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In the light of growing tension between Apple and its custom ARM-based chips supplier Samsung in the courtrooms, the Cupertino giant is reportedly is looking into an alternative supplier for its custom A-series processors, with certain rumours pointing at Taiwan-based TSMC, a company Apple tried to secure exclusive access to earlier this year (via MacRumors). Apple is apparently planning to...

The International Data Corporation (IDC) says Samsung and Apple are both pushing computer, smartphone, and tablet sales up, as the worldwide smart connected devices (all of the aforementioned devices) grew 27.1% on a year-over-year basis to a record 303.6 million shipments valued at $140.4 billion dollars. (more…)

Apple's latest and greatest iPhone 5 saw record pre-sales at its Korean launch today, with customers lining up in extreme cold at the company's biggest smartphone rival Samsung's home turf, reports Fortune. The report notes that Apple's original iPhone 5 launch in Korea was delayed due to some "procedural errors" in registering the device with the government....

After more than three hours of heavy arguments on the scope and consequences of the $1 billion ruling that found Samsung guilty of willful patent infringement, Judge Lucy Koh asked both parties to put down their weapons, Financial Times reports. (more…)

Back in October, Samsung filed a new request for a re-trial demanding that $1.05 billion verdict awarded in favor of Apple should be overturned because the jury foreman failed to disclose that 20 years ago he was in litigation with Seagate, a Samsung partner. Samsung further suggested that Apple was aware of this issue right from the start,...

A few days ago Judge Judy Koh ruled the Apple-HTC settlement agreement details would not sealed (minus the pricing and royalty rates) from public view. Originally Apple and HTC agreed to show Samsung a redacted version of the agreement but U.S. court Judge Paul Grewal overruled and offered the entire document available for attorneys-eyes-only. Now,...

According to video tracker Visible Measures (via AllThingsD), the most popular tech ad of 2012 goes to Samsung's Galaxy S III ad mocking Apple users waiting in line for the iPhone 5 (earlier ads debuted during the Super Bowl; a similar ad debuted in 2011 mocking iPhone 4S buyers): Samsung tops the list in 2012 with...

Apple and Samsung will have a rough day in court in just a couple days (the hearing is scheduled for December 6), where we will likely hear about design workarounds, among other things. But how will design workarounds affect both Apple’s and Samsung's business and patents? Florian Müller of Foss Patents tries to find some...

Since the $1 billion ruling hit the company, Samsung has been continuously struggling to raise doubts about the jury's patent infringement verdict. The most interesting thing of all -- and the most provocative -- is the South Korean manufacturer's claim that the jury's decision was tainted because the jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, withheld information about...

Turns out Apple didn't regain the top spot in the US as the most popular mobile handset manufacturer, but it increased its market share, retaining second spot, comScore's latest study shows. (more…)

Apple has decided to limit the terms of one of the patents successfully asserted in the $1 billion verdict against Samsung. First reported by Florian Müller of Foss Patents, Apple filed a so-called "terminal disclaimer" with the US Patent Office yesterday, as a reply to the Samsung motion claiming Apple's US Patent No. D618,677 is...

The semiconductor industry is already concerned about Apple's potential move from Samsung to TSMC for manufacturing the chips for the iPhone and iPad as a result of the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. (more…)