If it is upheld, the ITC can order any infringing device to be barred from importation into the United States. Apple has alleged that Samsung’s Galaxy, Transform and Nexus devices, among others, were among those made with the infringing technology.
The judge said Samsung did not infringe portions of another patent that detects a microphone when plugged into a headphone jack.
This actually happened. An e-commerce website had been designed and developed. Launch had been initiated, and it was abruptly taken offline in mid-air.
I can’t even imagine how heartbreaking that must have been.
Due to a lawsuit by VirnetX, Apple will be changing the behavior of VPN On Demand for iOS devices using iOS 6.1 and later.
Devices using iOS 6.1 and later with VPN On Demand configured to “Always” will behave as if they were configured with the “Establish if needed” option. The device will establish a VPN On Demand connection only if it is unable to resolve the DNS name of the host it is trying to reach. This change will be distributed in an update later this month.
Shawn Blanc does an in-depth review of the camera.
Horace Dediu gives his thoughts on yesterdays news from comScore.
Rian van der Merwe:
Tech journalists can write about privacy and the virtues of quitting Facebook all day long. The rest of the world won’t even hear about it, because they’ll be too busy getting immersed in the lives and identities of the friends they agree with.
He’s right.
Here’s a riff from the new album, which is due in June.
You can watch Mark Zuckerberg introduce Facebook Home.
We often hear about how popular Macs are in schools or business from market research firms, but it’s interesting to hear from the students.
Hewlett Packard Co-chairman Ray Lane has stepped down from his position at the company, and is taking two other board members with him. Lane is leaving following a narrow re-election, and G. Kennedy Thompson and John Hammergren, also both elected by a close margin are departing as well. All three are departing in part due to their roles in the Autonomy acquisition scandal that rocked the company in 2012.
I would say the walls are starting to crumble, but I think that started years ago.
Forbes contributor Laura He translated Cook’s apology.
From above the world of “Cars.”
Michael Mulvey’s wife’s reaction when he told her about Facebook Home.
Except it has one major flaw.
The entire dashboard is one giant touchscreen. “But hey, that’s so modern. So Tesla,” you might say. And you would be right – but this is where Tesla’s desire to distinguish itself from any old performance sedan ended up shooting itself in the foot.
Some interesting thoughts.
Om Malik:
In fact, Facebook Home should put privacy advocates on alert, for this application erodes any idea of privacy. If you install this, then it is very likely that Facebook is going to be able to track your every move, and every little action.
Very true.
Sad day.
From comScore market research firm:
133.7 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (57 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in February, up 8 percent since November. Apple ranked as the top OEM with 38.9 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers (up 3.9 percentage points from November). Samsung ranked second with 21.3 percent market share (up 1 percentage point), followed by HTC with 9.3 percent share, Motorola with 8.4 percent and LG with 6.8 percent.
And Apple is making ground on Google:
Google Android ranked as the top smartphone platform with 51.7 percent market share, while Apple’s share increased 3.9 percentage points to 38.9 percent. BlackBerry ranked third with 5.4 percent share, followed by Microsoft (3.2 percent) and Symbian (0.5 percent).
So, let me get this straight. Apple is widening the gap on Samsung, but analysts think Apple should be more like Samsung. Not only that, it’s closing the gap between iOS and Android, even though it’s competing with hundreds of Android devices.
And Apple is losing how?
Christina Bonnington gives us a rundown on all the new terms you’ll need to know in order to understand Facebook Home. My favorite is “Chat Heads.” And by “favorite” I mean I don’t really give a shit.
And there you have it — Google and Facebook just want to serve us ads. I still believe it could work out for Facebook.
Jordan Golson for MacRumors:
Facebook claims users turn on their phone 100 times per day, and, among other things, is redoing the lock screen on the Android phone to give users a slideshow of photos and updates from their Facebook News Feeds.
This isn’t a bad idea for Facebook and it’s users. Facebook is making itself the center of the user experience and that could work very well for them.
I love these types of stories and insights into how things get done.
An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that because of the use of encryption, “it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices” even with a court order approved by a federal judge.
Some classics here.
Safari for iOS was responsible for 61.79% of total mobile internet traffic during the month of March, an increase from 55.41% in February. Safari’s closest competitor for mobile browser dominance was Google’s Android browser, which had a 21.86% share of Web traffic in March.
Once again this brings up the obvious question — what are all the Android people doing with their phones?
Very clever idea.
Often, you’re not buying the song so much as the license that lets you hear the song.
I believe that if I pay for it, I should own and that should include the ability to resell it if I want.
Note: I linked to the print version because Businessweek was using popups and multiple pages to show the story.
I want one.
Google is just crazy, but they’ll get away with it and it will look better for Jelly Bean adoption.
I just noticed the dates for the Mac Developer get together have been announced for October 2013. You can sign-up on the Web site to be kept up-to-date.