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Jury Foreman Explains How A Verdict Was Reached In Apple, Samsung Case

After covering the Apple vs Samsung case as a news outlet for the past month, we are finally receiving some insight of what the experience was like being part of the jury. A jury foreman has recently conducted an interview with Bloomberg TV, and he was able to explain how Apple completed their landslide win...

Gogo In-flight Wi-Fi Service Gets Approval In Canada, Begins Service In 2013

Aircell’s Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service, that was introduced almost 4 years ago, has been granted a subordinate spectrum license in Canada today, Tech Crunch is reporting. The company has reportedly leased the spectrum from SkySurf, with cell site construction set to begin later this year. For those who aren't aware, Gogo allows travelers to get online using their laptops...

Did Samsung Steal Apple’s OS X Dock Now?

Samsung is still continuing with their game of stealing ideas from Apple. Today, Yahoo points to Samsung's new 'S-Launcher' dock for Windows 8 computers. At first glance, I thought it was a Mac OS X dock, and apparently Gizmodo has the same idea. Instead, this is the new  S-Launcher dock 'created by' Samsung. Who is designing for Samsung, I...

The Genius Bar’s Great Service Helps Apple Generate More Product Sales

The Genius Bar is always of great help, whether you're having an issue with your iPhone, Mac, or another Apple product. The service is fantastic, I bet you can't even name another company with similar customer service. If I brought my Windows computer into a local repair shop, my bill would likely be through the...

Why The Next Generation iPhone May Not Include NFC

We speculated the thought that the next generation iPhone may include NFC capabilities yesterday upon a leaked photo of iPhone internals. While the situation seemed right, with Passbook being released in iOS 6, some other sources pleaded otherwise. AnAndTech's Brian Klug has deeply analyzed 'iPhone 5' leaked parts and rumors, and has determined the metal...

Rumoured Technical Details of the ‘iPhone 5’ Analyzed by AnandTech

Apple is widely expected to announce the next iPhone on September 12th, as noted by numerous publications. We've seen numerous leaked parts to give us a glimpse of what might come in terms of design, but for the technical aspects you won't read a better breakdown other then the one just published by AnandTech. Brian...

Apple Customer Arrested For Shoplifting And Blames EasyPay Self Checkout

Apple's EasyPay service provides a much quicker and easier way of paying for Apple store products while in-store. Waiting in-line can be a pain, but EasyPay allows customers to purchase products directly from their iPhone without even stepping in line. The process is easy, just scan the barcode of the products and pay using the...

Beware Of Java 7 Exploit, Labeled “Super Dangerous” For Macs

A Mac computer is light-years ahead of a Windows computer in terms of security, they do however experience rare exploits a few times a year. Earlier this year nearly 600,000 Macs were affected by Flashback malware, spread through Java. Only days later, a trojan called 'LuckyCat' took advantage of an exploit in Microsoft Word on...

Tweetbot For Mac Alpha App Removed Due To New Twitter Rules

With Twitter's latest announcement, they've added a limit to the amount of users a third-party application can support. The limit allows up to 100,000 user tokens, anything beyond will have to be negotiated with Twitter. Due to the changes, Tapbots has removed the download link to its Tweetbot for Mac Alpha application and released the following...

Neither Samsung Nor Apple Can Afford To Stop Doing Business With Each Other

While Samsung plans to appeal jury's verdict and a damages bill of over $1 billion for copying Apple's design patents, it remains the sole supplier of micro-processing chips that power Apple's iOS devices. Hence, analysts believe that the "symbiotic business relationship between Samsung and Apple" is too important for either to put at risk (via Reuters). According to...

Here’s What Google Thinks Of Apple’s Victory Over Samsung

Soon after jury reached a verdict announcing Samsung did infringe on Apple’s design patents and it owes Apple over $1 billion in damages, Apple and Samsung both  issued official statements regarding the jury's decision and now, Google has reflected its thoughts saying that it isn't worried about the outcome since “most of these [patents] don’t relate to the core Android operating system", as...

Flurry: iOS And Android Adoption Rates Have Exploded [Analytics]

Flurry, a mobile application analytics company, decided to study just how fast iOS and Android devices were growing these days. So they compiled data and provided us with some interesting facts and charts. In effort to prove their point, read the following facts: Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster than that...