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Feb

6

2012

Google Snatches Up Apple Senior Director For “Secret Project”

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by Roy Alugbue
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Well this certainly isn’t going to help with Apple/Google relations. We’ve just learned Google just hired Simon Prakash… better known as Apple’s former senior director of product integrity. In his 8 years at Apple, Prakash was most recently responsible for product quality control across all of Apple’s product lines. He now moves on to Google to work [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Motorola scores a victory over Apple as the German patent battle continues

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by Chris Stewart
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It was only yesterday we wrote about Apple’s claims against Samsung in Germany and just as one would expect, the saga continues. This time it’s Motorola’s turn to go up against the Cupertino giants although, just to break the usual trend, it’s Apple’s turn in the dock. The groundwork for this case was actually laid back [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Apple’s Galaxy ban bid rejected by German courts…….again

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by Chris Stewart
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Another day, another failed Apple lawsuit.  Samsung’s latest flagship models, the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1N, have escaped unscathed after the Munich Regional Court rejected Apple’s bid to block sales of the devices in Germany. Our good friends from Cupertino seem hell-bent on causing complications for Samsung’s big German sales push. Samsung had already [...]

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Jan

31

2012

German Appeals Court Sticking To Galaxy Tab 10.1 Injunction But For A Different Reason Than Apple’s Claim

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by Joe Sirianni
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And the Apple and Samsung news just continues to flow like water.  In recent news the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (an appeals court) is sticking to a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and also states that the Galaxy Tab 8.9 may be in jeopardy of violating similar patents.  However, unlike the original file claim, the appeals [...]

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Jan

30

2012

Samsung Wants More Passion From Consumers, Set To Attack With Major Ad Push

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by Roy Alugbue
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  Samsung is among the most familiar brands around, that’s a gimme. In addition to being more familiar with the general consumer because of its great electronics and gadgets, it has a bit of a niche following too— considering it has some of the most popular devices in the game. Although it is one of [...]

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Jan

26

2012

HTC to Release Fewer Phones in 2012, Hero Strategy Focuses on Quality Not Quantity

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by Jack Holt
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As it seemed that almost every week in 2011 there was an announcement for a new Android device, consumers were overwhelmed with the amount of smartphones they had to choose from. While Motorola was the first to grasp this, it appears that other companies are starting to follow suit. HTC has announced that they will be [...]

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Jan

26

2012

Motorola Adds The iPhone 4S to its Legal Fight Against Apple

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by Spencer McClendon
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Motorola has added the iPhone 4S and iCloud to a legal battle going on in the Sunshine State of Florida. This battle is not a new one but rather just an add on to an existing case already in the system. However this one now adds the iPhone 4S and iCloud to the list of infringements that Motorola claims [...]

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Jan

25

2012

Kantar: Apple Smartphones More Popular Than Android Phones

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by Roy Alugbue
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The Apple iPhone has taken over as the smartphone in highest demand in the U.S. According to research firm Kantar Worldpanel Comtech, the latest iPhone model helped Apple beat all phones using Google’s Android platform in the U.S. smartphone market in Q4 2011, according to data presented Wednesday. It states “Apple’s share of the U.S. [...]

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Jan

24

2012

Dutch Court Denies Apple’s Appeal and Allows Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales To Flourish

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by Joe Sirianni
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Man, I hate Apple.  Did I type that out loud?  Sorry about that folks, there’s just something about a company who sues everything with a heartbeat because they’ve produced a slate device in the shape of a rectangle, has a touch screen, a power button and allows you to swipe things.  It’s just downright getting [...]

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