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BrightWare reports through the Korean online news site iNews24 that Samsung has today brought a lawsuit against Apple in a court in South Korea over its 'Notification Center' patent infringement (via Patently Apple). No more details have been made available. A lot of Android users have blamed Apple for copying their notification system, which was first introduced by Google in...

Earlier this month, speculations of Apple planning to switch to TSMC for its custom A-series processors by early 2013 grew stronger but now, Wall Street Journal reports that Taiwan based semiconductor manufacturer may not accept Apple as a client until late 2013. Previously, Apple has attempted to secure exclusive access to TMSC, with proposals of more than $1 billion, but failed....

The super yacht built for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has ended up being sequestered by lawyers of designer Philippe Starck, while lying in Amsterdam port, due to a payment dispute, Dutchnews.nl reports (via AppleInsider). (more…)

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is in preliminary talks alongside Microsoft and Google to acquire home automation start up R2 Studios, created by the maker of the Slingbox: A secretive startup founded by the man who popularized the Slingbox has been in talks with companies considering buying it, people close to the company...

Patently Apple reports Apple has filed for the 'iPod touch loop' trademark with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on December 10th, 2012. Apple's original trademark filing for this term took place in Jamaica in September, when the new iPod touch was first launched. Apple filed their trademark in Toronto, Canada under "wares" which specifically covers...

Alongside its Apple Campus 2 project in Cupertino, California, the Cupertino joint has also started work on a new 39-acre campus in Austin, Texas. According to Wired, this will be home to a major portion of the Apple empire in future. The new Austin campus will give 1 million square feet of office to Apple, opening another...

A new study carried out by CrowdFlower, Apple Maps are much more likely to send you in the wrong direction as compared to Google Maps, with approximately 3.4% major error rate in the US, compared to 1.1% for Google Maps and 1.3% for Bing. To find out how Apple Maps stack up against Google's and Bing's...

Now we know why Samsung decided to withdraw its patent lawsuits against Apple that sought to ban iDevices in the EU. Samsung thought it would be better to withdraw the suits, as most of them were based on SEP patents owned by the South Korean company. Why did they decide this was the best option?...

Turns out Apple has distanced itself from Google much more than we thought. With iOS 6, Apple didn't just drop Google Maps and YouTube, but reduced Siri's reliance on Google by 50%. (more…)

It looks like Apple may not be able to patent the "pinch-to-zoom" functionality after all. Today the United States Patent Office (USPTO) rejected the "US 7,844,915" patent, otherwise known as the "pinch-to-zoom" patent. This is significant because this particular patent was a key piece of the pie in Apple's $1.049 billion infringement win over Samsung...

According to Doug Freedman, an RBC Capital Markets analyst, the production of the second-generation iPad mini with Retina Display is practically on the assembly line. (more…)

A couple of days back, Citi's Apple analysts radically cut the price target for Apple Stock to $575, rating it neutral down from buy. The same team had previously given clients a 20-day one-two punch, issuing a buy at $571 just before the stock fell to $509, before eventually downgrading it to neutral. Looks like CNBC's Jim Cramer...