Samsung Working On Smart Watch

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A report from Bloomberg today confirms that Samsung is preparing a smart watch, one that would perform functions similar to your smartphone. Apple has been rumored to be working on an iWatch type product, with reports that the company has a team of over 100 employees working on the project. The two … [Read more...]

Apple’s Why iPhone Or Why Not Samsung

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Over the weekend, Apple launched a page on their website under the headline ‘Why iPhone’ and subsequently sent out an email to their newsletter list on why ‘Loving it is easy’. Apple promoting the iPhone on Apple’s website isn’t out of character, but this marketing is clearly intended to … [Read more...]

Judge Orders Apple, Samsung To Narrow Litigation

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The seemingly never-ending legal battle between Samsung and Apple continues on course for a trial in 2014. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who is presiding over the case, has told both parties they need to “focus and streamline” their cases. Koh has imposed limits to 25 patent claims and 25 … [Read more...]

Apple Was Largest Phone Vendor in Q4 2012

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A new report this morning from Strategy Analytics provides data on mobile phone shipments during Q4 2012, with Apple leading the way in the US with a 34 percent market share. Apple's position atop the heap was their first ever. … [Read more...]

Apple And Google May Enter Arbitration, Samsung Learns More About HTC Deal

Earlier this month, a single news story significantly changed the landscape of the ongoing legal battles between tech companies. HTC and Apple reached a settlement, and that means things are changing, possibly becoming less combative. … [Read more...]

Samsung Vows To Keep Fighting Apple

Earlier this week, Apple and HTC announced that they planned to settle their patent disputes, ushering in an era of cooperation rather than litigation. A number of us hoped that this was the start of a ceasefire in the patent wars, that companies would start to talk about settling their differences … [Read more...]

Samsung Hikes Price of Chips Sold to Apple By 20 Percent

A report this morning from CBS Marketwatch indicates that Samsung has raised the price of chips sold to Apple by 20%. This news comes from Korean newspaper Chosun Llbo, who cites a person familiar with negotiations. "Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple for a significant price raise in (the … [Read more...]

Here’s The Statement Apple Was Forced To Put In UK Newspapers

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As part of a UK judge not liking Apple's language with the Samsung notice on its website, Apple was forced to put a notice in a number of major UK daily newspapers. Required to be placed in size 14 Arial font or larger, and no later than page 6, the ad has been spotted in the Guardian and the Daily … [Read more...]

Apple Forced To Reword Samsung Apology

Remember the wonderfully passive-aggressive fauxpology that Apple UK posted about a week ago? It turns out the UK Court of Appeal didn't think it was very funny, and is demanding Apple update it to something a bit more genuine and contrite. … [Read more...]

Apple Reluctantly Posts Samsung UK Notice

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Back in July, a judge ordered Apple UK to put up a notice on their site, admitting Samsung didn't copy from them. Apple appealed, it didn't work, so now we get this masterpiece of a non-apology. Accessible by a tiny link at the bottom of Apple UK's front page, the copy is the most wonderful piece … [Read more...]