It’s no secret that Apple’s line of Macbook Air’s are selling like hot cakes in the market and the rest of the Windows based manufacturers are trying to play catch up with Apple like portable Ultrabooks. And Apple does not seem to like it at all.
So much so that, Apple is reportedly pressurizing its overseas device assembler, Pegatron to stop producing the Zenbook from Asus, which is very similar to the Macbook Air in design. In fact, report from the China Times seems to suggest that Apple has asked Pegatron to choose sides or risk losing its business with Apple. [click to continue…]
There are new rumors doing the rounds suggesting that Apple is in the process of screening apps that are graphics intensive for iPad 3 onstage demos and commercials.
We have already heard of various rumors which strongly suggest that the iPad 3 will be launched by Apple in an event in the first week of March.
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Well in a twist of tale, the higher regional court in Düsseldorf Germany has upheld the ban on the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany.
This effectively means that Samsung will not be able to sell the tablet anytime soon in Germany. While passing the verdict the court ruled that the Samsung tablet’s design is very similar to that of the Apple iPad registered with the Community Design. [click to continue…]
China telecom was in the news earlier this month for having gained the necessary approvals in order to launch the iPhone 4S in China. And today the Beijing based, China Telecom has issued a press release stating that they would be launching the iPhone 4S in the country as soon as the end of February or the start of March. [click to continue…]
Samsung seems to be on a roll here and have managed to register another important win for themselves as an appeals court in the Netherlands yesterday ruled that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe upon any of the design patents that Apple have filed for.
The decision was given by taking prior art (designs) into account which included the HP Compaq TC 1000 and the Knight-Ridder concept tablet which was first revealed in 1994. [click to continue…]
The patent battle in the tech industry has risen to epic proportions with the battle between Apple and Samsung in the spotlight for the past few months as they have virtually taken the battle to numerous countries around the globe.
As we approach the fag end of the year 2012, the patent battles refuse to die down with the United States International Trade Commission recently announcing that it would be reviewing the decision made by a judge in a recent patent lawsuit filed by HTC against Apple. [click to continue…]
Siri the personal voice assistant on the iPhone 4S is a feature that has captured the imagination of the iOS device users with the jailbreak community working day in and day out to get the feature ported on the other devices. But finally it seems that Apple might finally make it possible for one to port Siri to other iOS devices legally with the changes it has made with the iOS version 5.0.1.
Though its not clearly known for now, there are reports doing the rounds suggesting that Apple has updated iOS 5.0.1 to 9A406 which would offer one open access to the once encrypted system files. According to a well-known jailbreak hacker MuscleNerd, this is the first time the main filesystems are obtainable due to non-encrypted ram disks. [click to continue…]
Siri, the voice assistant feature on the iPhone 4S has been the most talked about feature on Apple’s latest iOS device. We could already see the liking and dependence people have developed for Siri already, when it was down for a few hours.
But now apparently Google is working on a new solution to boost the capabilities of Voice Actions on the Android platform and this project is code named “Majel” for now. Although, there are third party assistant apps available in the Android market like the Cluzee or Iris, they are nowhere close to the kind of ease of use and functionality that Siri is able to dish out for the iPhone 4S users.
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As per reports coming in Apple is in talks with Anobit, an Israeli fabless semiconductor company for a buyout deal for around $400-500 million.
Though Apple invests in firms they rarely go for a buyout and have only done so four times in the past which includes the likes of NeXT (founded by Steve Jobs), P.A. Semi, Intrinsity and Raycer Graphics. But Apple which is currently sitting on a huge pile of cash is in a comfortable position to make such a move which would hardly affect the world’s most valuable company in any negative way.
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