The judge hearing the intellectual property case between Apple and Samsung has pleaded with the two firms to make one last attempt at reaching a settlement. Lucy Koh (pictured) warned both sides that letting a jury decide was effectively a crapshoot. As we’ve previously covered, this is one of the rare cases where one of [...]
Mississippi residents are most likely to break an iPhone or iPad according to newly published figures. The figures come from Square Trade, a company that offers extended warranty policies for electronic devices. They take population into account and represent the expected proportion of policyholders making an accidental damage claim over a two year period. The [...]
I can’t really confirm this since I myself do not own an Android device, but according a Reddit thread, by asking with the voice search, “Who founded Apple?” results in it listing “Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak, and Steve Jobs.” The voice, however, only says, “Apple Inc. was founded by Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak, and others…” [...]
Apple has applied for a patent on having an additional display, possibly with touch input, built into a flexible cover for the iPad. The application was filed last year but has only just been made public by the US Patent & Trademark Office. It appears to be an enhanced version of the design used for [...]
Oh my god, Microsoft actually did something that works really, really well. Who would’ve thought it? I’m currently travelling and there’s nothing like going on a holiday to test out travel apps and see what can and can’t work when you’re on the move, going on tours and have limited Internet connection. First let me [...]
Qantas will be the first airline to completely replace their inflight entertainment system with iPads. Passengers will have the capability of accessing Qantas’ own entertainment system, QStreaming, through their iPads and will also have inflight wifi to check emails and surf the web. Having flown Qantas many, many times, I’m constantly unimpressed with their entertainment [...]
Samsung was officially labeled as uncool by a British judge earlier this month, but it’s Apple that will face the real embarrassment: it’s now been ordered to place advertisements confirming Samsung isn’t a copycat. This particular front of the patent wars involves Apple’s claims that the original version of the Galaxy Tab ripped off the [...]
Smartphone displays may now be good enough to allow ophthalmologists to diagnose patients even when they are away from their base hospital. But there does seem to be a major limitation in the research that means some conclusions offered by third parties might not be quite as they seem. There have been suggestions in response [...]
I don’t know about you but I know that my mum has a whole cupboard full of old photos and negatives from the age before digital cameras. She always wants to make them digital but the cost of doing so at the photo shop (and the effort of taking it down there) is enough to [...]
Designed for all those horrible people who want to mess with those of us a little bit terrified of the insect famous for never freaking dying (even though they’re actually rather harmless), the Roachbot is a remote controlled cockroach from Japan. And I suppose it’s been popular enough that it has warranted an “upgrade” to [...]
This might just be why geeks weren’t considered quite as sexy in 1986 as they are in the 21st century. Aren’t the kiddies just the cutest?! I still would have totally worn this back then though…I mean come on. [Via Technology Digital]
Apple’s recent injunction against Samsung was a big (if potentially costly) victory, but the company has now had two patent claims thrown out in the space of a couple of weeks. A British court today rejected a claim against HTC which, as with a claim against Google that was recently laughed out of court by [...]