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Boston University has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple alleging the Cupertino company is using BU technology in its iPhone 5, iPad and MacBook Air. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. The patent in question involves a method of making a gallium nitride thin film semiconductor device. It was…
Some very bright photos have appeared over the last few days, showing what could be the backsides of the fabled budget iPhone, recently dubbed the iPhone Light. The 90’s-ish neon cases sport the Apple logo and iPhone branding, and follow nicely to the colorful redesign of Apple’s iOS, iOS 7. Although it seems a bit…
We’ve been telling you about this in the past and now it’s apparently official. Starting from next year, Samsung won’t make chips used inside Apple’s products, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Rather that business will be picked up by Taiwanese TSMC. In the meantime, however, the Korean giant will continue to provide chips for…
Not all operators around the world are wetting their pants over the iPhone. NTT DoCoMo is one of them as it has been refusing to sell Apple’s device for quite some time despite losing customers to competing networks that carry the iPhone. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, DoCoMo’s Senior VP Kazuto Tsubouchi…
T-Mobile iPhone and AT&T owners are having an update rolled out to their handsets. It’s unclear to what this update 14.2 does as no details have been released from T-Mobile, AT&T, or Apple. These new settings are automatically updated in the background, as I saw this on my iPhone 5 once I went to the…
And yet again we have an “in the wild” photo of the upcoming iPhone 5S to show you. The new leak, provided by MacRumors, shows that the next Apple smartphone will add dual-LED flash to the mix to make for better photos when you take them in low-light conditions. MacRumors also noted that the main…
Samsung has infringed on Apple’s patent covering a “bounce-back” feature, a Tokyo court has decided. The Korean company reportedly copied the feature in which icons on smartphones and tablets quiver back when users scroll to the end of a document. The decision comes on the heels of USPTO’s ruling in April which said that Apple’s…
Nokia capitalizes on the zombie craze in its latest ad for the Lumia 925, targeting the iPhone 5 and its camera. You can watch the clever ad below. It seems like the diss ads are piling up lately, making the mobile phone market look like the United States during election season. Microsoft has had some…
Apple TV users will soon be able to watch their favorite HBO shows on the device, as Apple has announced the availability of HBO Go and WatchESPN. Also available for Apple TV are content providers Sky News, Crunchyroll and Qello, who provide live news and sports programming. HBO GO and WatchESPN are some of the…
It looks like production is starting for the Apple iPhone 5S. One of the most talked about assembly parts — the display — has leaked out. Rumors have been flying about the display of the iPhone 5S because many claim Apple may move to an even larger size, perhaps near 5 inches or larger. At…