Looks like Lodsys is back in action again and has started lawsuits against five major game companies. According to FOSSpatents, Lodsys is going after Rovio for Angry Birds for iOS (NOO!!) and Android, EA for Sims 3 (iPhone), Atari and their Greatest Hits Series, Square Enix for Big Hit Baseball, and Take-Two Interactive for NHL...
Apple issued a PR release a couple hours ago to broadcast yesterday's OS X Lion debut resulted in over 1 million downloads on the first day, which, is pretty impressive. Given the fact it was available straight from the Mac App Store probably helped too, eh? CUPERTINO, California—July 21, 2011—Apple® today announced that in just...
Remember those incredibly real knock-off Apple Stores built in Kunming, China? Turns out the stores are not authorized Apple resellers (duh), but the products they sell are genuine and sold at the same prices as Apple's website. The WSJ's China Real Time, they were able to reach out to a store employee, while calls to...
During Apple's 2011 Q3 earnings conference call, it was revealed the company now has over $76.2 billion dollars in cash. In just a mere three months, their cash war chest increased from $65.8 billion dollars. Asymco notes the cash acquired during this quarter is more than what Apple had on hand 4.5 years ago. The...
We learned a lot at Apple's 2011 Q3 Earnings call, and today Financial Times reports that the Apple has surpassed Nokia as the world's biggest smartphone producer by volume. Some numbers: The troubled Finnish mobile phone maker made a net loss of €368m ($524m) during the three-month period as revenues declined 7 per cent to €9.3bn. Shipments of Nokia smartphones...
Foxconn Electronics has been the primary manufacturer for iPhone and iPad orders, that was until earlier reports revealed Apple had placed 15 million next-generation iPhone 5 orders with Pegatron Technology. Digitimes reports Foxconn has been working swiftly to raise its production efficiency and improve yield rates, in order to maintain business with its existing...
A while back, we posted a few posts regarding the UBB date, which had people passionate about internet caps. Let's take a look at a few recent changes we've seen from the carriers here, specifically Rogers, Shaw, and Teksavvy. Rogers posted an update regarding internet caps today on its Redboard blog. They have modified some...
Along with today's significant hardware and software releases by Apple, something else has changed for better. Canadian Apple Store pricing has now matched Apple USA for the Macbook Air, Mac mini, and iMac. OS X Lion is also priced the same as well, at $29. The screenshots below show the same prices for the following...
It's been quite the release morning for Apple today. It was confirmed during yesterday's earnings conference call OS X Lion would be available today. But Apple also released updates for the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and introduced a new 27" Apple Thunderbolt display. Also, the White MacBook is dead, and a few OS X Lion...
Apple has four Apple stores in China: two in Beijing, one in Shanghai, and one more opening soon in Hong Kong within the iconic International Finance Centre (you know, the one where the Dark Knight leaped down from), located in Central. So when a husband and wife expat couple working in Kunming, China, noticed an...
Today Apple announced record-breaking revenues and iPhone and iPad sales, in their 2011 third quarter. In after hours trading, their stock even exceeded $400 US/share, reflecting the non-stop momentum of the past few years. Thinking back to when world was coming to an end in the Fall of 2008, and Apple shares were available at...
Just now, during Apple's 2011 Q3 Earnings Conference call, Senior VP and CFO Peter Oppenheimer confirmed OS X Lion will be in fact available tomorrow in the Mac App Store, on Wednesday July 20th. The price will be $29.99, but could sell slightly higher in Canada. Currently, Snow Leopard is selling for $29.00 CDN. Apple...
