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While Microsoft is attempting to woo developers to build applications for its Windows Phone 8 platform, there will certainly be omissions when the platform launches in October. The BBC have responded to an email of a WPCentral tipster, which sheds light on some of the frustrations some Windows Phone developers are facing. Microsoft uses a different…
Though currently involved in a high-profile legal dispute with Samsung, Apple CEO Tim Cook must be all smiles today. Apple’s stock is currently trading north of $660 per share, putting the company’s market cap (current number of outstanding shares multiplied by the share price) above $623 billion. The $623 billion valuation in mid-day trading makes…
Both sides have rested their respective cases. Judge Lucy Koh suggested last week that the companies should try one final time to work out a settlement, and the companies attempted to do just that over the weekend. As with all other settlement efforts in the case, the exercise ended in a stalemate, with neither side…
Though not officially slated to debut until Q1 2013, RIM’s BlackBerry 10 and corresponding launch devices may be closer to completion than previously thought. The company’s CEO Thorsten Heins has begun carrying a BlackBerry 10 prototype for daily use, and according to The Wall Street Journal, RIM is set to take two “nearly complete” prototype devices…
In case you had any doubt that the next iPhone would support the advanced 4G LTE networks, a CNET report today suggests that Korean carriers SK Telecom and KT are in talks with Apple to carry the LTE-equipped iPhone later this year. The companies are working with Apple to ensure that the frequencies these carriers use…
When Microsoft unveiled the Surface tablet line back in June, many expected the lower-end ARM-based Windows RT model to retail around the price of an iPad. After all, the Windows 8-based tablet is expected to be a fully fledged mobile computer that could easily rival the capabilities offered by Apple’s market-leading iPad, and a tablet…
Though iOS 6 may be adding offline turn-by-turn navigation when it launches next month, the service will likely be limited to the iPhone 4S/iPad 2 or newer models, leaving iPhone 4 and original iPad owners with the choice to upgrade or lose features. Fortunately for those not wanting to upgrade, Telenav has just released an…
After Facebook announced its $1 billion purchase of Instagram earlier this year, the UK’s Office of Fair Trade (OFT) announced it was launching an investigation of the deal. Today, the OFT issued a brief statement that it will not pursue the case further with the Competition Commission, effectively giving the deal its stamp of approval. The concern was…
After presenting all the evidence in its possession, Apple rested its case in the patent dispute case against Samsung today. In the case Apple brought against the South Korean consumer electronics giant, the burden of proof fell on Apple to prove that Samsung knowingly copied the design of the iPhone when designing its Galaxy line…
A few weeks ago, we learned that RIM was openly considering licensing its upcoming BlackBerry 10 software to hardware manufacturers keen on releasing a BlackBerry device. No decision was made at that time, and such a move would be a marked departure from RIM’s historic business model, which saw the company acting as both the hardware and…