Chris Hauk owns Phoenix Rising Services and writes for everyone's favorite "bad movie" website, Big Bad Drive-In. His first Apple product was an iPod Classic 5 years ago, and he has since added a MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone, and 2 Apple TVs to his collection. He lives with his wife Pam, (also an Apple user, just try to take away her iPhone!) and their dog Lloyd somewhere in Arizona.
Samsung, apparently taking the “WAH!” legal approach, has accused Apple of calling expert witnesses that exhibit “slavish adoration” to the company during the continuing patent trial between the two electronics giants. Samsung says Apple’s experts have “cast aside established scientific methods and governing legal principles in favor of slavish adoration of their client…”
A report was released this morning detailing Apple’s investment in equipment and manufacturing during the most recent quarter. The investments are record breaking, and indicates that the company may be up to something.
Apple has won a bid in a Hong Kong court to exclude some evidence that was previously filed by Proview in its lawsuit over the iPad trademark in China.
Think about it. A tiny USB powered box that could detect your movements like Microsoft’s Kinect, But instead of tracking your throwing motions, or interpreting your jerky, manic dance moves it watched your hands and fingers.
Foxconn, a major operating partner of Apple, is reported to be planning to invest $210 million in a new production line in China’s Jiangsu province.
Big happenings today in the court case between Apple and Samsung. The big boys are sitting down in San Francisco to hash things out, as Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung try to work out a settlement that the lawyers have yet to achieve.
Shrinking iPads, growing Kindle Fires, and the iPhone might get some girth too, only one thing stands firm in today’s crazy world, Siri. And she always has something to say.
Delaware courts have have called for delegates from HTC and Apple to meet on August 28 to talk about settling the patent dispute that has blocked the U.S. import of some HTC handsets. This appears to be fallout from the pending lawsuit Apple brought against HTC through the International Trade Commission over a “data tapping” patent. Apple has been ordered into similar settlement talks with Samsung.
An event first held in 2007, Apple has announced this year’s iTunes Festival lineup and event information. The event will be held in September at London’s Roundhouse music venue.
A Morgan Stanley analyst said this week that if Apple were to launch a full-fledged television set, it could cause total average annual household spending on Apple products in the U.S. to double to $888 by 2015.
If you haven’t made the transition from MobileMe to iCloud yet, maybe because one of your iOS devices doesn’t meet the specs, or your Mac is too old to run Lion, this article could help you save your email and calendars.
Apple has reportedly confirmed LCD suppliers for a rumored “iPad Mini” which the rumor mill says will be released in the second half of 2012. This latest tidbit comes courtesy of Taiwan news outlet Liberty Times.
Two Greenpeace activists were arrested outside of Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California after staging a protest against the company’s use of “unclean” energy in the massive computing facilities that supply its iCloud service.
A 2010 video has surfaced with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs predicting that e-books would eventually wind up around the same price on competing e-book stores. The video surfaces as the Justice Department pursues its e-book price fixing lawsuit against Apple…
Sprint’s CEO says his company’s up front payment to offer the iPhone is a long-term investment that won’t see any returns until 2015. But, he says he and his company are “very happy” with their deal with Apple.
China Mobile revealed on Wednesday that it is in negotiations with Apple to bring the iPhone to its network. Chairman Xi Guohua said during a shareholders meeting, I can’t give you too many details, but I’d like to repeat that both sides do hope to boost our cooperation.”
