Intertrust Technologies Corp, a software firm owned by a group that includes Sony Corp and Royal Philips Electronics, said it has sued Apple Inc for infringing 15 patents relating to security. ...
10:40 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc's iPad, two sources said, possibly as demand shifts to its smaller iPad mini. ...
02:16 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The new, $350 Mindstorms EV3 kit will have the ability to talk to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches through Bluetooth wireless connections. ...
11:35 AM, Jan 07, 2013
Apple Inc is in early discussions with Foursquare Labs Inc to integrate local data into the company's mapping application, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the talks. ...
11:30 AM, Dec 18, 2012
This holiday season is shaping up to be a record-breaking period for Apple as shoppers snap up iPhones and iPads. So, why is the world's most valuable company losing its luster with investors? ...
02:43 PM, Dec 16, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since debuting the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc. Apple hopes to beat back their charge onto its home turf of consumer electronics hardware, while safeguarding its lead in the larger 10-inch tablet space that even deep-pocketed rivals like Samsung Electronics have...
10:42 AM, Oct 23, 2012
New York: The 'Wimpy Kid' is returning to his digital roots. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" creator Jeff Kinney, a major e-holdout among children's authors, has agreed to make his illustrated, top-selling series about the trials of middle schooler Greg Heffley available electronically. "The decision came after a lot of thought and deliberation," Kinney said during a recent telephone interview. "I am very excited about this. It feels like the...
04:19 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Beijing: A high school in China has equipped its senior students with iPads in a bid to replace books and help students in their studies, China Daily reported. Jinling High School in downtown Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu, has provided 30 students with the Apple tablets to reduce the burden of school bags from at least five kg to less than one kg while saving book expenses by thousands of yuan...
02:39 AM, Sep 19, 2012
Washington: Apple did not violate patents owned by Samsung Electronics in making the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad, a judge at the International Trade Commission said in a preliminary ruling on Friday. Apple and Samsung have taken their bruising patent disputes to some 10 countries as they vie for market share in the booming mobile industry. Apple won a landmark victory last month after a US jury found the South...
12:09 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Seoul: A US jury's $1 billion verdict against Samsung for what rival Apple claimed was the illegal copying of its iPhone and iPad designs signals a turning point for the South Korean electronics giant known for its prowess in adapting the innovations of others and nimbly executing production. The verdict not only jolted the world of global gadgetry but also likely sparked some soul-searching in Suwon, South Korea, where the...
11:16 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Seoul: While Samsung Electronics is reeling from a patent pounding by its smartphone rival Apple Inc, this is unlikely to damage the other part of their relationship - where Samsung is the sole supplier of Apple-designed chips that power the iPhone and iPad. At an emergency meeting in Seoul early on Sunday following the damning U.S. legal defeat, the South Korean group's post mortem was led by vice chairman Choi...
05:04 PM, Aug 27, 2012
San Francisco: In August 2010, just a few months after Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy smartphone, a team of Apple Inc lawyers flew to South Korea. Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs, had already told Samsung executives at a meeting earlier that summer that he considered the Galaxy S, based on Google's Android operating system, an illegal copy of the iPhone. But given the extensive business ties between the two companies...
10:55 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New York: Apple says Mac users downloaded 3 million copies of Mountain Lion, its latest operating system, in the first four days it was available. That makes it the fastest launch of an Apple operating system ever, the company says. It released Mountain Lion Wednesday. Apple charges $20 for the software. That pays for downloads for all of a buyer's personal computers. Apple also provides the OS for free to...
11:34 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Melbourne: Apple Inc was fined A$2.25 million ($2.29 million) by an Australian court on Thursday for misleading advertising of its latest iPad. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took legal action against Apple in March, after the computer and gadgets maker rolled out the first wave of new iPad tablets in the Australian market. The competition watchdog accused Apple of misleading customers with the description of its new iPad,...
09:13 AM, Jun 21, 2012
Londoon: Booming sales of Apple's iPhones and iPads were not enough to ease concerns on Tuesday that British supplier Imagination Technologies is overly reliant on one customer as rival smartphone and tablet companies snap at the US giant's heels. Shares in Imagination, whose graphics power Apple's popular devices, fell as much as 10 per cent, despite the firm reporting a 53 per cent jump in annual profit. Liberum Capital analysts...
10:40 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Taipei: Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn, Apple Inc's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building in a protest over wages just a month after the two firms announced a landmark agreement on improving working conditions. The protest happened in the central city of Wuhan at one of Foxconn's plants. The company employ some 1.2 million workers in China assembling iPhones and iPads, among...
02:48 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Beijing: Students in a Chinese school may soon carry iPads instead of books to their classrooms as the management is planning to allow the use of the gadget. The Jinling High School in Nanjing city has already allowed three students to bring iPads to their classrooms on a trial basis once their new term begins in September. The policy has been discussed extensively and will possibly be extended to all...
10:35 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Beijing: A dispute over the name of the iPad may not be the only trademark problem facing Apple Inc in China. At least 39 Chinese companies and individuals have attempted to register the names iPhone or iPad as trademarks for products as varied as hiking shoes, veterinary drugs and diapers, the China Daily newspaper reported. The newspaper says six manufacturers, including a flashlight manufacturer, got as far as preliminary approval...
02:32 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Kamra: Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad. It's a venture that bundles together Pakistani engineering and Chinese hardware, and shines a light on the military's controversial foothold in the consumer market. Supporters say it will boost the economy as well as a troubled nation's...
12:51 AM, Feb 20, 2012
New York: A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge its right to use their broadcasts. The service, Aereo, launched in New York this week, but it is available only by invitation. It hopes to broaden access to more people next month, and...
10:07 AM, Feb 18, 2012
