Apple has rolled out its most powerful legal guns and is taking aim at Google’s biggest target. The iPhone maker filed another lawsuit against Samsung and its Galaxy Nexus, though it’s not the hardware that’s irked Cupertino. Rather, it’s the Android Ice Cream Sandwich software. Apple has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to …
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13 February
Didmo: One way to get your small
With apps all the rage, small businesses want to get in on the action too. But it’s anything but easy. Relatively few small companies have the resources to build and market their own apps. I’ve written about services that offer the ability to quickly and easily put together a smartphone app. Now one of those companies, Didmo, is offering a …
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13 February
White Orange San Francisco 2 now on sale
Good news for hard-up fans of shiny white gadgets — a white version of the Orange San Francisco 2 is now on sale, bringing pearlescent Android thrills to those shopping on a budget. As you probably guessed from the name, the Orange San Francisco 2 is only available on Orange, but if you’re cool with that, the white version can …
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13 February
Google: Wallet safer than cards, but don’t root your phone
Google Wallet is safer than using a credit card, Google claims. But with one quite major proviso: that you don’t root your phone. The big G is on the defensive after its wireless payments system (which isn’t available in the UK yet, but is rumoured to launch before this summer’s Olympics) was was hacked this week. A team of developers …
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13 February
Down with upgrade fees
In the cell phone world, upgrade fees are the root of all evil. Well, maybe not all evil, but they’re responsible for a big portion of it. Apparently, though, carriers don’t agree. Consider that on Friday, AT&T confirmed that it was doubling its upgrade fee from $18 to $36. So now, any AT&T customer who decides to upgrade to a …
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13 February
Google testing ‘next
Google is feeling lucky: the search giant has built a “next generation personal communication device”. What could it be? A new phone? A new tablet? Or something else entirely? Exactly what this Google gadget is remains shrouded in mystery, but prototypes exist and are set to be tested in the US. It’s Google’s first foray into hardware, having previously specialised …
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13 February
Justice Department OKs Google’s bid for Motorola
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. The news today comes on the same day that the European Union concluded its antitrust investigation into the merger and approved the deal without any conditions. The Justice Department said in a statement that it had closed the investigations it had open regarding the merger, stating …
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13 February
Apple begins ‘unprecedented’ inspection of Chinese factories
Apple has sent independent inspectors into its suppliers’ factories to see if working conditions are up to scratch. The Fair Labor Association has begun auditing Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including the controversy-hit Foxconn factories in China where the iPhone 5 is secretly being built. Apple boss Tim Cook, successor to Steve Jobs, said the inspections were “unprecedented in the electronics …
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13 February
Onkyo’s 2012 midrange receiver line goes up to 8 HDMI inputs
If you thought midrange AV receivers were going to max out at six HDMI inputs, you were wrong. Onkyo announced its 2012 line of midrange AV receivers this morning, with the TX-NR515 and TX-NR616 each featuring eight HDMI inputs, enough to handle your cable box, PS3, Xbox 360, Roku LT, Apple TV, and three other home theater gadgets. The front-panel …
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13 February
ITV warns Apple off iTV name
ITV has reportedly written a letter to Apple, asking the company not to call its much-rumoured telly ‘iTV’, according to reports in the Telegraph. The paper reports that ITV (or ‘Channel Three’ if you were born before about 1975) boss Adam Crozier raised the issue with Apple in 2010 when he assumed control of the channel, and at the time received assurances …
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