08/17/2011
Bloomberg BusinessWeek – Online
A group of South Korean users of Apple Inc.’s iPhone sued the company in a local court, claiming it invaded their privacy by allowing the smartphone to collect location data without their consent.
About 27,000 people joined a class-action suit against Apple’s South Korean unit and headquarters, seeking 1 million won per [...]
08/10/2011
Dow Jones Newswires – San Francisco Bureau
SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc. said a German court has ruled that a tablet computer made by Samsung Electronics Co. cannot be sold in most of the European Union, the latest turn in a patent fight between the two companies.
The preliminary injunction bars Samsung from distributing its Galaxy Tab 10.1 [...]
08/10/2011
CNET News.com
With a lull in the battle of words between Google and Microsoft over patents held by tech giants, Apple today has been granted 20 new ones, including patents that cover integrated touch screens and parts of the visual voice mail tool found on the iPhone.
The full list, dug up today by Apple patent [...]
07/20/2011
All Things Digital
With its iPhones and iPads, Apple has led people toward a new way of operating digital devices that relies on direct manipulation of items with finger gestures, not a mouse and scroll bars. App icons are arrayed front and center, not buried deep in a file system or limited to a strip at [...]
06/07/2011
Bloomberg News – Toronto Bureau
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, fell in Nasdaq Stock Market trading after Morgan Keegan & Co. downgraded the stock, citing a new threat from Apple Inc. (AAPL) to RIM’s instant-messaging service.
Morgan Keegan’s Tavis McCourt, who had had an “outperform” rating on RIM since September 2008, [...]
06/06/2011
Bloomberg News – San Francisco Bureau
June 6 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, addressing an annual developers conference today, may give consumers a new way to access digital songs and information on smartphones and computers.
Jobs, on medical leave since Jan. 17, will make his second public appearance of 2011 at Apple’s [...]
05/23/2011
Giga Om
Apple Monday sent a letter to Lodsys and to developers, saying it has the licensing rights to in-app purchases and that developers are fully able to use them, according to Macworld. Devs on Twitter had begun discussing the letter received by Apple just a few hours ago.
The full text of the letter, which [...]
05/13/2011
Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. and Nokia Oyj are among four technology companies to challenge Apple Inc. ’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.” Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) are among four technology companies challenging Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s European Union-wide trademarks for “Appstore” and “App Store.”
Nokia, the world’s largest mobile-phone maker, [...]
05/09/2011
Reuters
Customers look at various iPad 2 products during the China launch at an Apple Store in central Beijing May 6, 2011.
LONDON (Reuters) – Apple has overtaken Google as the world’s most valuable brand, ending a four-year reign by the Internet search leader, according to a new study by global brands agency Millward Brown.
The [...]
04/22/2011
Associated Press (AP)
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Tab, left, is displayed with at an advertising board, at the headquarters of South Korean mobile carrier KT in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 22, 2011.
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. says it sued Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason.(AP [...]
