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Apple and Samsung CEOs Talk But Fail to Reach Trial Settlement

Earlier today, Judge Koh of the Apple vs Samsung trial urged both company CEOs to have one last telephone conversation prior to the jury's deliberation this week. According to Reuters, it appears the CEOs did talk but trial settlements failed to materialize: Top executives from both companies had participated in mediation with a U.S. magistrate...

Brossard Apple Store Coming as Confirmed by Job Postings

For those living in Brossard, Quebec, get ready for an Apple Store opening inside the Mail Champlain mall. As noted by ifoAppleStore, Apple's retail job page has listed numerous retail positions for a new store in Brossard, south west across the St. Lawrence river from Montreal. This will mark the fifth Apple Store for Quebec,...

The iPhone Is Worth More Than All Microsoft Products Combined

After topping out Microsoft's market capitalization record earlier today, Apple is back once again beating up on the Redmond, Washington, software giant. This time around, iPhone sale statistics provided proof that the iPhone is a better selling product than all Microsoft products. Vanity Fair notes: (via Forbes) One Apple product, something that didn’t exist five...

Apple Passes Microsoft For The Most Valuable Publicly-Traded Stock Ever

After Apple surpassed their previous $644 per share milestone late last week, the company has kept the ball rolling forward. An extremely strong performance today has allowed Apple to pass up Microsoft as the most valuable publicly-traded stock ever. This is a milestone Microsoft has held since 1999, or close to 13 years. With current...

Canadians Are Spending Less Time on Smartphones, Notes Ipsos Reid Poll

According to a recent study, Canadians are spending less time on smartphones and tablets, as noted in the spring 2012 wave of Ipsos Reid’s Mobil-ology, which studies the Canadian mobile market. “Initially, seasonality was suspected as a cause of this reported behaviour,” says Mary Beth Barbour, Senior Vice President with Ipsos Reid. “However, the average...

Jury Will Be Made Aware Apple Destroyed Evidence, As Did Samsung

We recently learned earlier today that Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Kwon On Hyun would be speaking over the phone attempting to resolve any ongoing patent disputes. Upon the phone call, each companies lawyers will alert Judge Lucy Koh of the results. The rest of the unresolved disputes will be decided by the jury. But...

Tim Cook To Speak With Samsung About Lawsuit Settlements Today

Right when we thought the final decision would be given to the jury, Apple and Samsung are now back to settlement talks. Tim Cook will speak to Samsung CEO Kwon Oh Hyun over the phone in attempt to settle various infringement disputes. Hopefully past settlement talks aren't any clue of what's to arise. Bloomberg has the report, via...

The “iPhone 5” Display And Digitizer Is On The Market For $199

Would you like to own a portion of the iPhone 5 before the release? Probably not, but regardless, the iPhone 5's rumored 1136 x 640 display and digitizer is for sale on ChinaGadgetLand. We cannot verify the part is real, but I wouldn't doubt it with all these pre-release iPhone part leaks. The part is...