Eddy Cue is one busy guy. Along with taking on extra duties at Apple as the Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, Cue is joining the board of directors of luxury car maker Ferrari. The news was first spotted by 9to5 Mac. In a press release from Ferrari, Cue commented on his appointment: “I am pleased and proud to become a member of the board. I have personally dreamed of owning a Ferrari since I was 8 years old and have been lucky to be an owner for the past 5 years. I continue to be awed by the world-class design and engineering that only Ferrari can do,” said Eddie Cue, commenting on his nomination to the board. And Ferrari’s Chairman Luca di Montezemolo was happy to have Cue join the company’s board: “I am delighted that Eddy Cue, one of the main driving forces behind Apple’s range of revolutionary products, has now joined our board. His huge experience in the dynamic, innovative world of the Internet will be of great assistance to us.” Cue, who helped to create the iTunes Store, the App Store, the iBookstore, and iCloud, has definitely had a busy month. During last week’s executive shakeup at Apple, he was placed in charge of two troubled properties – Siri and the company’s own Maps app. Source: 9to5Mac

Even though T-Mobile is the last major U.S. carrier without the iPhone, it’s still trying to improve its network to lure in users with unlocked Apple handsets.

The company announced, on its blog, that it’s bringing enhanced coverage and faster speeds for unlocked iPhone users in three metro areas. The enhancements are part of T-Mobile’s $4 billion network improvement plan.

• Washington D.C.: Alexandria, Va.; Arlington, Va.; Chevy Chase, Md.; Falls Church, Va.; Laurel, Md.; McLean, Va.; and Silver Spring, Md.
• Baltimore: Glen Burnie and Towson, Md.
• Houston: Cypress, Jersey Village, Humble, Kingwood, and The Woodlands.

T-Mobile customers in Las Vegas and Kansas City, Mo. have already seen the improvements. The company is also working on the networks in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York metro area, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, and Seattle.

And the improvements seem to be more than just talk. In internal testing by T-Mobile, an unlocked iPhone 4S running on its HSPA+ network averaged 70 percent faster download speeds than the same handset running on AT&T’s network. And unlike AT&T, T-Mobile also has unlimited data plans.

Interestingly, any mention of the iPhone was recently removed from T-Mobile’s marketing of the “unlocked and unlimited” plans. But it seems that the fourth-largest carrier still wants to bring in unlocked iPhone users from AT&T.