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The International Data Corporation (IDC) says Samsung and Apple are both pushing computer, smartphone, and tablet sales up, as the worldwide smart connected devices (all of the aforementioned devices) grew 27.1% on a year-over-year basis to a record 303.6 million shipments valued at $140.4 billion dollars. (more…)

Folks over at 9to5Mac have discovered that the latest iOS betas of 2nd and 3rd gen Apple TV not only include support for Bluetooth, but also allow successful pairing of Bluetooth keyboard, that can be used for content search and password entry. So far, Apple only allows paring of iOS devices with Apple TV using...

Bloomberg reports Apple and Google have teamed up to buy Kodak's patents, offering a joint bid of more than $500 million: Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have joined forces to offer more than $500 million to buy Eastman Kodak Co.’s patents out of bankruptcy, said two people with knowledge of the situation. The two companies,...

Foss Patents reports that Apple's US Patent No. 7,479,949, a key multitouch patent usually referred to as "the Steve Jobs patent", was tentatively declared invalid by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and will be the subject of a reexamination process. (more…)

If you thought Apple's Glass Project had been put on hold, we have great news: a recently granted Apple patent (via Patently Apple) reveals new parameters for their future glasses. (more…)

Wi-LAN USA,  a company involved in the production and development of wireless modems and high-speed wireless ethernet solutions, has today filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Apple over LTE based iPhone 5 and iPad 3, reports PatentlyApple. The report notes that Wi-LAN is the first company who has sued Apple over the iPhone 5 and iPad 3...

After more than three hours of heavy arguments on the scope and consequences of the $1 billion ruling that found Samsung guilty of willful patent infringement, Judge Lucy Koh asked both parties to put down their weapons, Financial Times reports. (more…)

Earlier tonight NBC's Brian Williams hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook in his first ever TV interview. The network teased the interview last week and this morning the show exclusively announced Apple plans to invest $100 million to build iMacs in the USA. Williams notes it took months of negotiation to land the exclusive with Cook....

(image via infinitezest.com) Earlier today the big news was Apple CEO Tim Cook telling NBC's Rock Center the company plans to bring back manufacturing to the USA. Other reports also noted Foxconn seeks to build electronics in the U.S. as well. With some noticing Apple's new iMacs being labeled with "Assembled in the USA", the...

Back in October, Samsung filed a new request for a re-trial demanding that $1.05 billion verdict awarded in favor of Apple should be overturned because the jury foreman failed to disclose that 20 years ago he was in litigation with Seagate, a Samsung partner. Samsung further suggested that Apple was aware of this issue right from the start,...

Apple has today confirmed that T-Mobile USA will start carrying its products from next year (via The Loop). The news was published by T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom in a press release, and was later confirmed by an Apple representative. T-Mobile has been rumoured to start offering the iPhone in US for quite some time. In...

Kristin Paget a.k.a Chris Paget has been hired by Apple in its security team, according to a report by Wired. The elite hacker was part of a small team of hackers brought in by Microsoft to lock down Windows Vista five years ago. The source claims that Paget has confirmed via email that she is now an Apple...