It seems that even the courts are getting sick of Apple and Samsung’s bickering over patent issues. Both companies have been ordered by a US judge to once again try and reduce the number of claims against each other by Monday. The trial is scheduled to start on July 30th, but the judge presiding over the case has ordered the two smartphone manufacturers to try and streamline the case before everything kicks off.
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Apple iPhone, iPad become popular search warrant fodder
Say goodbye to the days of Columbo and Kojak. Police investigations these days are going high tech. A new survey of court records has found a trend that is anything but surprising but still interesting to look at - when it comes to confiscating electronic devices to gather information about suspects, computers are on the way out. Mobile devices are becoming much more lucrative and commonplace in solving mysteries.
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You don’t actually own your apps
Today the folks at Electronic Arts have sent out a message to all iOS users of the app Rock Band saying they’ll not be able to play the game at all after May 31st. This not only proves EA is as The Consumerist said it was in their last annual awards show: the Worst Company in America, it shows the fragility of the app universe as a whole. What EA has revealed to millions of unsuspecting app downloaders around the world is this: when you pay for an application in the mobile world, you don’t actually own the app itself, you just own the license for the app – and your ownership is not indefinite.
Apple set for Liquidmetal ‘casing and enclosures’
This week the inventor of the metallic alloys known collectively as Liquidmetal has been interviewed and spoke on how Apple will use the technology in the future. What he’s revealed – or what he’s confirmed, since it’s all certainly been suggested in the past, is that Apple will use Liquidmetal alloys on future “breakthrough” products with casings and enclosures made with the technology. He’s also confirmed that Apple is the only company on earth the have exclusive rights to Liquidmetal as a material technology for technology casing enclosures – with perhaps an iPhone 5 or a MacBook Pro 2012 model on the way.
Spotify for iPad Review
The folks at Spotify have brought forth the next big iteration of their mobile app, this time make specifically for the iPad (of all shapes and sizes.) Here we’ve got not just a giant version of the original iPhone app (as they so cleverly alude to in the commercial for this app), but a brand new interface with many intuitive bits for a wholly intuitive setup. The iPad version of Spotify’s mobile app works with Spotify’s premium subscription like the rest of the mobile apps do, and here we’ve got exactly what the streaming music platform needed to stay strong in the iOS world, to stay fresh on fans minds.
Samsung Galaxy S III vs iPhone 5: pre-release battle
The next-generation iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III will be the two biggest and baddest smartphones on the market this summer. There’s no denying that. Unless you’re HTC and you’ve got the HTC One series with the HTC One X on AT&T and the HTC One S on T-Mobile, then you’ve got something to back up your claim that you’ve got anything to say to either Samsung or Apple. Thusly here is my challenge to you, Apple and Samsung – I dare you to make a more perfectly tuned smartphone than HTC has offered up here at the start of 2012. I dare you to take this game to the next level.
HP reclaims global PC sales lead from Apple
HP has reclaimed its crown as the world's top supplier of PCs after Apple snatched away that title late last year. According to research firm Canalys, HP has managed to surpass Apple's PC sales by about 40,000 units in the first quarter of 2012, putting HP back in the lead. The numbers have been including Apple's iPad shipments as part of its PC count.
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Pebble gets RunKeeper for apps before hardware
The Pebble watch project has gotten its first application integration confirmation from RunKeeper, a fitness application working on several mobile platforms including iOS and Android. At the Runkeeper website you're able to keep track of all you've done via your smartphone, and now you'll be able to track that information on your Pebble watch as well. The Pebble watch platform is one meant to work in tangent with your Android and iOS devices along with eink technology and will be produced later this year.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: May 2, 2012
There's a legal war going on this fine Wednesday morning, between Motorola and the German Xbox 360 - or its owners, of course, Microsoft and its other software Windows 7. Tinzen 1.0 has been released as an SDK for your download and enjoyment. Facebook will be dropping its IPO on the 17th of May for the public to go wild over. And for those of you loving the idea of next-generation ultrabooks, look no further than the Sony VAIO T11 and T13.
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Apple tax breaks approved by city of Austin, Texas
Back in March, we talked a bit about the city of Austin, Texas trying to lure Apple to the area with some significant tax breaks. The big tax breaks that Austin offered Apple caused a stir because many believed that the jobs will come to Austin anyway. The Austin City Council had approved $8.6 million in tax breaks in March.
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Questionable iPhone 5 SIM card tray leaks
We know you paid for the whole seat, but we’re going to force you to use only the edge: an iPhone part supplier has what they claim to be the SIM card tray slot for the iPhone 5. Sure, the iPhone 4S might be the fifth-generation iPhone, and the part might bear a striking resemblance to the current SIM card tray, but there are some (extremely) minor differences to be seen.
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Spotify for iPad arrives fashionably late
It’s time to party with the Spotify app for iPad, this being one of the last giant platforms for the application in its mobile form and certainly a beast of a battleground for the big green streaming music group. You’ve got several new elements coming your way for any iPad, but of course this application has been fine-tuned for the iPad 3, starting with Retina-quality graphics.
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