The 2012 patent lawsuit landscape could get a bit simpler in the near future if Apple and Samsung can settle their legal battle. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has referred the companies to a magistrate judge in a bid to work out a settlement. In what is hopefully a sign that both companies want to put this dispute behind them, […]
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Apple releases Flashback malware removal tools
An estimated 600,000 Macs were infected by the Flashback trojan earlier this month. The botnet apparently collected personal information and web browsing logs. It exploited a Java security hole that, while patched by Oracle some time ago, had not been fixed by Apple. Apple has now released a removal tool that will deal with “most common variants” and has patched […]
Video: How the Apple iPad is made
Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz was recently given the opportunity to see how Foxconn builds iPads for Apple. He is only the second journalist to be allowed to visit Shenzhen’s Longhua factory floor. The video below gives us a short glimpse at some of the assembly process as well as the lives of the some 240,000 people who work […]
Apple iPhone 5 to sport unibody case for fall launch?
Did you miss your almost daily dose of iPhone 5 rumours? If yes, you’re in luck as they’re back in full force today. A number of new alleged details have suddenly popped up from a number of different sources. First up is Topeka Capital Markets’ Brian White who has just returned from China and Taiwan. According to information that he […]
Rumour: Apple testing 7.85-inch iPad prototype
Daring Fireball‘s John Gruber is the latest to wade into the “mini iPad” rumour mill. Gruber, who has a decent prediction track record, mentioned the oft-rumoured tablet during a The Talk Show podcast, indicating that Apple was “noodling with” a 7.85-inch iPad. What I do know is that they have one in the lab… a 7.85-inch iPad that runs at […]
Android and iOS account for over 80% of U.S. smartphone market
The latest comScore numbers show that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems continued to dominate the U.S. smartphone market. Together they now account for over 80% of the market with Android owning over half the market by itself for the time in its history (a 17% increase in the past year). More than 104 million people owned smartphones at […]
Next Apple iPhone and iPad to use OLED display?
In a report about today’s launch of Samsung Display as an affiliate of the flagship Samsung firm, The Korea Times is reporting that Apple could use OLED panels for upcoming iPhone and iPad models. Samsung Display is planning to “massively increase its investment for OLEDs” as LCD revenues drop due to increasing competition. Citing “unnamed Samsung executives,” the report indicates […]
Android to eclipse Windows for smart connected devices by 2016
The latest IDC report suggests that Android will surpass Windows as the dominant operating system for all smart connected devices (which includes PCs, media tablets and smartphones) by 2016. Combined shipments of this class of devices reached 916 million units in 2011 and is expected to climb to 1.84 billion units by 2016. “Whether it’s consumers looking for a phone […]