This week, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California, ordered Apple and Samsung to pare down their list of complaints against one another. Judge Koh gave the parties until Monday to present a reasonable number of complaints to be presented in front of the jury at trial, scheduled to […]
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal antitrust complaint against Apple and Hachette, HarperCollins, MacMillan, Simon & Shuster, Pearson, and Penguin, alleging e-book price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act. According to the complaint, after unsuccessfully trying to pressure Amazon into raising its e-book prices, the publishing companies found common cause with Apple. The […]
According to a statement by AT&T, the company’s customers that use Apple iPhones can now request a phone be unlocked (allowing use with other carriers), under a new policy that went into effect on April 8. AT&T requires that a customer complete a two-year contract, upgrade under one of their upgrade policies, or pay the […]
Remember Steve Jobs’s “third screen” conceptualization of a tablet? In a nutshell, the idea is that the average user goes from their first screen, a desktop or laptop, to their second screen, a smartphone. Jobs had the idea of a tablet as a third screen, and as we’ve seen from Apple’s sales, he was right […]
Our Reuven Shechter may like his new iPad, but Australian consumer watchdog Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) cried foul yesterday over Apple’s claim of 4G compatibility. It turns out that the iPad isn’t compatible with Australia’s 4G network at all. From the Australian Broadcasting Company: Lawyers for the ACCC accused Apple of breaching consumer law […]
Reviewing a tablet as iconic as the iPad is a challenge no one wants to take on, especially not a recently converted Apple hater. Regardless, I will do my best to impartially and fairly review this beautiful and polarizing piece of hardware that screams Apple out of every orifice. Okay, so it may not be […]
Purchasers of Apple’s latest revision of the iPad report many issues using them with various covers and cases on the market. Even some of Apple’s own smart covers aren’t immune. According to their support forums, Apple modified the design specification of their smart covers some time in 2011, changing the model numbers at the same […]
Last Friday was a monumental day in my life. As an ardent anti-Apple advocate since my purchase of a second generation iPod touch way back in 2008, I have declared Apple products overpriced, showy, and too locked-down. I believed iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks were for the yuppies of the world, the hipsters, and those who […]
The statistics-mongers at IDC have some interesting news about the last quarter of 2011. It seems that the company that redefined the tablet market and made it something people actually want dove down to a mere 54.7 percent of shipped tablets. IDC claims Apple’s dip is largely due to the debut of last holiday’s hot […]
Every year at SXSW, a new social media platform becomes the darling of the hipster/techie set. This year, the app blowing up in Austin is Highlight, a location-based social media friend finder. Think of it like Grindr, but without the inherent gay dating aspect. Or like Blendr, except without the ick factor of every media […]
