With all these ongoing legal battles between Samsung and Apple, Apple has been making a lot of very bold (and often inaccurate) claims. Samsung has done nothing but defend themselves, rarely calling Apple out on anything in public. However, today some court documents have gone public, and Samsung’s statements are quite shocking, though I have to say… Read more
In 2012, HTC paid $300 million to acquire a majority stake in Beats Audio, a software and hardware audio manufacturer. Today the company is announcing that it has decided to go in a different direction. In an investor announcement, HTC made it known that they have sold 25 percent of Beats shares back to the audio company for $150 million. Both sides are… Read more
Samsung already managed to put the Galaxy Nexus back on the Play Store last week, but today the company’s request for an expedited appeal against the preliminary injunction has been granted. The process will allow Samsung to submit their court brief by the 16th, giving Apple 14 days to respond. A final court date is set for August 6th, where closing… Read more
Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot of good news from the courts of United Kingdom. Today, the high court ruled in favor of Samsung in the case vs. Apple about the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. In fact, the judge even said there are noticeable differences between the two devices. The Judge stated that Samsung’s designs “not as cool” as the iPad and… Read more
As expected, Samsung filed an appeal against the preliminary ban of the Galaxy Nexus today. The injunction, which was granted to Apple last week temporarily prohibits the sale of all Galaxy Nexus handsets in the United States. Along with the appeal, Samsung is arguing that the ban is ”inconsistent with the Federal Circuit’s directive that market… Read more
While there are quick ways to search from a phone, the way we implement copy and paste isn’t always that great. Trying to copy and paste a long word from the browser, for example, may be a hassle depending on your situation. It’s all relative, of course, to what’s going on at the moment, or what you’re trying to do. If a new patent application is any… Read more
Back in August of last year, Motorola and Google announced that the latter company had every intention of acquiring them. The deal was measured in at $12.5 billion, and today is the day of days for the European Commission to make their final assessment of the proposed deal. According to Google’s official blog, that decision has been made, and now the search… Read more
It may seem like Samsung and Apple are in the news every day regarding their legal disputes, but thankfully there seems to be some quiet days out there. Unfortunately today is not one of those days. According to a new report from Reuters, a Dutch court has ruled in favor of Samsung, saying that that Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet does not infringe on Apple design… Read more
Apple and Samsung are at it again. This time, Apple is attacking Samsung over the Galaxy Nexus’ lock-screen unlock feature. You’ve seen it in plenty of videos by now, if you’re not using it yourself. The simple method of sliding to unlock the screen has the Cupertino-based company all in a tizzy, and they’re taking legal action. According to Apple, the… Read more
We heard about Google’s planned acquisition of Motorola late last year, and now we’ve got a final date when the European Union will make their decision on the move. According to a new report from Reuters, it looks like February 13th has been marked as the day of days. The first decision day was passed up as the EU waited for more documents from Google,… Read more
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