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There’s also the usual bickering over whether Samsung makes “copycat products” infringing Apple’s rights or, as the Korean company argues, “innovative, independently developed technologies”.
You kind of get the feeling that Samsung actually believes they’re innovative.
YOU COPY OTHER COMPANIES’ PRODUCTS. THAT’S NOT INNOVATIVE.
Apple posted the specifics of the security fixes in today’s release.
While at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this year, I’ll be reporting on what’s happening with all things Apple, but I’ll also be hosting The Loop’s first ever party. […]
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Apple released the iOS update on Monday that addresses the following:
Plug your device into iTunes and update or use the iPhone’s built-in update mechanism.
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Brian X. Chen at the New York Times:
Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone.Amtrak, the government-owned corporation that oversees the nation’s railroad train services, has been training conductors since November to use the Apple handset as an electronic ticket scanner on a few routes, including from Boston to Portland, Me., and San Jose, Calif., to Sacramento.
Ken Bensinger for the Los Angeles Times But all the miles they and 64 other unlimited AAirpass holders racked up went far beyond what American had expected. As its finances began deteriorating a few years ago, the carrier took a … Continued
Matt Gemmell:
But knee-jerk design decisions are worryingly commonplace, and pose substantially more risk to software users. Familiarity is only one factor, and it’s often a deceptive one. Consider the entire scenario and context, and take the time to truly design your user’s experience.
Great stuff from Matt.
I always think that RIM can’t get any worse, any more stupid than they already are, and then they do something like this. This is the ending of its ridiculous “Wake Up” campaign against Apple.
The source code was supposed to document how Samsung had worked around design or technical elements Apple had patented, including the “overscroll bounce” described in U.S. Patent No. 7,469,381.Instead of producing this evidence, which could be used to help Samsung’s case (but could also be used by Apple to prove additional or continued infringement) the company chose instead to keep Apple and the court waiting.
AppleInsider:
Chitika Insights, the research arm of the Chitika ad network, sifted through its database of ad impressions and found that 94.64 percent of all tablet web traffic can be attributed to the iPad.In comparison, the second place Samsung Galaxy Tab only managed 1.22 percent of the market, while the Asus Transformer Prime eked out 1.2 percent.
So much for the competition.
Jim and Dan discuss the Apple TV set, the App Store kill switch, the Samsung Galaxy S III, Kindles, Target, the UK Ministry of Defence, Rock Band’s iOS cancellation notice, guitar stands, and more.Sponsored by Textastic, TapTyping, and Squarespace.
Zach Weigand:
I find it much more likely that Apple will just keep the phone the same width (as claimed in all the rumors), get rid of the dead space on both sides of the screen, and keep the aspect ratio 3:2.
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Some amazing pics in here.
If you’ve been following me for any amount of time, you’re probably aware of Darth on Twitter. He takes photos of me and Photoshops them in funny and weird scenarios. Here is a page of some of the most recent ones.
The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants told investors that Nokia’s conversion to a Windows platform would halt its deteriorating position in the smartphone market. It did not,” the lawsuit states. “This became apparent on April 11, 2012, when Nokia disclosed that its first quarter performance would be worse than expected. Nokia expected its first quarter 2012 non-IFRS Devices & Services operating margin to fall by 3%, and projected first quarter 2012 Devices & Services net sales of €4.2 billion.
It’s a good thing RIM owners never thought of this.
When the best in portable music players of today just isn’t quite good enough, just add in a little bit of rich mahogany, shag carpeting and tacky wallpaper, it doesn’t get much better than this!
This looks cool.
Alex Brooks:
There are a number of baffling points here though, why would Apple only release an iPad with LTE capable of working on the 700Mhz band which is only used in North America? And then why on the full knowledge that the new iPad has 4G that doesn’t work in the likes of Australia and Europe did it insist on advertising so?
I admit to finding this confusing as well. Why go through the mess of being investigated in a number of countries when you could avoid it?
Apple could argue that the iPad is 4G compatible around the world, but the carriers just don’t support it yet, I suppose. That argument is flimsy at best.
Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, has won the “British Visionary Innovator” award given out by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office in honor of World IP Day. The designer topped a list of ten notable designers, inventors, and other creative people, including Tim Berners Lee, J.K. Rowling, and Simon Cowell.
Jony deserves all of the awards and accolades he gets.
Reuters:
A court in Mannheim ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility’s patents and ordered Microsoft to remove its popular Xbox 360 gaming consoles and Windows 7 operating system software from the German market.
This is getting ugly.
The Web font revolution that started around two years ago has brought up a topic that many of us had merrily ignored for many years: font rendering. The newfound freedom Web fonts are giving us brings along new challenges. Choosing and using a font is not merely a stylistic issue, and it’s worth having a look at how the technology comes into play.
And 58% of Moms want an iPad vs 18% who want a Kindle Fire.
Clearly Moms are very smart.
Jim and Dan talk about making friends in Ireland, the Ull conference, WWDC, Google Drive vs. Dropox vs. iCloud, Sprint and unlimited plans, Malware, Pawn Shop guitars and amps, and Dan’s new Greta.Sponsored by Sourcebits and Squarespace.
Katie Fehrenbacher for GigaOM:
Apple is planning to build a massive 4.8 MW fuel cell farm for a data center that will consume 20 MW, according to Apple’s latest figures. Apple is also building an adjacent 20 MW solar panel farm at the data center. While Greenpeace has given Apple low marks for building its data center in North Carolina, where the grid has a lot of coal power, Apple actually seems to be going to significant lengths to build its own clean power sources at the site itself.
Erica Ho for Time:
At the heart of the matter, most of the controversy stems from the “gateway sexual activity” line, which remains vague and was not clearly defined before the bill went to vote. Some detractors argue that it could unreasonably punish teachers for allowing students to cuddle, hold hands or even hug, whether in the halls between classes or at a school dance.
Burying your head in the sand doesn’t make things go away.
Judge Richard A. Posner:
“I deny the second half of Apple’s motion (seeking prohibition of the deposition) as frivolous and the first half (seeking substitution) as untimely. I’ve had my fill of frivolous filings by Apple. The next such motion, and I shall forbid it to file any motions without first moving for leave to file.”
“We can confirm that the Australian ‘Wake Up’ campaign, which involves a series of experiential activities taking place across Sydney and Melbourne, was created by RIM Australia,” RIM said in a statement.
So RIM, not Samsung was behind the pathetic marketing stunt.