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Apple Reportedly Opening New R&D Center in Cambridge, England
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So that's why he bought a $17M house in San Francisco (that is currently being renovated)?
renovated to look like london.
then he realized it's all fake and wants to move.
When you have that kind of money you can afford to have a second home like that. Saves on hotel bills when visiting HQ.
I live in Cambridge, so just to give you an idea of how close this is to Microsoft's HQ: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/9...2e20fc9462442a9!2m2!1d0.134991!2d52.19488!3e2
Microsoft would likely be able to see Apple's office from their top floor. Not sure who is copying who anymore though.
Microsoft would likely be able to see Apple's office from their top floor. Not sure who is copying who anymore though.
My guess is this will be some R&D facility similar to what they have in Israel and Florida.
So that's why he bought a $17M house in San Francisco (that is currently being renovated)?
I wonder if what the builders have finished their work they will glue the doors to their work shut and use screws only they can undo.
So when Jonny has a problem in his new house he has to call out their own repair team to service it
The Cambridge area is very, very active in health and medical devices. E.g. many of Philip's healthcare products are developed there and many other smaller medical companies have R&D and production centers dotted around the area. I wouldn't be surprised if health would be the reason for Apple to base themselves there.
Likely the opposite. Companies are shifting R&D centers to the UK to take advantage of your patent box regime which is not too dissimilar to Ireland's (i.e. already enacted measures by the uk government to allow them to "dodge" taxes, or at least pay at a lower rate).
Can you imagine their research center?
A large iPhone .. Next to a slightly larger iPhone next to an even larger iPhone
Ooh their loads
A large iPad next to a slightly larger iPad next to an even larger iPad!!
All with downward facing speakers
A large iPhone .. Next to a slightly larger iPhone next to an even larger iPhone
Ooh their loads
A large iPad next to a slightly larger iPad next to an even larger iPad!!
All with downward facing speakers
So Apple is trying to exploit the cheap R&D workforce in the UK, it seems.
I scanned some job offers in the UK in recent months, as my wife is always talking about moving to the UK. I was shocked when I saw the low salaries, especially considering the cost of living in the UK. Perhaps that's what is drawing Apple there.
I scanned some job offers in the UK in recent months, as my wife is always talking about moving to the UK. I was shocked when I saw the low salaries, especially considering the cost of living in the UK. Perhaps that's what is drawing Apple there.
Maybe Johnny is going to turn it into the first sapphire glass house so he can throw rocks with impunity.
Not that he's ever struck me as petty, but the play on the saying was fun.
Not that he's ever struck me as petty, but the play on the saying was fun.
Are you serious? It's flipping gorgeous!
Such a waste - it must be quite a commute from there to Apple HQ, and I bet he works crazy hours too; he'll hardly ever be in the damn thing!
So are all the other big companies with offices in that area exploiting the workforce too?
Actually, my first thought was that Nvidia's wireless modem development is located there.
In that Vanity Fair interview he said the commute to Cupertino right now was around 2 hours. The house is probably for his wife.
The "intelligence" of some of the posts in this thread is truly astounding. Apple spreading it's R&D around more internationally and people want to talk about Ive's home -- one that probably none of the mocking posters could ever hope to afford because they'll never be worth Ive's pay.
Ive isn't the subject of this thread. Stop hijacking it.
Apple is increasingly becoming dependent on non-U.S. revenue. It makes sense that it spreads out its knowledge base close to where sales will be made. And as another poster already mentioned, Apple has a lot of $ tied up overseas so if it needs to expand R&D that's a good segment to put that cash to use.
Ive isn't the subject of this thread. Stop hijacking it.
Apple is increasingly becoming dependent on non-U.S. revenue. It makes sense that it spreads out its knowledge base close to where sales will be made. And as another poster already mentioned, Apple has a lot of $ tied up overseas so if it needs to expand R&D that's a good segment to put that cash to use.