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Apple Pays Lawyers Nearly $1,200 An Hour During Patent Lawsuits
The Apple vs Samsung lawsuit has been ongoing for nearly a month now. Patent lawyers worked the case all the way up until late last week. Now the case is left up to the jury to decide. Throughout this past month, jurors and even the judge have been educated by Apple and Samsung's lawyers. Each...
Apple Retail Stores Enhance Device Security With Anti-Theft Dock Connectors [UPDATED]
With rates of crime hopping through the roof these days, it can be hard to trust the thousands of people walking through the Apple store daily. Anyone in the store could easily yank an iPad (or iPhone) and run out the door. That wouldn't be good, and Apple doesn't really want to take that chance....
Apple’s Genius TV Ads Have Vanished From Its Site And Youtube
When Apple's Genius TV advertisements were aired only during the opening ceremony of the Olympics (and not any time else), I knew Apple must have personally requested they not run anymore. The ads withstood heavy criticism because the customers in the ads were seen as clueless. I found the three advertisements humorous, but apparently Apple wasn't looking to move away...
Steve Jobs One-Year Resignation ‘Anniversary’ Nearing, This Friday
Well folks, it's hard to believe, but Steve Jobs has been out of Apple's CEO position for one-year as of this Friday. August 24th, 2011 is the date he decided to resign from the Cupertino company. Rest assured it was a hard task, but he was openly fighting pancreatic cancer for years prior to his...
Apple Sued By Former Employee Claiming Steve Jobs Promised ‘Job Security’
A recent filing with the California Superior Court by Wayne Goodrich claims he was fired wrongfully. The firing wasn't related to performance, but distinctively due to "business reasons." Goodrich had quite a important job with the company. The Keynotes, in which you see when Apple releases a product, were run by him. He claims he...
‘Double’ Is An iPad-Controlled Telepresence Robot
We've all seen movies involving robots, right? We all thought those days were far from near, but Double Robotics has invented a nifty iPad-controlled robot dubbed 'Double.' While this robot may not nearly include the far-fetched features of that in movies, Double will be very useful around offices, schools, and stores. Double, being controlled by...
Testimony Finally Comes To An End In Apple Vs. Samsung Patents Infringement Trial
Apple called a number of witnesses to the stand today in order to counter the testimony from Samsung’s experts, after which U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh said, “We are done,” putting an end to nearly fifty hours of testimony heard by the jury, according to AllThingsD. Both Apple and Samsung have now rested their case...
Apple Owes Us $421.8 Million, Claimed Samsung While Concluding Its Case In Patents-Infringement Trial
Samsung has rested its case in the ongoing patents infringement trial against Apple after putting on witnesses who claimed that Apple would owe the Korean tech-giant as much as $421.8 million in royalties, as reported by Bloomberg. David Teece, one of Samsung's damages experts from University of California, Berkeley’s business school, said that Apple’s alleged infringement of two of the patents...
Apple Shares Hit A Record High, Jefferies Analyst Expects It To Reach $900
Back in April, Apple stock (AAPL) reached an all-time high of $644 taking the company's market capital to over $600 billion. Today, AAPL passed that mark once again, hitting a fresh record of $644.13 per share, following which Jefferies analyst Peter Misek boosted his price target to $900 from $800, and predicted that the iPhone 5 could be “the biggest handset...
‘Kenny The Clown’ Gets His Hands On Steve Jobs’ Stolen iPad
Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home recently became a victim of burglary in which several Apple computers and personal items worth more than $60,000 were stolen. While the burglar has been caught and jailed already, a friend of his who goes by the name of 'Kenny the Clown', got his hands on one of Steve's personal iPads...
$60,000 Worth Of Apple Computers & Other Items Stolen From Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto House
Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple who passed away last October at the age of 56, was known for a modest personal life and had lived in the residential neighbourhood. His Palo Alto home recently became a victim of burglary in which several computers and personal items worth more than $60,000 were stolen, according to...
Apple And Samsung Sale Numbers Revealed In Court Filing
With the Apple vs Samsung court case remaining quiet most of this past week, we finally have some interesting data to share. We may not have those fun prototype shots, but we do have some sale figures. During yesterday's court pleading Samsung revealed sale figures for both companies. Unfortunately they are sale figures of what...