U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh urged CEOs of Apple and Samsung once again today to meet in an effort to settle the case. The Judge told legal counsel for both companies that she'd appreciate "if you can have your CEOs have one last conversation", AllThingsD is reporting. “You can put your tables together and share,” Koh...
Roger Fidler, a news technology developer called as a trial witness by Samsung yesterday in the ongoing patents infringement trial with Apple, claimed that Cupertino company saw his prototype for a tablet computer over a decade before the iPad was released in 2010, Bloomberg reports. The witness, who heads the digital publishing program at the University of Missouri, said...
Back in April, Royal Canadian Mint sent invitation to iOS developers to join the MintChip™ Developer Challenge, asking them to create an innovate digital payment app using MintChip technology. The contest entries ran though July 18, 2012 and today, the Royal Canadian Mint has announced the start of the public voting for the popular choice award in the $50,000...
A year and half ago, Nokia and Microsoft teamed up to "disrupt mobile ecosystems". Let's refresh with this video: It looked like the perfect symbiotic relationship, but too bad nothing really emerged that has made a significant impact on the smartphone industry. To Nokia's credit, they did note at the time 2011-2012 would be 'transition...
Netflix has just announced on their blog a new feature called 'post-play' that will help viewers to continue watching after they have finished a movie or TV episode. Here's how they explain post-play: When you finish watching an episode of a TV show, we’ll minimize the credits and tee-up the next episode. If you do...
Prior to the release of the iPhone, traveling meant it was a time to 'unplug' from the digital world, and being only able to check email if you had access to a computer at a friend's house ("can I quickly check my Hotmail?") or an 'Internet Cafe' (remember those?). The iPhone's launch was more than...
Worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 2.3 percent in the second quarter of 2012, when compared to the same quarter in 2011. According to research firm Gartner, anticipation of the new iPhone may be part of the reason. I feel partly responsible. Count me as one of the ones waiting! As quoted from the source:...
If you have ever wanted an overview of iOS devices and what versions of iOS are supported, look no further than the handy chart created by Empirical Magic (via The Loop). The matrix starts at the original iPhone and includes every single iPod touch and iPad, covers iPhone OS 1-3 and iOS 4-6 and includes...
For all you jet setters out there, Samsonite Canada has announced a new revamped responsive website that is optimized for your iPhone, iPad or any other device. The new website allows shoppers to easily buy luggage from their mobile devices and find Samsonite dealers. Access the site from your desktop will auto detect your location...
Apple has been awarded patent for a new touch screen LCD technology that may suggest how the company might be able to reduce weight and thickness of next generation iPhone displays by combining different touch-sensing elements, reports AppleInsider. Labelled as "Touch screen liquid crystal display", the newly patented LCD screen technology integrates the touch sensors with the actual display circuits,...
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 claims that Samsung is infringing on at least 4 of its major design patents, 3 of its feature patents with over 20 different devices. While it all sounds kind of complicated and confusing, a single gigantic chart easy enough to understand (shown below), gives you a good idea about just how many patents we're talking...