By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft is reportedly being investigated over bribery claims overseas, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report claims lawyers from both the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into leads suggested an anonymous tipster, who said the Redmond company bribed resellers…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung and LG are reportedly battling over eye-tracking technology that’s used in flagship smartphones such as the Galaxy S4 and the Optimus G Pro. The story was first reported by Yonhap News, which suggested that a patent battle could be in the cards but didn’t specifically say…
By Adriana Lee |
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for tech companies to pull anything over on Australia. First, Adobe gets called out there for price-gouging its latest Adobe Creative Suite, and now regulators say Apple’s typical 12-month product warranty won’t fly in the Land Down Under. In 2011, an…
By Roy Choi |
Claiming “monetary damage and irreparable harm” THX sued Apple Inc. for stealing speaker technology used in Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and iMacs. Specifically, the suit claims that Apple violates a patent, held by THX since 2008, that boosts sound output through a speaker attached…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple is having trouble obtaining the iPhone trademark in Mexico, bearing a striking resemblance to a very similar situation in Brazil. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Cupertino company has been denied a request for a Mexican technology services company to hand over its…
By Adriana Lee |
The known Internet is a playground for anyone who’s into breaking news, kitten videos and Amazon products. But few realize that there is a second Internet — a mysterious, dangerous and isolated Web that operates outside the public’s awareness. It stands to reason that anything…
By Adriana Lee |
Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be the news. Someone should’ve told that to Matthew Keys. The deputy social media editor for Reuters was just indicted for conspiring with Anonymous to hack a Tribune website. According to the Department of Justice, Keys —…
By Adriana Lee |
The news about Google’s Street View privacy violation may not surprise the most jaded among us. Who doesn’t remember the public complaints from people who didn’t want their front yards or even living room windows photographed? But those worries seem quaint compared to the current…
By Todd Haselton |
Google officially settled issues involving Street View and privacy concerns on Tuesday by paying a $7 million fine. The settlement involves 37 states and the District of Columbia, CNET said. The company’s Street View technology, a feature within its Maps application that allows you to see images…
By Brandon Russell |
It sounds like Apple took Brazil’s IGB up on its offer to work out terms for the iPhone trademark. According to a Brazilian newspaper, the two companies have allegedly reached a deal, though the terms were not disclosed. IGB previously trademarked the iPhone name in…
By Sean P. Aune |
A California judge has ordered that Apple’s case against Samsung over search patents used in the Siri voice assistant can move forward. Judge Lucy Koh is once again presiding over a lawsuit between Apple and Samsung. This is the same judge who has been presiding…
By Roy Choi |
As the U.S. Justice Department continues its case against book publishers over e-books price fixing, Apple Inc. CEO, Tim Cook, may be called to testify in front of a U.S. District Court Judge. A brief issued by U.S. District Denise Cote mentions Cook’s possible testimony,…
By Todd Haselton |
A judge in May ordered Apple to show all of its location tracking documents after it was discovered that the firm was keeping a log of user location data without express permission. Now Apple is facing the music yet again in the case, because the…
By Roy Choi |
Samsung lost a case against Apple in a U.K. court regarding Apple’s use of Samsung patents on 3G wireless networking. In just the most recent suit among many between the two companies, Samsung alleges that its 3G patents were being used by Apple without proper…
By Sean P. Aune |
Apple has received assistance in its efforts to get permanent injunctions against multiple Samsung from the unlikeliest of sources: Nokia. According to Reuters, Nokia has filed a sealed brief with Judge Lucy Koh in the ongoing Apple Vs. Samsung court case in California. In the…
By Roy Choi |
A petition to make phone unlocking legal (again) has made its way to White House. It appears the President agrees with the rest of us, that unlocking cell phones should be legal. On the White House website, an official response from the administration says they…
By Todd Haselton |
A jury this past summer found Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages, but now that figure is shrinking nearly in half. A report published Friday said that the “Court has identified an impermissible legal theory on which the jury…
By Sean P. Aune |
A U.K. judge who claimed Apple had shown a “lack of integrity” in a case with Samsung, has now found himself employed by the Korean manufacturer. Late last year, Apple lost an appeal against Samsung in the U.K. and was ordered to post a public…
By Ron Duwell |
A former Sony inventor named Seijiro Tomita has brought Nintendo to court, claiming that he invented the 3D viewing technology used for their popular 3DS handheld. His 2008 patent gives him credit for developing a method to produce 3D images without the use of glasses.…
By Todd Haselton |
The New York City Police Department recently created a new team that will focus on one thing: retrieving stolen Apple products. It might seem awkward on the surface – why shouldn’t the department chase every stolen phone? – but the goal is to try to…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung and Apple are still at one another’s throats in the courtroom and it’s clear the presiding judge is getting frustrated at the extent of the battle. Judge Lucy Koh recently asked both companies to “focus and streamline” the claims within the lawsuit down to…
By Todd Haselton |
Google Glass is ugly. In the sample images of it that we’ve seen in the real world it looks like people are walking around like bizarro cyborgs trying to hack into our brains. That’s not really the case, though. Google Glass provides an amazing unparalleled…
By Todd Haselton |
There was a small bit of uproar after Apple introduced its fourth generation iPad with Retina display not long after it released the iPad 3. Consumers felt that they had been somewhat swindled because Apple decided to outclass its older iPad so quickly. That’s just…
By Todd Haselton |
Let’s get this out of the way first: just because a company owns a patent doesn’t necessarily mean that a product based on that patent is in the works. It does, however, mean that a company has at least thought about the technology that was…
