In early 2002, Apple hired Dominic Giampaolo, the creator of the Be File System.

Apple also hired several Xerox employees, including Star software developers.

Apple hired many speech recognition researchers in 1990.

LEO: Here's the - somebody said, well, gee, Apple should hire this guy for the iPhone.

To improve the situation, Apple has been hiring on some fresh eyes.

However, Apple also hired an NFC expert as product manager for mobile commerce in August of last year, giving the speculation a bit more substance.

Apple didn't hire any actors.

During this period, Apple had hired a number of other people to be president of the company.

In 2012 Apple hired the Fair Labor Association to conduct an audit of working conditions at Foxconn.

Another source said that Apple recently hired a number of UI and graphics people "who have a background in broadcast design for television."