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SpuriousLogic sends this excerpt from a BBC article detailing the suspension of a sales ban on certain Apple products in Germany: "Motorola Mobility had forced Apple to remove several iPad and iPhone models from its online store [yesterday] after enforcing a patent infringement court ruling delivered in December. An appeals court lifted the ban after Apple made a new license payment offer. Howe...

A blogger uncovers the $2 billion dispute behind Friday's bizarre back and forth  Source: FOSS Patents Apple (AAPL) watchers were shocked Friday when the company, in response to a court-ordered injunction, removed the iPhone 4 and 3GS from its online Apple Store in Germany. The injunction was suspended before the end of the day -- and the products restored -- but the bizarre incident left analy...

Apple has updated the End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) for its iBooks Author app, clarifying its terms and ownership conditions. Immediately…

A couple weeks after introducing its new iBooks Author app, Apple has clarified legal language about what happens to books users create with the software. Apple continues to insist that users can only sell electronic books in the iBook format via its iTunes store. But it makes it clear that the content of those books can be sold in any other format, without Apple's approval.

Total annual global shipments exceeded PCs (including tablets) for the first time in 2011

Mannheim/Berlin (dpa) - Überraschende Wende im Patentstreit zwischen Motorola und Apple: Nachdem der Hersteller von iPhone und iPad zunächst am Freitagvormittag den Online-Verkauf mehrerer Modelle im...

Im Patentstreit mit Motorola darf Apple ältere Versionen des iPhones sowie iPads mit UMTS-Empfang in Deutschland nicht mehr online verkaufen. In einem weiteren Urteil bestätigte ein Gericht, dass Apples iCloud ebenfalls bestehende Patente verletzt.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel , like its bigger rivals, is expected to report a steep decline in fourth-quarter profit margins due to its launch of the costly Apple Inc iPhone.

Im Patentstreit mit Motorola hat Apple eine empfindliche Niederlage erlitten. Nach einer Verfügung des Landgerichts Mannheim nahm der US-Konzern ältere iPhone-Modelle und ein iPad-Modell aus dem deutschen Online-Store.

iPhone oder Android? Wer auf der Suche nach einem neuen Smartphone ist, für den ist das eine entscheidende Frage. Doch neuerdings lohnt sich ein Blick über die Marktführer Apple und Google hinaus. Microsoft hat mit seinem Betriebssystem aufgeholt. Die neuen Windows Phones sind schick, schnell und leicht zu bedienen. Ob sie eine wirkliche Alternative sind, hat das Computermagazin c’t getestet.

Logistics and supply chain professionals suspect that Apple Inc.’s operating procedure will undergo significant change in order to recover from its recent public relations disaster.

Nokia est resté le numéro un mondial, talonné par Samsung. Apple a pris la troisième place à LG, grâce aux très fortes vente d'iPhone.Articles en rapportUn sous-traitant de LVMH sauve l'usine LejabyPrix, réseau et portabilité : les réponses d'Orange à FreeIDTGV, le laboratoire à idées de la SNCF, étoffe ses servicesUn succès annoncé, mais sous conditionLa SNCF espère limiter les retards liés au...

Apps for Apple and Android phones let a user take a photo of a document and turn it into a PDF that can be exported or printed.

Sony hat einen neuen Chef: Kazuo Hirai wird den japanischen Elektronikkonzern von April an führen. Mit ihm an der Spitze will Sony sein Image aufpolieren und den Rückstand gegenüber Konkurrenten wie Apple und Samsung abbauen. Der Konzern schreibt seit Jahren rote Zahlen.

In the great mobile phone wars, it seems like Apple still has the cool creds in Asia...for now.

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- Jay ate the apple....

On a percentage basis, this was the best January since 1997 for the Dow, S&P 500 and Wilshire 5000. The Dow rose 3.4%, the S&P was up 4.4%, and the Wilshire 5000 jumped 4.9%. Among the best performers were tech and bank stocks. Banks were up 8% for the month, with Bank of America (BAC) [...]

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D’après le studio d’analyses Canalys, Apple serait passé en tête des fabricants d’ordinateurs / tablettes si on combine les deux secteurs. La ...lire la suite

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Inc. is naming former Dixons Retail CEO John Browett as its top retail executive, charged with developing the retail strategy for the iPhone and iPad maker as it expands Apple stores around the world....

The football chairman accused of sending bungs to Harry Redknapp told a court today how Apple co-founder Steve Jobs helped make him rich.

Research in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, faces a problem in Europe as businesses look for other smartphone options, including Apple and Android phones.

By Lois Beckett, ProPublica An investigative series [1] by the New York Times and a performance piece by Mike Daisey [2] featured on This American...

Readers respond to a front-page series about Apple’s overseas manufacturing.

Think Apple is the antithesis of the cutthroat Wall Street bankers who helped lead the country to an economic crisis? Think again, writes David Weidner.

APPLE shares soared yesterday following blockbuster quarterly earnings leapfrogging over ExxonMobil in terms of market value.

Frankfurt (ots) - Hohe zweistellige Wachstumsraten beim Umsatz, dreistellige beim Gewinn: So lassen sich nicht nur Start-ups beschreiben, sondern auch Apple, der größte Technologiekonzern der Welt. Die Zweifel daran, ob die Erfolgsmaschine Apple nur mit dem charismatischen Gründer Steve ...

Apple éblouissait mercredi Wall Street, en redevenant la première capitalisation boursière mondiale devant le géant pétrolier ExxonMobil, mais le groupe de la Silicon Valley doit maintenant prouver qu'il saura garder son avance technologique sans Steve Jobs.histoires liéesRoyaume-Uni: la récession se rapproche, la stratégie du gouvernement menacéeLa Banque mondiale propose son aide à l´Europe d...

Apple blew past forecasts and reported record quarterly net profit and revenue on Tuesday in the first quarter since the death of founder Steve Jobs, driven by strong sales of the new iPhone.

APPLE reported its best quarter ever for revenue on strong iPhone and iPad sales, in its first full quarter without Steve Jobs.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The secretary for one of the world's wealthiest men and the wife of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs are among those invited by the White House to attend the State of the Union address....

Jorge Posada von den New York Yankees hängt seinen Fanghandschuh nach 17 Jahren in der Major League Baseball (MLB) an den Nagel. Das teilte der Klub aus dem "Big Apple" mit.

The release of a lifelike figurine of Steve Jobs has been scrapped after objections from the Jobs family and lawyers from Apple.

The imminent launch of Apple's upgraded iPhone 4 lured thousands of buyers to its two outlets in Beijing on the cold winter night of Jan 12.

ANGRY CHINESE shoppers threw eggs at the flagship Apple store in Beijing and jostled police after they were told the shop would not begin selling the iPhone 4S because of concerns about the size of the crowd.

The release of a new iPhone or other Apple product in America has always been accompanied by some level of mania. But angry customers and scalpers in Beijing took it to another level Friday, yelling at employees and hurling eggs at China’s flagship Apple store, the Associated Press reports. Read full article >>

COLDPLAY singer says he refuses to give kids Apple or Moses pocket money either

Microsoft kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Monday night in Las Vegas much as the company has done since its first CES keynote in 1998—extolling the virtues of Windows and promising big things from its operating system in the future. But with the recent rise of smart phones and tablets that run competitive [...]

Kim Kardashian isn't the only Elizabeth Taylor fan who recently snapped up some of the late Hollywood screen legend's enviable jewels at auction. This successful Big Apple babe...

Un prototipo de Apple de la década de los 80 es considerado el primer antecesor de lo que ahora son dispositivos como el iPhone y el iPad

Le groupe informatique américain Apple a été condamné à 900.000 euros d’amende par l’autorité italienne de la concurrence pour ne pas avoir appliqué...lire la suite

UNITED STATES:IN A TINY pub called The Dugout on a Sunday afternoon before Christmas in Woodside, Queens, Andrew Gillick, from Navan, orders a pint of lager from his friend Martin Harkin, who works behind the bar. He recently returned to New York after a year at home, where he had hoped that business would improve.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian software company unveiled what it said was the world's first bronze statue of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs Wednesday, calling him one of the greatest personalities of the modern age.

Alwaleed bin Talal, considerado el hombre más rico del mundo árabe y el número 26 en el mundo por la revista Forbes, tiene además participación en Apple, News Corp y Citigroup, entre otras empresas

Is the tech giant developing a 7.85 inch iPad to compete with Amazon's tablet?

Motorola Mobility Holdings has won a German patent ruling against Apple today that may be used to block iPad and iPhone sales in a dispute over technology used in the products.

Apple and five publishers are to be investigated over anti-competitive practice in the e-book market, say EU regulators.

Some of Facebook's top technical talent will be setting up shop in the Big Apple.

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[[327427]] PARIS (AFP) : Apple a cessé au niveau mondial la commercialisation de son application "Juif ou pas juif ?" en début de semaine, a affirmé jeudi l'avocat de quatre associations anti-racistes, lesquelles se sont du coup désistées de leur action en justice en France contre le géant...

The market of slate computers is going to become smaller. Such companies as HP, Acer, Asustek and Dell may leave the market already in the near future. The companies are incapable of struggling with Apple, the market leader, and the producers of inexpensive devices, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Einen Monat nach dem Tod von Apple-Mitgründer Steve Jobs hat der Computerkonzern einen neuen Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden. Arthur Levinson soll den Konzern künftig kontrollieren, damit wird das Board unabhängiger. Außerdem stärkt Apple seine Verbindungen in die Medienindustrie.

The sign in the Sweet Apple kitchen declared it a nut-free zone, and every September somebody, almost always a dad, cracked a stupid joke. The gag, Laura, the school director, explained to Tovah, would either mock the school’s concern for potentially lethal legumes or suggest that, despite . . . (Subscription required.)

Steve Jobs wollte es nie auf iPhone und iPad haben: Seit der Entscheidung von Apple hatte Flash einen schweren Stand bei mobilen Geräten. Jetzt stellt der Software-Spezialist Adobe die weitere Entwicklung ein

Das Patent-Arsenal hinter mobilen Betriebssystemen ist undurchsichtig und hart umkämpft. Im Patentstreit mit Motorola hat Apple vor dem Landgericht Mannheim einen Rückschlag erlitten. Die Folgen sind noch unklar.

Apple hat in einem US-Patentantrag ein mobiles Webgestaltungsprogramm beschrieben, das auf einem iPad läuft. Damit könnte das Unternehmen ein weiteres Programm aus iWork für Mac OS X auf iOS umsetzen. (RSS, Apple)