mathematics, and computers, and graduate with honors. ... Wouldn't it be better if we invited foreign... — read more 

I've got a problem. My mother is requiring a lot of my attention - due to her memory loss. It's really difficult for me. There isn't anyone else who can care for her. She has no assets. Typically, I'm the one helping her with money. She lives in her... — read more 

As I understand, you need to be employed so your stocks get vested on 11/20/215. Let's say that I have 10 days or so of unused vacation time. What happens if the last day of my work at office is 11/30 and used my vacation for the rest of November?

Okay, so the highend came down to Apple and Samsung. Then we lost Samsung. In the lowend modem we have competition from Intel, MediaTek and Spreadtrum, in lowend tablet we have competition with Hisilicon and Leadcore in addition to the first list ... — read more 

Not saying we couldn't have seen this coming.....It was a dumb idea for Amazon to do it...But it's dead.... http://9to5google.com/2015/08/27/amazon-fire-phone-dead/page/5/

Do they release the list on September 8?

I'm predicting that Google will buy QCT. It's the best possible way for Google to compete with Apple, quickly! If they don't, Google will fall, quickly!

Don't worry much don't sell your second home.

Not that I have received a notice. But are we asked to come and work till the end of Nov after the notice gets sent?

So there is " new blood" to workforce

That is how I would sum up the mood in my building. We all know some of our coworkers will not be with us in three months or it may be us not with them if we are shown the door. When the announcements comes, even if I am safe, I'll still have some... — read more 

I've an offer for a job similar to the job I do here. What do you think about Apple's future? Would you take an offer there?