In a very real way, it must suck to be Apple. It prides itself in being an innovative company, in changing the way people think about computing, about phone communications and about mobile computing and communications. There is a price to be paid by being ahead of the pack. That price is eventually the rest [...]
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Upcoming Apple-Samsung Patent Fight Will Impact Google
There has been a lot of attention paid in the digital media lately regarding the ongoing legal fight between hardware makers Apple and Samsung, but make no mistake about it. This upcoming legal battle is really a proxy fight between Apple and Google. Samsung is being sued by Apple for a patent infringement because Apple [...]
Being Uncool Pays Off for Samsung
Computing manufacturing giant Apple has lodged several law suits against its vendor Samsung for infringing on its design elements. In one such lawsuit in the UK, Apple lost because the judge ruled that Samsung Galaxy Tablet was not “as cool” as the iPad. While being called uncool in social settings and definitely in Junior High [...]
Google takes a second shot at Windows with the Chromebox
There are certain ideas that look great on paper, make a heavy connection on an intellectual level, and seem to be really well-put together. However, once you take these ideas from the safe confines of a piece of paper and take them into the real word, they turn out to be less than stellar. Case [...]
Samsung and Apple CEOs slated to negotiate patent legal tussle
Apple and Samsung have been duking it out in courtrooms across several countries. This multijurisdictional legal battle all center on Apple’s claims that Samsung violated its smartphone and tablet patents and trademarks. Samsung, for its part, has countersued Apple claiming that Apple infringed on its intellectual property rights. No less than the CEOs of these [...]
Apple seeks Preliminary Injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1
Apple has filed a motion in US district court seeking a ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the USA. The motion comes after an appeals court ruled earlier that the iPad’s design patent was valid. However, it looks like the injunction won’t be granted very soon because Samsung and Apple are [...]
Apple and Samsung continue to play smartphone market King of The Hill
Nokia’s fortunes in the overall mobile phone market continues to shrink. While many observers are expecting Nokia to finally end up a very distant shadow of its former self, its successor as king of the smartphone mobile phone market hill are furiously wrestling for the top spot. Apple and Samsung are caught in a persistent [...]
Samsung Blinks, May Reconsider Plans about not offering Ice Cream Sandwich to Galaxy Owners
Recent developments may confuse Galaxy owners after getting the letdown from a recent blog confirmation that owners of Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy S smartphones will not get a taste of the Android Ice Scream Sandwich (ICS). But after its archrival came out with blazing guns saying its Android smartphone users won’t be so unlucky, the [...]
Samsung and Android Smartphone Brand Market Leaders
The third quarter market research results are out this week and Samsung emerged as the largest smartphone vendor internationally while Android surpassed fifty percent of the market share for the first time, disclosed Gartner, a market research company. Android’s 52.5 percent market share can be attributed to the support Samsung has given the operating system [...]
Microsoft holds Android patent
The Software giant, Microsoft, announced Wednesday (September 28) that it has signed a deal with Samsung Electronics. An undisclosed amount for a patent-licensing deal over undisclosed patents has been made between the two companies. The terms of the agreement states that Microsoft will gain licensing revenue over every Android phone or tablet. The deal also [...]