Samsung has bulked up its legal case against Apple in Germany after it filed claims over four new patents today, that’s following the initial telecom standards-based charges that were filed in April this year. A company spokesperson informed Reuters of the four new complaints added by the Korean manufacturer, one of which relates to the use of...
Daily Archives: December 18, 2011
Apple’s TV Plans: My takeaway from WSJ report
The Wall Street Journal today published a report on Apple’s television plans. I had to read the story at least three times to really figure out what exactly was Apple doing when it comes to television. Here is my takeaway of the report: Apple is working on its own TV and it will use...
Apple’s TV Plans Are Still "Vague," But Here’s What They’re Telling Media Companies Now (AAPL)
Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger See Also: Tim Cook Is About To Screw With The Size Of The iPad Surprise! Apple’s iPhone And iPad Chips Are Made By Samsung In Texas Steve Jobs, RIP: Now 4 Different People Claim Credit For Apple’s ‘Think Different’ Ads Apple has been meeting with top execs from content providers...
Apple’s TV Plans Are Still ‘Vague,’ But Here’s What They’re Telling Media Companies Now (AAPL)
Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger See Also: Tim Cook Is About To Screw With The Size Of The iPad Surprise! Apple’s iPhone And iPad Chips Are Made By Samsung In Texas Steve Jobs, RIP: Now 4 Different People Claim Credit For Apple’s ‘Think Different’ Ads Apple has been meeting with top execs from content providers...
SoundCloud CEO Alex Ljung on why Berlin is hot [Video]
Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, both Swedes, moved to Berlin, Germany in 2007 and started SoundCloud. Their original idea was born from the need of musicians to exchange large files over the web in order to collaborate. The company since then has expanded its ambitions and now wants to be audio platform of the...
App-ocalypse
There are over 500,000 applications for the iPhone and iPad, 300,000+ on Android and thousands more on other platforms. The average user has 65 apps installed on their phone (source: Flurry). Many of us have more. Entire businesses have been built to solve the problem of “app discovery” – that is, a way to supplement the...
Newly leaked Windows 8 screenshots show off its onboarding process
New images leaked this weekend demonstrate what the Windows 8 onboarding process will look like in the public beta of the operating system, due in late February of next year. The amount of Windows 8 leaks has remained steady in recent weeks, perhaps indicating that development activity in Redmond is at a fever pitch. Today...
Where in the world are your Twitter followers from? This app will show you
Tweets are fun, but there’s other interesting data that comes along with using the 140 character sharing social network. Ever wonder where your Twitter followers are from? Tweepsmap will tell you exactly that. The app analyzes the data your followers have entered into their bio and drops all of the information on a Google...
MIT grad launches Curisma, a social network of geeky gifts and gadgets
The gift-giving season is upon us! While we’ve given you Nerd Holiday and the Ultimate Robot Gift Guide, we’ve got one more nerdy trick up our sleeves for inspiration: Meet Curisma, a social media inspired network of geeky gifts and gadgets. Curisma bills itself as a new way to discover products you love through people like...
Top 10 Feed & RSS Technologies of 2011
10. AppNotifications Fabien Penso’s fabulous iPhone push notification app released a 3.0 version this year, but it’s just the nice clean basics that make this one a winner. Input any feed, or many other sources of information, and Penso’s app will push it to your phone in real time. It works really, really well...