Legal battles are an ongoing undercurrent in the ever-changing world of tech, and rarely a gizmo manages to reach the retail consumer market without a rivaling company launching patent disputes.
We've already heard today of how Apple is continuing its dogmatic fight in the legal slog with nemesis Samsung, but the fruit company may just be in over its head with rumors now surfacing of a coalition between the Korean company and Google, both of whom are said to be preparing what's being described as a "game plan."
With a strong suite of exclusive apps under the “S” brand – apps like Smart Stay, Social Tag, Smart Alerts, S Voice and S Beam – Samsung is making good use of the power of software to differentiate their Galaxy S III smartphone with high-end offerings from other Android smartphone manufacturers.
The Apple vs. Samsung battle, whilst a little tiresome at times, never fails to arouse interest within the technology sphere, and although Tim Cook's Apple is slightly more mellow than the company might have been when headed by Steve Jobs, the Cupertino outfit shows no sign of letting up on its bitter rival, ramping up efforts to block sales of the Korean electronics giant's Galaxy S III smartphone.
VideoLAN, like a lot of companies with popular desktop apps, have yet to make a real impression on mobile devices. Its flagship VLC Media Player is renowned for handling just about any video or audio file thrown at it with relative ease, and is used by hundreds of millions of media-loving computer users worldwide.
It had been a long time coming, with web browsing individuals all over the world crying out for Google to bring their popular Chrome browser to Apple's iOS mobile platform. Some of us didn't think it would come thanks to Apple's tight hold over how iOS is used, but day two of the Google I/O conference proved the doubters wrong with mobile Chrome being made available for immediate download via the official App Store.
Yesterday’s hottest news was Apple’s big legal win against Samsung in the banning of their high-end Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone. The ruling came from US District Court Judge Lucy Koh who is convinced that Samsung’s device has caused “irreparable harm” to the sales of the Apple iPhone.
Ever wanted to be able to launch widgets and interact with your Android phone just by flicking it in a certain direction? Now you can, though the list of functions is a little smaller than we would perhaps like. Still, you can't have everything in life can you?
Released just two days, Google Chrome has quickly become the jailbreak enthusiast’s favorite browser. It’s fast, it syncs beautifully with your desktop Chrome browser and, thanks to a tweak called BrowserChooser, Chrome for iOS can be set as default browser. I quickly switched to Chrome as soon as BrowserChooser was released and my experience so far has been pretty smooth.
Whenever a company is looking to design and push out a new version or an entirely new model smartphone or tablet, it stands to reason that they are looking to implement the next big design feature or piece of functionality that will set their product apart from the competition. When Apple released the iPhone 4S at the back end of last year, they genuinely believed that the voice controlled Siri assistant would separate their product from the rest, a sentiment that Samsung and Google have subsequently bought into.
