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GoSmart has introduced a pair of styluses that advance the stylus technology by using a Teflon impregnated stainless steel nib. It looks like a miniature radio antenna, but has very specific design elements that assist the stylus user. Plus, they look good and feel good in the hand. _________________ If you’ve been following this series…

HTC taking Apple to court over standards essential patentsHTC claimed Apple is using its patents without licensing, although so far the smartphone maker hasn’t been very successful in keeping its complaint in front o a judge. Five of the eight patents in its complaint were tossed out by an ITC Judge for lack of standing,…

Apple first notified iWork.com subscribers in March that the service was shutting down, then reminded users in May to copy their files back to their computer from the website to avoid losing any data. Any files stored in iWork.com accounts will be lost after today if they aren’t backed up to other locations.iWork.com users aren’t…

  Cirrus Logic announced results for the June quarter on Monday, and Mr. Um noticed that the company is, “anticipating a solid ramp and guided September quarter revenues to increase roughly 70% sequentially.” The company, “expects a further ramp into the December quarter.” More specifically, the firm guided investors to 70 percent sequential increase in…

 Sir Jonathan Ive“Our goal isn’t to make money. Our goal absolutely at Apple is not to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but it’s the truth,” said Ive. “Our goal and what gets us excited is to try to make great products. We trust that if we are successful people will like them,…

Grand Central Apple Store Credit: Apple Apple leased the space in mid-2011 in a deal that included Apple buying out the then-current leaseholder, restaurant Metrazur, for US$5 million. That price was negotiated between the MTA, Apple, and the restaurant long before the bid process was opened to the public. The state’s comptroller’s office announced the…

According to Patently Apple, the first patent in question was filed in October 2005 and awarded in April 2010 and covers “a method and system for matching speech data.” The second covers a “speech recognition system” and was filed in December 2002 and awarded in September 2007. Siri was introduced in October 2011. The lawsuit covers…

Shin Nishibori Source: COVO Mr. Nishibori is at the center of a tempest in a teapot stirred up by Samsung over some 2006 design work he did for Apple. He was reportedly tasked by Apple’s designer-in-chief Jonny Ive to show what an iPhone designed by Sony might look like. Samsung wants to use that to…

The Maxthon Browser for the MacMaxthon for the Mac has just been released. It’s a beta version (and requires OS X 10.6 or later) so it only has a fraction of the feature set that the finished product will sport, but at this point it has at least one trick that Safari cannot do and…

Apple’s new ads are great for the right marketSince the cessation of the renown “”I’m a Mac” ads starring Justin Long and John Hodgman, every Apple ad I can think of has featured an iOS device — pimarily the iPhone or iPad. Apple’s new spots put the spotlight squarely Back on the Mac, and while…

The legal battle started in March 2011 with Apple filing a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court in Northern California claiming Amazon “unlawfully used the App Store mark to solicit software developers.”Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said at the time that Apple “asked Amazon not to copy the App Store name because it will confuse and mislead…

Bankrupt Kodak has 10 patents that Apple has laid claim to involving technology that allows previews of photographs to be displayed on LCD screens. The patents have brought in billions in licensing fees over the years, and Kodak wants to keep them as part of a 700 patent portfolio the company is trying to auction…

TMO’s Artist Rendition of Possible Apple Ad Judge Colin Birss issued a ruling on July 18th ordering Apple to post notices on its site and in UK newspapers stating that Samsung hadn’t copied Apple. This followed an earlier ruling where Judge Birss said Samsung’s devices simply weren’t cool enough to be considered copies of Apple’s…

“We are really excited to be here,” Mr. De Atley said during his opening remarks at what AFP described as a packed Caesars Palace ballroom. He added, “When we were developing the iPhone we realized there were aspects that make it different from computers.” The Black Hat conference is an annual gathering of security professionals…

 TMO Artist’s Rendition of Apple’s Argument “Samsung’s documents show the similarity of Samsung’s products is no accident or, as Samsung would have it, a ‘natural evolution,’” Apple argued in a court briefing uncovered by AllThingsD. “Rather, it results from Samsung’s deliberate plan to free-ride on the iPhone’s and iPad’s extraordinary success by copying their iconic…

The stock opened at $570, and then traded in a fairly narrow band throughout the day, as shown in the chart below. Investors were punishing the stock for a miss on both gross margins and earnings per share ($9.32 EPS reported vs. consensus of $10.35). In addition, Apple offered much lower than expected guidance for…

It’s About Time Products (iATP) has released an OS X app “Hello Tips, Tricks & Secrets”  that walks you, visually, through over a hundred OS X tips, trick and secrets of which about half are related to Mountain Lion. Each video snippet ranges from a few seconds to, at most, 120 seconds so they’re easy…

The Grandall Legal Group had a contract to receive 4% of the settlement if they prevailed against Apple, according to Sina Tech. As the agreed upon settlement was around US$60 million, Grandall is due roughly $2.4 million. Grandall lawyer Xie Xianghui said that Proview had signed a risk proxy, a popular arrangement that has the legal fees coming from…

Concept Mockup of “iPhone Nano” Watch “The concept was to keep the dimensions of the iPod nano with a Retina Display for a screen,” Mr. Demangel told The Mac Observer in an email. “You have all the features of an iPhone on your wrist, including a camera, a speaker and a microphone.” Doubting Thomases will…

“We believe that iPhone upside in the June and September quarters is less likely due to lower supplier build plans,” the analyst wrote in a research note obtained by The Mac Observer. “While we are pleased to see consensus estimates being cut over the last few weeks as analysts aim to be more responsible, we…

Reliable, good sounding, and comfortable earbuds are hard to come by for athletes, but the Ironman Inspire Pro earbuds from yurbuds manage to deliver on all counts. These earbuds even let the sounds around you pass through, making them safer for running, snow boarding or skiing. The earbuds do a great job of staying in…

ITC Blows Kodak patent infringement case out of the waterThe ITC panel upheld an earlier ruling, according to the Wall Street Journal, and said that as a result Apple and RIM couldn’t have violated trade laws in this case.Kodak claimed the digital camera preview system iPhone, as well as RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones, infringed on its…

Dbest, located in London, England, only creates sound systems and prides itself on the quality of it’s products. The Duo Mini Speakers (PS4003)  operate on battery power (Lithium Polymer) and are recharged through USB ports. They connect to your unit through a 3.5 mm headphone jack. Duo Mini Speakers (PS4003)The Duo Mini Speakers weigh 5.8 ounces…

APU stands for accelerated processing unit, or SOCs that combine a CPU and a GPU on the same die. His expertise i likely being put to work on Apple’s in-house ARM-based chip design that has so far produced the Apple A4, A5, and A5X processors for its iOS devices. TheNextWeb said that Mr. Bruno designed…