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USPTO rejects some claims in Apple translucency patent

Posted on May 10, 2013 by admin

The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary rejection of some claims in an Apple patent, Method and apparatus for providing translucent images on a computer display, says FOSS Patents. Claims 29-30 and 33-35 have been rejected. The USPTO says that aspects of the patent were obvious or anticipated in light of another patent, Method and apparatus for displaying simulated keyboards on touch-sensitive displays, as well as prior art….         Continue reading →

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Apple pursues Android source code records in second US Samsung suit

Posted on May 8, 2013 by admin

As a part of one of its lawsuits against Samsung, Apple is asking US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal for access to Google’s Android source code records, Bloomberg reports. The documents are being demanded as part of pretrial information sharing; Apple argues in a court filing that Android is used in all of the Samsung devices accused of infringing Apple patents, and “provides much of the accused functionality.”…         Continue reading →

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NPD anticipates Retina iPad mini display production in June or July

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin

Production of Retina displays for a new iPad mini should start in June or July, says NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim. Elaborating, Shim claims that LG Display will be the parts’ major producer, and that Samsung will continue to be omitted from the Mini display chain. “Samsung is currently not in the iPad mini and they won’t be in the next generation. LGD is becoming a much bigger supplier than before,” he says….         Continue reading →

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New Samsung Galaxy S4 Ad Pokes Fun at iPhone [iOS Blog]

Posted on May 4, 2013 by admin

Samsung’s latest ad has made its way online ( via CNET ), once again poking fun at Apple’s iPhone in order to promote its new flagship phone, the Galaxy S4. The 93-second ad takes place at a summer pool party and has Galaxy S4 users showing off select features of their phone, like the ability to control a TV, air gestures, the camera and S Beam, which allows users to transfer content between phones by bumping them together. Like last year’s Samsung ad, which poked fun at the iPhone 5 launch , Samsung portrays the iPhone as uncool by having older, parent-like figures using the iPhone 5.         Continue reading →

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Three workers injured in second Samsung plant gas leak in four months

Posted on May 2, 2013 by admin

An incident at a Samsung production facility has seen another set of employees injured. The leak of hydrofluoric acid gas at the processor plant in Hwaseong, Korea is the second incident of its kind in a four-month period, with the previous incident taking place at the same factory with the same leaked gas causing injury….         Continue reading →

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DoD set to approve iOS 6 devices, Samsung Galaxy phones

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

The US Department of Defense should grant two separate security approvals to iOS 6 devices and Samsung Galaxy phones in the coming weeks, according to sources for the Wall Street Journal. iOS 6 is expected to be vetted as safe for non-classified data uses, namely email and web browsing. Galaxy phones, meanwhile, will allegedly be judged as conforming to the DoD’s Security’s Technology Implementation Guide, allowing use by some military agencies for sending and receiving internal email….         Continue reading →

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Remains of the Day: Bond. Financial bond.

Posted on April 30, 2013 by admin

Some day, when people ask Apple why it offered up a multi-billion dollar bond, it’ll tell people it was young and needed the money. Of course, if you believe one competitor’s CEO, that’s because Cupertino’s tablet business is going belly up sooner rather than later. And it’s time for the latest edition of “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Sponsored Tweeting!” The remainders for Tuesday, April 30, 2013 have a nasty habit of surviving. Apple wows market with record $17 billion bond deal (Reuters) Apple’s making the largest non-bank bond deal in history , putting up $17 billion for sale in order to fuel its ambitious share repurchase plan . To all of us non-financial types, this is the most interesting bond-related story since Skyfall came out. Apple and Samsung set to battle over damages this November (The Verge) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading →

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Judge orders narrowed Apple v. Samsung damages trial to start in November

Posted on April 30, 2013 by admin

Apple v. Samsung presiding Judge Lucy Koh on Monday entered a case management order calling for a new trial to recalculate the $450.5 million she found may have been incorrectly awarded by a jury last August. Continue reading →

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Samsung’s new 7" Galaxy Tab 3 to take on Apple’s iPad mini, and take phone calls

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin

Samsung on Monday announced its new third-generation Galaxy Tab, a modestly equipped 7-inch tablet with a 3G-enabled variant that will also double as a phone. Continue reading →

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Apple announces resurrection of ‘Tech Talks’ coming this fall

Posted on April 27, 2013 by admin

In a post to Apple’s developer portal, the company announced that it will be “hitting the road” with a number of Tech Talks this fall, possibly in response to overwhelming demand of WWDC 2013 tickets. Continue reading →

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