In a move reminiscent of patent assertion entities (PAEs, or, more pithily, "patent trolls") Samsung bought two of the patents it is using to accuse Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) of infringing on its intellectual property rights. According to The Verge, and the records of the United … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) launches new “Powerful” 90 second ad
Continuing to push the iPhone 5S even as the iPhone 6 looms ever nearer on the release schedule horizon, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today released a new full-length, 90-second advertisement entitled "Powerful." The ad can be viewed on Apple's official YouTube channel (or watch it … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Q2 2014 earnings report due at 4:30 PM EST today
The earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) seem to be watched more closely than those of most other companies, even though the Cupertino tech firm's stocks are highly undervalued according to most analysts. Any deviation from the expected earnings – even if the overall financial health … [Read more...]
Is Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Samsung fight just a proxy for attacks on Google
Current speculation in some quarters is that Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) attacks on Samsung are actually a stand-in for a deeper struggle against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its Android phone platform. According to this argument, Apple is targeting Samsung rather than its true … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) tries to retroactively patent major Android feature
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may suffer from the attacks of patent trolls, but it is apparently not entirely immune from the urge to do some trolling of its own, according to a patent application it filed in 2012. This application seeks to patent a gesture-based unlocking system, in which … [Read more...]
Samsung attacks credibility of Apple (AAPL) expert witness Chris Vellturo
Samsung has changed tactics again in its courtroom struggle with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), seeking for any weak point in its adversary's arguments. This time, it is taking aim at Chris Vellturo, the expert witness who recommended to the court that the Korean electronics firm ought to … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) could see iOS rival Android smashed from within by Samsung
For years now, the smartphone mobile operating system has been fully dominated by just two players – Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) with iOS, and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) with Android. However, there are gathering signs that Android may soon by gutted from within by one of its principle users – … [Read more...]
Samsung documents – death of Steve Jobs offered chance to attack Apple (AAPL)
Numerous secrets have been laid bare during the course of the latest legal struggle between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung Electronics, the latest being an internal Samsung email unveiled today. This email shows that Samsung viewed the death of Steve Jobs in 2011 as an … [Read more...]
Samsung designer’s testimony attempts to scoff Apple’s (AAPL) slide-to-unlock proof out of court
Samsung's task in defeating Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) in the current suit against it is a formidable one, given how many of its own internal document explicitly state that the iPhone should be copied as closely as possible. Today, Youngmi Kim, a UI designer from Samsung, testified … [Read more...]
Hong Kong paper, Ta Kung Pao, claims Apple Inc. (AAPL) has finalized three iWatch parts suppliers
More weight was given to the rumors about the Q3 release of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iWatch wearable device by an article that appeared in Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong based paper, this morning. The article (available here in Chinese Simplified only) describes three firms that have been … [Read more...]
Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iOS leaps ahead of Google’s Android in the new world of beacons
Though not as spectacular an area of news as tablets, "phablets," and smartphones, the wireless beacon market is rapidly expanding, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) appears to have a clear – not to say massive – competitive advantage over its competitor Google in this regard. The iBeacon … [Read more...]
Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) OS X and iOS prove immune to security-wrecking Heartbleed bug
Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) various operating systems, including both iOS and OS X, have thus far lived up to their carefully cultivated reputation for invulnerability as the Heartbleed bug exacts a toll on Windows machines. Heartbleed is a bug that has been latently present in OpenSSL … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) files strange patent application for ‘Building’ – a cylindrical all-glass building design
On Thursday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) filed an unusual patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) simply entitled "Building." This document describes a process for making a cylindrical, tower-like building entirely out of glass, except for a few … [Read more...]
Analyst Ming Chi Kuo claims Apple Inc. (AAPL) iWatch will cost ‘thousands of dollars’
Ming Chi Kuo, a noted analyst at KGI Securities, is making grandiose claims today about the rumored iWatch that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is allegedly on the brink of launching. The sweeping, detailed predictions that Mr. Kuo provides include a battery of new technologies, a laundry … [Read more...]
Will Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) mouse-and-keyboard conservatism give it an edge against Windows
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), according to an interview with several key figures that Macworld carried out for the California electronics giant's 30th year in business, intends to keep a clear, sharp division between iOS and OS X into the visible future. Craig Federighi, Apple's software … [Read more...]
Patent troll seeks royalty payments on every Apple Inc. (AAPL) product made since 2004
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was targeted yesterday by a lawsuit from patent assertion entity (PAE) Innovative Display Technologies LLC, registered in Austin, Texas and doing business from an office in Plano. Innovative, which is a newly minted firm founded on March 13th, 2013, has spent … [Read more...]
Apple Inc. (AAPL) wins proximity server patent, possibly iBeacon crucial
Among a bundle of 50 patents that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today and published on their site, one stands out as possibly protecting a crucial part of the new iBeacon system. This patent, Patent #US008694676, entitled … [Read more...]
65 million iWatches may be in the pipeline for Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) seems likely to launch the iWatch smartwatch in the near future, assuming that the entire product is not vaporware being overblown by enthusiastic analysts and Apple fans. Today, the Economic Daily News of China claimed that 65 million iWatches are in the … [Read more...]
Steve Jobs declared “Holy War” between Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google (GOOG) in 2011
In 2011, Steve Jobs wrote a highly revealing email in which he declared a "Holy War" against Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) major rival at the time. Far from existing in a kind of radiant, splendid isolation in which it develops new products in a Zen-like state of … [Read more...]
Korean rumormongers claim Apple Inc. (AAPL) to release 65 inch iTV in 2015
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) intended to release 65 inch and 77 inch OLED display iTVs in 2014, but was forced to push back the retail launch to 2015, according to statements by Korean journalists today. This news, which appears to excitingly confirm the claims of some market analysts … [Read more...]
