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.
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.
After revealing plans to build a 20-megawatt solar farm to power their North Carolina datacenter, Apple has now been officially granted regulatory approval to go ahead with construction by the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
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.
Analysis firm Gartner has revealed that not only has Apple established itself as the number one smartphone vendor of Q4 of 2011 and 2011 as a whole, it has also overtaken LG as the third biggest seller of mobile devices with 89 million units sold for 2011.
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.”
Apple, in a motion to dismiss a set of class-action lawsuits accusing them of falsely advertising their Siri voice assistant feature for the iPhone 4S, claims that the plaintiffs did not specify exactly what led them to purchase the device.
