A parody video titled "Apple Kills Star Trek" that shows a bleak world for the Starship Enterprise, as key features are crippled due to Apple’s massive intellectual property holdings, has just gone viral, as pointed out by AllThingsD. Following Apple's historical victory over Samsung in the greatest patents battle ever, this video speculates what might happen if the...
The seemingly never-ending Apple vs Samsung court case continues on, though the future hearings won't be as intense as we've seen in early August. As we've heard, Apple is in attempt to ban eight Samsung smartphones from the United States. As a result, Samsung will attempt to overrule the request in court on the newly...
I'm sure everyone is well aware that the heated patent battle with Samsung has recently ended over the past week. While that heated battle is finished, there is another ongoing patent dispute in Germany, involving Apple. Just like the Samsung case, Apple claims Motorola has unfaithfully adopted patented features onto their devices. Rather than the...
Early today, we published a report that revealed over 90% of Apple’s customers are satisfied with the Genius Bar’s phenomenal work. Now, folks over at Gizmodo appear to have gotten their hands on a copy of Apple's secret Genius Training Manual claiming that "you've never seen anything like it". According to Gizmodo, the manual gives a peek inside Apple's "psychological mastery" with...
Since 2007, Apple has run the iTunes Festival event in London. It's a completely free event and runs from September 1st to September 30th at the Roundhouse in London. The only way to attend is to win tickets to the concert, but if you're one of our Canadian readers, I wouldn't attempt to win them unless you...
Samsung sure won't leave this case without a fight. We reported over the weekend that Apple was seeking to ban 8 of Samsung's smartphones from the United States due to infringement of Apple's patents. The list of phones can be found below, and luckily for Samsung, their newest flagship phone isn't on the list. Early Tuesday morning,...
Apple has announced the promotion of Craig Federighi and Dan Riccio to senior vice presidents, to join the executive management team at Apple, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Moreover, Bob Mansfield was noted to remain at Apple even though he 'announced' his retirement in June. As senior vice president of Mac Software Engineering, Federighi will...
The Verge reports on the Samsung devices Apple seeks to ban in the U.S., as noted in their court filing: "Apple respectfully submits the following chart, reflecting the eight out of the twenty-eight adjudicated infringing products for which it seeks a preliminary injunction pending a final injunction..." Galaxy S 4G Galaxy S2 (AT&T) Galaxy S2...
With the Apple vs. Samsung case coming to a brutal end for Samsung this past Friday, what's to come next? Apple's stocks have already soared above and beyond $680 this morning, hitting a new all-time high. While all is good for Apple, Samsung is suffering as their market value plummeted 12 billion due to the loss....
Last week, Apple won a historical patents battle against Samsung when jury awarded Apple $1.049 billion in damages. Today was the first day of trading since the court ruling and already, the Cupertino company's stock price (NASDAQ:AAPL) is going haywire opening at a record high of $680 per share, as pointed out first by Tech Crunch. The new stock...
We've showed you the email Tim Cook sent out to Apple employees over winning the verdict at the California court, now it's time to present the Samsung version. In the memo, Samsung begins telling employees how the case began in the first place. The company then basically states the U.S. court was wrong, and court...
Reuters reports investors have punished Samsung's stock during the opening hours of trading as shares fell as much as 7.5% (a 1.183 million won drop; its largest drop in four years), causing the South Korean company to lose $12 billion in market value: "An adjustment in the next few days is unavoidable as the damage amount was...
