Remains of the Day: Sunny side up

27.10.2011
Apple plans to bring clean energy to a power-hungry facility, Sprint searches for an influx of cash, and a Steve Jobs special makes its way to the airwaves. The remainders for Wednesday, October 26, 2011 are supported by readers like you.

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Apple's apparently building a enormous solar farm to help power its equally enormous , which serves as the hub for the company's new iCloud online service. Wait, so the cloud is sun-powered? This goes against everything I ignored in fourth-grade science class!

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The iPhone may be a revenue generator for Apple, but for Sprint it's incurring huge costs. The carrier says it's seeking $7 billion in additional funding because of the money it's spending on bringing the iPhone to market. According to Reuters, Sprint is paying Apple a subsidy than it does on other phones. Maybe this was Apple's plan all along--a Trojan phone, destroying the carriers from the inside!

(PBS)