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do you like working for your company see if it made fortunes list I'm Jeff Bakalar filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update this week fortune debuted a list of the 100 best companies to work for Google took the number one spot while Microsoft checked in at number 75 so what about the companies like Apple and Facebook well believe it or not those two didn't even make the list wireless tech company Qualcomm took the 11th spot while chip manufacturer Intel showed up at 68 for a full list of the 100 companies head over to our show notes by following the URL at the end of the show details of a high powered version of LG's Optimus G have apparently leaked online a slide sent to engadget teases a new LG phone with a 5-inch 1080p display a 1.7 gigahertz quad-core processor 13 megapixel rear camera and 32 gigs of on-board storage no word yet on which carriers will support the LTE phone a no competition conspiracy has accused major companies like Google Apple and more of being part of a plan to keep salaries artificially low it's led to Apple CEO Tim Cook to take part in a round of questioning by the plaintiffs attorneys according to a report by Reuters the plaintiffs accused the companies in question of trying to prevent other entities from hiring ex-employees which has a US judge contemplating whether or not to award the case class-action status it seems nokia has finally found some use for 3d printers today the company announced it will be releasing 3d templates and specs of cases for the Lumia 820 phone users won't be able to build their own custom case per se but instead use the plans to print out the Nokia approved models so what's the catch well they're going to have to find access to their own 3d printer and finally Apple is as sharp to cut the production of the 9.7 inch iPad screen leading many to wonder whether or not this is the work of the ipad mini and it's skyrocketing popularity Sharp's ipad screen production has fallen to a minimal level says Reuters but whether or not the shift to the mini is hurting Apple is still unclear one thing is for sure though it's certainly helping apple's tablet market dominance that's your tech news update you can get links to all of the stories I mentioned here at our blog cnet com / update from our Studios here in New York I'm Jeff Bakalar