Have you ever heard of Black Tower Press? Back in 2011, the small New York publisher of sci-fi and fantasy books filed a trademark suit claiming that it had the rights to use the term “iBooks.” Yesterday a New York court ruled in Apple’s favor, stati…
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Apple takes fifth spot in Chinese smartphone market
In the world’s largest smartphone market — China — Apple’s share rose in the first quarter of 2013 to make the company the fifth largest vendor. Numbers from research firm Canalys show that the release of the iPhone 5 and price cuts on older iPhone…
Sony waives its publishing fee; Would Apple ever do the same?
Video-game maker Sony has been making a big push for independent developers lately, both on its handheld PS Vita system and on its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, and yesterday, the company took another big step. Sony has decided to waive its usual…
Sony waives its publishing fee; Would Apple ever do the same?
Video-game maker Sony has been making a big push for independent developers lately, both on its handheld PS Vita system and on its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, and yesterday, the company took another big step. Sony has decided to waive its usual…
Fifth Avenue Apple Store experiences a water leak
The Apple Store on New York’s Fifth Avenue is a veritable marvel of engineering, with its glass cube leading down into an underground space. But putting the store underground like that makes it more vulnerable to water leaks, and sure enough, that’…
Consumer alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud: practical software choices
Yesterday, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, an on-line subscription based suite with $49.99 monthly charges that moves into the Creative Suite subscription space first started back in 2011. Existing customers of CS 3 to CS 5.5 and academics will pay …
Consumer alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud: practical software choices
Yesterday, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, an on-line subscription based suite with $49.99 monthly charges that moves into the Creative Suite subscription space first started back in 2011. Existing customers of CS 3 to CS 5.5 and academics will pay …
Is Apple's ongoing legal battle with Samsung worth the trouble?
When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone at Macworld 2007, he elicited quite a few laughs when he exclaimed, “… and boy have we patented it!”
Two years later, starting with its 2009 suit against Nokia, Apple’s patent infringement lawsuits be…
Big Nerd Ranch Clash of the Coders: The winners revealed
The Clash of the Coders drew to its climax Saturday night as teams presented their projects and a good time was had by all.
In the end team Raisin’ Elevens took the crown, laying claim to geek victory for the next year (plus an extremely generous eq…
Big Nerd Ranch Clash of the Coders: The winners revealed
The Clash of the Coders drew to its climax Saturday night as teams presented their projects and a good time was had by all.
In the end team Raisin’ Elevens took the crown, laying claim to geek victory for the next year (plus an extremely generous eq…
Recent Apple thefts include high-speed NYC chase, Colorado storefront smash-and-grab
Apple devices keep their value, which makes them an attractive target for thieves. Two recent stories highlight how both individuals and Apple stores are vulnerable to theft. One report involves a movie-like high-speed chase, while the other one feat…
Apple soars into Fortune 500's top 10
Despite the media’s best attempts to make it appear that Apple is in dire financial straits, Fortune today reported that the company has made it into the top 10 of the Fortune 500 list.
Apple arrives in the top 10 in the number six spot, replacing H…
Apple soars into Fortune 500's top 10
Despite the media’s best attempts to make it appear that Apple is in dire financial straits, Fortune today reported that the company has made it into the top 10 of the Fortune 500 list.
Apple arrives in the top 10 in the number six spot, replacing H…
Huge crowds greet Berlin Apple Store
Judging from the huge crowds that attended the opening of the new Apple Store Kurfürstendamm in Berlin on Friday, the German capital was starving for an Apple Store of its own.
The Berlin store is the 11th Apple Store in Germany, but the first …
iPhone's U.S. Market Share Nears 40%
Internet analytics company comScore released their smartphone market share report for Q1 2013 this morning, revealing that Apple (as a manufacturer) now commands almost 40 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. The only other competitor to report an in…
Google Glass may gain iOS direction, text message support soon
Like it or hate it, Google Glass has recently been discussed on a lot of tech blogs. Tim Stevens at our sister site Engadget has been trying out his Glass around the house and on hot motorcycles, and a lot of other tech bloggers shelled out $1,500 to…
U.S. Cellular announces iPhone availability later in 2013
As the old aphorism goes, “better late than never.” In this case, that’s true for U.S. Cellular, which today announced as part of its quarterly earnings report that it will begin carrying Apple products later this year.
That may make U.S. Cellular t…
Big Nerd Ranch Clash of the Coders: How BNR smote the NDA
The Big Nerd Ranch has conducted iPhone development courses all the way back to the very beginning, when the App Store first launched in 2008. Doing so had its challenges.
At that time, Apple had imposed a nondisclosure agreement on all developers, …