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Apple and Nokia have been in a patent battle related to smartphones but the International Trade Commission has just issued a ruling in favor of Apple. According to BusinessWeek: A judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington today said Apple isn’t violating Nokia patent rights. The judge’s findings are subject to review by…
There was a lot of hype about Color for iPhone and iPod touch recently – especially since it just raised $41 million in funding and no one has really heard about it until a few days ago. Color allows users to share photos and create multi-user albums if they all own iPhones and are within…
Apple released the latest version of iOS for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch today. The update is a maintenance release that addresses several bugs and problems reported in iOS 4.3. The iOS 4.3.1 update fixes the graphics glitch that was experienced by some iPod touch fourth generation owners and fixes intermittent cellular activation problems…
Tiny Wings has become an almost daily play for me. The new iOS game from Andreas Illiger is not only super-easy to play, it’s darn addictive. If you have the game loaded up on your iPhone, you’ll know exactly what I mean. With that in mind, some quick update news for those of you that…
It’s no secret that Apple is building a large data center in North Carolina. Various aspects of the building process have been discussed in the local, national and tech news. The facility has even been detailed in aerial photographs. The biggest unanswered question is the purpose behind this monolith structure – for what new or…
Ok we get it. Apple wants the trademark for “app store” and in that sense they’ve already contacted Microsoft and Amazon to change the name of their respective services. But that’s not all as now they’re going for a smaller guy – Seattle-based MiKandi.com, which described itself as the “world’s first adult app store.” Actually,…
Apple has decided to sue Amazon for its use of the term “App Store.” Apple has been using the term App Store for its iTunes applications market since July 2008 when the iPhone 3G was released and third-party apps came along with it. Amazon, however, argues that it calls its own third-party application market “Appstore,”…
With the terrible earthquake and tsunami aftermath continuing to hit hard over in Japan, one can’t help but wonder what can be done help out…That’s why I love it when developers step up to do their part, especially a heavy-hitter like Capcom. On now through March 22nd, Capcom has dropped the price of Street Figher…
Apple released iOS 4.3 just a few weeks ago, but there is word that an update is already in the works and is only a week or two away. The updated version will be iOS 4.3.1 and should bring a few minor bug fixes along with it. The update should fix Springboard issues and the…
Here we go again. A few days after hearing that the Apple iPhone 5 won’t have NFC, a new report from Forbes says that the next generation Apple smartphone will have NFC for things like mobile payments and syncing. According to a Forbes report: From what I hear, it is possible the iPhone 5 will…