The next phase of the continual trials between Samsung and Apple are expected to kick off in the US on July 30th, but as has been the case previously, no-nonsense Judge Lucy Koh ordered both parties to try and resolve their differences by means of a mediation meeting. According to an article previously accessible over at The Korea Times, Apple head honcho Tim Cook met with Samsung execs Choi Gee-sung and Shin Jong-Kyun on July 16th, but no agreement could be reached.
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Earlier today, we informed you of a UK Judge's decision to force Apple into issuing written clarification on both its website and a British newspaper, stating rival Samsung did not copy design features of its iPad in making the Samsung Galaxy Tab. In a rather predictable next move, the Cupertino company has almost immediately appealed against the ruling, and Apple's case will be heard by the court of appeal.
Angry Birds, a title which started out on iOS, is one of the simplest physics-based puzzlers around, yet has transcended into a billion dollar franchise available on pretty much any platform. As well as selling the title to pretty much every consumer in some way, shape or form, makers Rovio have sold a plethora of Angry Birds branded merchandise, including plush toys, smartphone and tablet covers, and other such peripherals, and it's by far the biggest success story to emerge from any mobile platform.
Microsoft's Windows 8 marks a significant change in direction for the Redmond company's landmark operating system, and although the software maker had previously offered a release bracket, Steven Sinosfky has put minds and speculation to rest by announcing it will begin retailing on Friday 26th October.
Jonny Ive's lair within Apple's Cupertino headquarters has an air of mystery around it, and with it being the very location most of Apple's modern products were dreamed up, it has garnered something of a cult following.
Apple and Samsung have been through the courts numerous times, and although proceedings do often descend into farce with playground-like slander aimed in both directions, a UK judge has really sent Apple back to school. With the Cupertino company having dragged Samsung's name through the mud with claims the Korean company copied the iPad design for its tablets, the British Judge has ruled Apple must publicly state that Samsung did not plagiarize the design.
The iPhone 5, as with every annual iPhone release, has generated quite a bit of hype among tech enthusiasts, and although the device was reported to be in production, BGR cites a "trusted source" in contradicting that notion.
As well as filling the many shortcomings of Apple's iOS, Cydia, and the jailbreak community, offer quite a few useful tweaks which, despite not necessarily being needed, wind up being great little additions nonetheless. Today's tweak certainly falls under this category, and although when I first installed it, I had very little optimism, it's one I've very quickly become accustomed to.
Although Android certainly trumps Apple's iOS when it comes to reach, versatility, and number of devices available, one area in which Google's mobile operating system has always struggled is security. Malware on the platform has been steadily increasing over the past year, and with security one of the main concerns of consumers, it's essential the Web company does its level best to combat the problem.
Mozilla's Firefox has been around for quite a while now, and despite Google continually pushing updates of its fast-growing Chrome browser, Firefox has continued to remain resilient, altering its own release schedule in a bid to stay relevant. Hence, here we are at Firefox 14, and just six weeks after Firefox 13 was seeded on Mozilla's servers, and the fourteenth iteration still manages to offer a bunch of useful changes.
