eBook case settlement involving Apple, others near?
The Justice Department could reach a settlement in the next few weeks with Apple and some of the major publishers suspected of collaborating to hike electronic book prices reports “Reuters” (ht…
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Mobile segment looks good in lackluster semiconductor market
Mobile device semiconductors were one of the few bright spots in a chipset market that stalled in 2011. Revenue from chipsets designed for mobile devices increased by more than 20{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} to $35 billion, while the total semiconductor market limped out of 2011…
Apple goes after ownership of more domain names
Apple has filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in an attempt to obtain ownership of the domain names Applecom.com and ApplePrinters.com , according to “The …
Apple named top consumer brand in Japan for the first time
Apple took top honors for the first time in an annual brand evaluation survey of consumers by Nikkei BP Consulting, reports “Nikkei.com” (http://macte.ch/TilYd).
Scoring 90.5 points for total br…
Tablet owners in Japan, US view their devices differently
Dentsu Innovation Institute (dentsu.co.jp) recently conducted a survey in both Japan and the US, focusing on how users who own digital devices such as tablets and smartphones use multiple device…
Australian government okays iOS for storing, sharing data
The iPhone, iPad and iOS have been approved by the Australian government to be used for storing and sharing classified government data, reports the “Herald Sun” (http://macte.ch/ctpo9).
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Man sues Apple for overselling Siri’s abilities
Another day, another lawsuit. Another lawsuit has been filed in regards to Siri, Apple’s voice activated “personal assistant” that debuted with the iPhone 4S.
The new suit, filed this week in a…
Overtime changes at Foxconn shouldn’t affect product pricing
Low labor costs and a growing reliance on automation will ensure Apple supplier Foxconn’s newly announced efforts to reduce overtime for its employees and hire extra workers has no effect on p…
Vote on future SIM card standard delayed
“Les Echos,” a French financial daily, says — as noted by “FOSS Patents” (http://macte.ch/Ywf5f) — “deep divisions” in the industry over the future SIM card standard made it impossible to reac…
Apple releases iPhoto 9.2.3
Apple has released iPhoto 9.2.3. According to Apple it improves stability and fixes some bugs.
You can obtain iPhoto 9.2.3 via the Software Updates component of the Mac OS X System Preferences a…