Apple R&D, Finder Searches, Twitter Design, And More In Our Weekly Reading Roundup

The cold war between Apple and activist shareholder Carl Icahn ended last week, as the latter dropped his motion for a $50 Billion stock buyback....
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Court Denies Motion To Halt iBooks Antitrust Monitor’s Actions

The US Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit has denied Apple’s motion to stop the actions of Michael Bromwich, Apple’s court-ordered antitrust monitor. The...
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Apple Reveals Its Record Against Patent Trolls

Currently, patent trolling is a legitimate way to make a living in some countries. Exploiting the patent system for profit has become so outrageous that...
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California Will Force All Smartphones To Have Anti-Theft Tech If New Bill Passes

Over the past several months, a number of politicians and city officials have expressed their desires for tech companies to implement anti-theft systems into smartphones...
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See All The Patents And Products In Apple And Samsung’s Upcoming Court Case

Legal trials can be confusing. Especially when they involve tech companies and patents. To help you better understand the details surrounding Apple and Samsung’s upcoming...
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FiftyThree Strikes Back Against Facebook, Files To Trademark ‘Paper’

Well, that didn’t take long. FiftyThree, makers of the drawing app Paper, filed to trademark the app’s name in response to Facebook’s Paper app, according...
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Apple Gets Early Win In Samsung Patent Trial

As a large patent dispute between Apple and Samsung approaches its late March trial date, Apple has already managed to take a commanding lead. Yesterday...
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Apple, Other Tech Companies To Pay Ongoing Fee For Using San Francisco Bus Stops

Not too long ago, we told you about protestors that stopped Apple and Google company shuttle buses as they tried to bring employees to work....
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Apple Granted A Break From ‘Biased’ Compliance Monitor As Company Awaits Appeal Trial

If you’ve been following along with the story of Apple and the company’s court appointed compliance monitor Michael Bromwich, you’ll know that Apple isn’t the...
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Judge Turns Down Apple’s Request To Remove Its Antitrust Monitor

Just less than a week ago, we reported that Apple had requested a U.S. judge to remove the antitrust monitor that she had appointed to...
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Apple, Samsung CEOs Heading To Mediation Over Patent Disputes

Don’t hold your breath in hopes of a resolution, but both Apple and Samsung CEOs have agreed to attend mediation sessions over smartphone patents before...
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Apple Requests Change In Anti-Trust Monitor

Apple has asked a US District Judge in Manhattan to replace its in-house anti-trust monitor. Its current monitor, Michael Bromwich, has, according to Apple, a...
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BlackBerry Is Suing Typo, The Ryan Seacrest iPhone Keyboard Case

BlackBerry is suing Typo Products LLC, the company founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and TV star Ryan Seacrest. BlackBerry is suing the company because its...
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Apple Denies Having Helped NSA Spy On iPhone Users

A couple of days ago we told you about DROUPOUTJEEP, a newly revealed secret NSA program dating back to 2008 that allowed the NSA complete...
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Apple Fined $670K By Taiwan Trade Commission Over iPhone Pricing

According to a report out of the Wall Street Journal, Apple has been fined 20 million New Taiwan dollars ($670,000 USD) by the Taiwan Trade...
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iPhone Didn’t Copy Samsung Patents, South Korean Court Says

After recently coming away with a major legal win in the American courts, Apple has gone and defeated Samsung back at home as well. A...
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Apple Wants $16 Million From Samsung For Legal Fees After Being Granted $890 Million

Apple and Samsung finally finished a massive legal battle a couple of weeks ago to determine how much Samsung owed for violating a number of...
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Apple Paid Court Appointed Compliance Monitor $138,000 In First Two Weeks, Company Objects

You may remember that in the aftermath of Apple’s highly publicized e-book scandal, the company was appointed a lawyer to act as a compliance monitor...
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