A few years ago, tensions between Apple and law enforcement boiled over when the Cupertino company refused to unlock an iPhone belonging to a man alleged to have carried out a terrorist act in San Bernardino, Calif. In the future, a new law could force Apple to build a door to iPhones whether it wants to or not. A New York Times report details a recently approved law in Australia that...
Maybe the White House’s conversations are open for listening. Donald Trump’s iPhone isn’t nearly as locked down as it should be, according to the New York Times. While there are three units in a rotation for the President of the United States, he’s using the unsecured one. It’s where his tweets are composed and sent out for the world to dissect. Aside from tweeting, this unsecured...
Many of our favorite Apple products could become more expensive if President Trump's tariffs on China are approved. That includes the AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Pencil. The tariffs would put a 25-percent tax on $200 billion worth of products imported from China. The Cupertino company sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative this week, arguing that American companies and...
A nearly ten-year-old litigation battle between Apple and VirnetX Holding Corp. has ended, with a federal jury in Texas ordering the Cupertino company to pay $502.6 million in damages. The dispute was over secure communications related to features found in FaceTime and iMessage. According to The Verge, VirnetX's entire business model is to sue companies "that actually develop and sell...
Details surrounding the shooting at YouTube's headquarters on Tuesday afternoon have emerged. Nasim Najafi Aghdam, a 39-year-old woman from San Diego, has been identified as the shooter who injured several people at YouTube's main campus before killing herself. The San Bruno Police Department revealed her identity while media outlets discovered Aghdam's background and a possible motive...
Update (2:40PM PT): YouTube experienced an active shooter situation on Tuesday afternoon, leaving several victims in the hospital with injuries. The San Bruno Police Department confirmed there's one individual left deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a female who is the suspect. It's unknown if the suspect worked at YouTube or another Google subsidiary. Original (1:15PM PT...
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BlackBerry on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Facebook alleging the social media giant (along with Instagram and WhatsApp) infringed on its intellectual property. In particular, BlackBerry claims Facebook co-opted the former smartphone-maker's mobile messaging technology, using features such as battery-efficient statues updates, integrated mobile messaging in games, and other user...
An Italian company has successfully won the right to name itself ‘Steve Jobs’ despite opposition by Apple. A pair of brothers from Italy – Vincenzo and Giacomo Barbato – have spent years in court trying to win the right to name itself after the co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. According to a report from la Repubblica Napoli the legal fight started in 2012 when the brothers discovered...
If the Animoji name seemed familiar to you when Tim Cook announced it, there’s a good reason for that. There was already an Animoji app in the App Store. According to a report from The Recorder, Susman Godfrey LLP has filed a lawsuit against Apple on the behalf of Enrique Bonansea. Bonansea, a U.S. citizen living in Japan, is the developer of an app called “Animoji – Free Animated...