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Bloomberg reports that the iPhone, iPod, iPad and MacBook all infringe on three Alcatel-Lucent patents, the Paris-based company claims in a jury trial that is scheduled to begin today in federal court in San Diego. (more…)

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has today awarded the design rights for Siri's microphone icon to Apple after a year's examination, reports the Apple Insider. Apple designer Freddy Anzures and UI designer Alessandro Francesco Sabatelli have been credited as the icon's inventors. The report notes that the patent application was first filed on Oct. 4, 2011,...

Chevrolet has announced today at the Los Angeles International Auto Show that Chevrolet Spark and Chevy Sonic LTZ and RS models will integrate Apple's voice-activated Siri software into its Chevy MyLink smartphone-based infotainment system in early 2013. Chevy owners will be able to connect their iPhone with the MyLink radio via Bluetooth, pair with the system and...

Apple and Samsung are making sure the courts won't have a vacation on December 6 when the injunction hearing is scheduled. After the dispute over the HTC and Apple settlement was partly solved, Apple's latest claim is that Samsung's workaround is still infringing the '915 Apple patent for "application programming interfaces for scrolling operations", or...

We've heard countless rumours of an Apple Television, but nothing has really come to fruition. So all it took was the imagination of user 'Knowledge' from The Verge Forums (as spotted by App Advice) to show us what it could look like. This post is about the software and services that run on our televisions...

Following Apple, it was now the turn of Samsung to become the target of nonprofits investigating worker conditions in the South Korean company's Chinese suppliers. After being accused of enforcing excessive overtime, allowing exhausting working conditions, treatmenting workers inhumanely and abusing underage workers, Samsung has been forced to take action. (more…)

Citi Research is recommending investors to buy Apple's shares (AAPL) projecting a $675 target price while keeping in view the Cupertino company's year-over-year growth, which according to Citi, is expected to stabilize in the next 6 months, reports the Apple Insider. It is worth pointing out that Citi's target price is almost 11% below the price target for Apple...

How did Apple Stores become the most profitable per-square-foot retail stores? Well, Washington Square Films made a great video which was initially shown only to Apple Store employees. Now it is available to the public. (more…)

Apple's Lightning connector matches nicely with Thunderbolt, their previous data-connector branding, and once again highlights the hard work of the company's marketing machinery in making up easy-to-remember names with the desirable association. But this time, the Lightning had a special price: Apple had to buy the Lightning trademark from the renowned motorcycle manufacturer, Harley Davidson....

Foss Patents reports Apple filed a motion on Friday evening to add six more Samsung devices to the ongoing patent lawsuit between both companies: Both Apple and Samsung keep exercising their rights under the Northern District of California's permissive rules governing the timing of infringement contentions. After Samsung added the iPhone 5 and Apple brought...

Analyst Gene Munster has made an interesting prediction regarding a cheaper iPhone, saying that Apple will launch a $200, unsubsidized iPhone in 2014, reports the Business Insider. In order to increase its market share in countries like India and China, Apple will introduce a cheaper iPhone with a price point of around $200. In the...

Apple has been forced to change its battery suppliers for the MacBook Pro lines and the iPad to Amperex Technology Limited and Tianjin Lishen Battery after a Samsung subsidiary in charge of battery production, Samsung SDI, stopped supplying Apple, China Business News (via TechCrunch) reported. (more…)