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MacSurfer's Archive: Thursday, April 12, 2012
 

 

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  • "Apple Fires Back at the Feds, Amazon: Nearly two days after the Department of Justice filed antitrust charges against Apple and major book publishers, Apple is responding. Here's comment from Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr"  AllThingsD 8:55 PM
  • "Apple responds to DOJ: Antitrust accusations untrue" CNET News 9:38 PM
  • "Apple to DOJ: Amazon had a monopoly on ebooks and the iBookstore broke it" The Next Web 8:55 PM
  • "How Apple's Steve Jobs and Book Publishers Cost Consumers Millions" ["The lawsuit provides a rare glimpse into the secret negotiations and hardball tactics employed by the publishers and Apple, who were allegedly intent on defeating Amazon's strategy of discount e-book bestsellers. The publishers were terrified that lower e-book prices could empower Amazon, threatening their grip on the book industry. Apple was only too happy to participate, using its own, iPad-fueled market power to convince the publishers to join a scheme that would deal a blow to Amazon, its e-commerce rival."]  Time 8:40 AM
  • "U.S. Sues Apple For eBook Pricing as Three Firms Settle" Bloomberg 8:56 AM
  • "Publishers fork out $52m in Apple ebook pricing settlement: US states follow DoJ suit, but they're looking for cash" The Register 12:11 PM
  • "Apple, publishers face e-book suit: The Justice Department and 15 states sued Apple and major book publishers Wednesday, alleging a conspiracy to raise the price of electronic books they said cost consumers more than $100 million in the past two years by adding $2 to $5 to the price of each e-book." Associated Press 8:23 AM
  • "DOJ is likely to lose e-book antitrust suit targeting Apple: Antitrust experts say feds have 'far better case' for price fixing against publishers, three of which have settled, than they do against Apple." CNET News 10:10 AM
  • "Apple, publishers sued for eBooks, but should Amazon be looked at, too?" Computerworld 7:44 AM
  • "Here's Why Apple Will Probably Win Its E-Book Lawsuit"  Business Insider 8:35 AM
  • "Apple Not Likely to Be a Loser in the E-Book Legal Fight" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 9:49 PM
  • "E-book busted: Feds wield Jobs' own words in price-fixing blitz" New York Post 11:04 AM
  • "Bibb Says Apple Will 'Cave In' to Price-Fixing Lawsuit (Video)" Bloomberg 8:55 AM
  • "$9.99 e-Book Price To Cost Apple $252 Million" Forbes 9:16 AM
  • "Amazon wins early chapter over Apple in eBook war" Appolicious 8:39 AM
  • "ACCC Considers Suing Apple Again, Over E-Book Pricing" The Next Web 8:21 AM
  • "Australia vs. Apple: Take two on e-book price fixing" ZDNet 10:12 AM
  • "Australia next to take aim at Apple over e-book pricing?" CNET News 10:10 AM
  • "Apple is allowed (at long last) to intervene in Lodsys lawsuit against app developers" Foss Patents 5:26 PM
  • "Apple green-lighted to intervene in Lodsys lawsuit against iOS developers" Ars Technica 8:57 PM
  • "Smartphone Patents: The Never-Ending War/Customers shopping for Apple Inc.'s iPhone might pay little attention to the gadget's 'slide to unlock' feature, but you would never know that from a quick glance at Apple's current roster of patent lawsuits." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:35 PM
  • "Apple and RIM hit with patent suit for 'drag,' 'tap' and 'scroll'" paidContent 9:23 AM
  • "Apple Sued for the use of Touchscreen Technologies in iPhone & iPad" Patently Apple 4:30 PM
  • "Where Would Apple Be Without the iPhone and iPad?" The Motley Fool 9:38 PM
  • "Inside Apple's Retail Success" [Video Interview with Carmine Gallo, author of The Apple Experience]  TheStreet 7:50 AM
  • "Tech Focus: The New iPad and the Evolution of iOS Gaming/Digital Foundry on how Apple has defined the mobile market and the generational hardware leap ahead."  GamesIndustry 11:53 AM