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Eight years on, Apple employees still sore about Samsung copying

It’s been years since Samsung smartphones were found to have infringed several Apple iPhone patents, but some folks are still sore. “It was blatantly ripped off. They tried to steal the essential flavor of the iPhone,” said Richard Howarth, a senior director of Apple’s design team and one of two lead iPhone designers, testifying at a damages trial for Samsung’s …

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Apple Music surpasses 50 million subscribers, sort of

Apple Music has 50 million users, if you count those listening with free trials, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday on Bloomberg TV.  It seems like a big jump from the 38 million subscribers Apple Music touted in March, but Apple typically didn’t include people listening with three-month free trials in its previous tallies until Cook’s interview Tuesday.  Tuesday, Cook said that …

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