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In a rare occurrence, AT&T and Sprint have come to an agreement to begin their own legal battles in court after an upcoming trial between AT&T and the U.S. Department of Justice. Both carriers decided they don’t want to interfere with the case, which will begin on February 13, 2012. The U.S. Justice Department originally filed…
Apple’s war with Amazon over the “Appstore” name has not finished yet. Apple widened its lawsuit a bit recently, claiming that Amazon made some changes to the way it advertises its Appstore after the Kindle Fire came out. Previously, Amazon added the tagline “for Android” to make the platform on which it’s available clear, but…
Just six months ago in May, Google announced during its I/O conference that it had activated 100 million Android devices. Today, in the midst of the big Google Music announcement, the company is doubling that number, claiming there are now 200 million activated Android devices. Yes, Android’s plot for world domination continues to move forward.…
AT&T has officially pushed back its self-imposed closing date for gobbling up the nations fourth-largest carrier, T-Mobile. AT&T still seems to believe that it will close the T-Mobile deal by the end of next year’s first half despite opposition from the Justice Department and a potential lawsuit from Sprint. If the deal doesn’t go through, the Dallas-based…
The patent war between Samsung and Apple intensifies with investigation under way over in Europe. The South Korean-based manufacturer has been trying to impede the selling of all Apple devices in Europe including the recently-launched iPhone 4s. This is all for naught, because the 3G patent complaints have flagged an antitrust investigation by Europe’s top competition…
Samsung managed to ship over 20 million smartphones in Q3 2011, one report says, and this means it shipped more smartphones in that quarter than any other company, including Nokia and arch-nemesis Apple. The two latter manufacturers cranked out 16.8 million and 17.1 million smartphones last quarter, respectively. Samsung has proven itself to be the…
Apple wins another round in the fight against Samsung. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is officially banned from being sold in Australia. Apple originally sued Samsung for infringing two patents regarding multi-touch gestures and controls. Back in August, Samsung had originally agreed not to sell the tablet in Australia anyway until the judge made a verdict.…
Seven states are banding together to prevent the merge between wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington along with the U.S. Justice Department all believe this deal would do more harm than good. The government already expressed its concern in a recent lawsuit that took AT&T by surprise.…
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More and more smartphones these days are beginning to ship with Texas Instruments’ processors these days but this may just be the beginning for the company in the mobile space. TI (TXN) announced its quarterly earnings today and beat expectations, even though the guidance given in the earnings call wasn’t as promising. The company faces…