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According to a new corporate study by Harris Poll (via TechCrunch), Apple has scored a Reputation Quotient® (RQ) of 85.63 which is the highest ever achieved by any firm. Harris Poll RQ is basically a survey which measures corporate reputation for brands and companies in the U.S. Apple's RQ displaces Google's second-ranked score of 82.82 with only 8 companies ever crossing...

An email from Steve Jobs which was sent to Google'e Eric Schmidt in 2007, was disclosed on Friday in a court ruling against Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel and a couple of other tech firms (via Reuters). The proposed class action accuses these companies of conspiring to keep employee compensation low by eliminating competition for skilled labor. According to...

Apple finds itself under legal attack from Motorola again, this time over patents related to the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents today is reporting that Motorola would have liked to have added these new assertions of patent infringement to an existing action which it started in 2010 but, apparently that case is already too...

A recent report published by Global StatCounter (via 9to5Mac) suggests that even though Google's Android OS has been showing rapid growth since the beginning of this year overtaking BlackBerry and even surpassing iOS in August (though only for the remainder of that month), it hasn't been able to catch up with the growing popularity of iOS. The statistics...

The Gmail iOS app has made its way back to the App Store. A couple weeks ago it was introduced and turned out to be somewhat of a dud as pushed notifications did not work as advertised, and other users experienced bugs. The 'new' app now supports push notifications, and finally image HTML messages now...

Google’s former CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt told U.S. Senators that Apple’s voice-recognition system is an “interesting development,” suggesting the feature posed a “competitive threat” to its search business. “Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information,” Schmidt writes. Schmidt’s written...

Google earlier announced new features for its social network, Google+. They also mentioned upcoming support for the iOS app to support the Hangouts feature, which is group video chat for devices with front-facing cameras, such as the iPhone 4 or latest generation iPod touch. That update is now live in the App Store, and so...

Google+ today has gone public for everyone, and part of their explanation of what's new, Vic Gundotra mentioned Hangouts will soon be supported in the Google+ iOS app. Hangouts is a multiuser video chat and will be enabled for all front-facing devices such as the iPhone 4. The new feature will be available today for...

According to the latest report from London-based Brand Finance, Apple has jumped 33% in 'value' to land in the number two spot at $39 billion, surpassing Microsoft but remains behind leader Google. Earlier in the year, a similar survey by Brandz put Apple in the top spot. Both companies use different metrics to measure brand...

Google's Blogger now has an official iOS app, as announced on the Google Mobile Blog. The popular platform now brings a native app for iPhone and iPod touch users (no iPad version yet): Today we’re excited to announce the new Blogger app for iOS. With the Blogger app, you can write a new blog post...

Bloomberg reports HTC has filed a fresh lawsuit against Apple, using patents it acquired last week from Google: HTC sued Apple today in federal court in Delaware, claiming infringement of four of those patents that originally were issued to Motorola. Taoyuan, Taiwan-based HTC also amended a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington,...

Many of us have already joined Google+, a social network operated by Google which was launched only two months ago and has already reached 25 million users. If you've already entered the circles of Google+ and also have an iOS device at hand, this app is what you need to import all your photos from Facebook, Flickr, Instagram...