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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
 

 

Apple/Macintosh
  • "Apple's New Front in Battle for TV: Apple Inc. is in talks with some of the biggest U.S. cable operators about letting consumers use an Apple device as a set-top box for live television and other content, according to people familiar with the matter." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 7:46 PM
  • "Apple in talks with cable TV networks over set-top box -WSJ" Reuters 10:03 PM
  • "Apple Said To Talk With Cable Industry About Set-Top Box" Bloomberg 11:22 PM
  • "Apple pushing to add cable services to set-top box, according to report" GigaOM 10:03 PM
  • "Intel, Apple leading charge against conflict minerals: report" Reuters 9:33 PM
  • "Apple slams Justice Dept.'s proposed e-book settlement: In a legal memo, the company calls the settlement's requirement of contract termination 'fundamentally unfair.'" CNET News 11:18 PM
  • "AAPL Investors Hold Hands Out for Long-Awaited Dividend: Thursday is the day Apple begins rewarding its investors with cash dividends at the rate of $2.65 per share. Though shareholders will likely appreciate the kickback, the dividend likely won't immediately propel the company's recently wilting stock back into the stratosphere. As they continue into the future, the payments could eat away at the sizable cash stash Apple accumulated under the leadership of Steve Jobs."  MacNewsWorld 8:12 AM
  • "Give Peace a Chance, Judge Says, Asking Apple and Samsung CEOs to Meet One Last Time"  AllThingsD 12:59 PM
  • "Judge urges Apple, Samsung CEOs to talk settlement: Hoping for a possible settlement, the judge in the case between the two companies tells their CEOs to call each other before the jury decides." CNET News 11:13 AM
  • "Judge urges Apple and Samsung to settle ahead of verdict" Reuters 12:08 PM
  • "Judge Urges Talks Between Samsung and Apple" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12:08 PM
  • "Apple vs. Samsung: Judge Urges Talks" [Video Report] WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 3:49 PM
  • "Dream On: Judge Asks Apple, Samsung to Reach Patent Deal" PC Magazine 3:50 PM
  • "Samsung designer: We were doing tablets before iPad/One of Samsung's head designers says the company was at work on its allegedly infringing tablet design well before the iPad first debuted." CNET News 4:14 PM
  • "Samsung's Wang was up 22 hours a day, had no time to copy Apple: Samsung fired its opening salvo against Apple's allegation that the South Korean giant ripped off the iPhone design, and claimed it worked its arse off to develop its own gadgets. At the two tech titans' ongoing patent trial in the US yesterday, Sammy also argued that Apple's iProducts are not unique."  The Register 7:32 AM
  • "Samsung Designer Defends Copycat Icons In Apple Case: Samsung designer says she picked phone, clock, and camera icons because they worked, not because they looked like Apple's iPhone icons." InformationWeek 9:18 AM
  • "Samsung fights back in Apple patent battle: Samsung has gone on the offensive in its court battle with Apple, accusing its rival of infringing patents related to emailing photographs and 3G wireless technology." Telegraph 8:03 AM
  • "Samsung designer details rivalry with Apple" EE Times 11:00 AM
  • "Why Apple doesn't just sue Google and get it over with: In the complicated world of patent litigation, it's actually easier for Apple to go after Samsung and other handset manufacturers than to take on Google directly." CNET News 7:38 AM
  • "Apple Can't Let Google Win/Google's Android continues to gain market share in the mobile race. Gartner is out with a fresh report on global mobile trends, and the industry tracker reveals that Android smartphones are running away with the gold."  The Motley Fool 8:08 AM